Strategic Partnership with Fibre Extrusion Technology
Fibre Extrusion Technology Limited (“FET”, Head Office: Leeds, United Kingdom) and Technovel Corporation (“Technovel”, Head Office: Osaka, Japan) have reached an agreement and concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) December 2025 regarding a strategic partnership with the objective of promoting FET equipment and technologies through Technovel in Japan.
Building upon the strong collaborative foundation established in the extrusion and fiber-processing fields, FET and Technovel are committed to jointly developing new market opportunities. FET has been strategically expanding its global presence by delivering advanced melt-spinning systems and research-scale fiber extrusion technologies, leveraging its extensive expertise accumulated over many years in high-performance and specialty fiber processing.
Technovel is dedicated to further strengthening its strategic partnership with FET and is committed to providing comprehensive solutions across the entire fiber-extrusion and polymer-processing value chain in Japan.
ABOUT FET
Fibre Extrusion Technology Limited
FET is a Leeds based manufacturer of melt spinning, wet spinning, and other fiber extrusion systems for research and small scale production. Its equipment handles a broad range of materials, including high performance polymers, biodegradable resins, biomedical fibers, and composites. With decades of experience, FET has supplied systems to universities, research institutes, and industrial innovation centers worldwide, supporting customers from early R&D through scale up.
ABOUT TECHNOVEL
Technovel Co., Ltd.
Technovel is an Osaka based extruder manufacturer. The company developed the world’s first horizontal multi screw extruder and supplies Quad and Octa extruders to a range of industries. Its twin screw lineup runs from a 6 mm laboratory unit—the world’s smallest—up to full scale production machines, including the best selling 15 mm model.