Toray Industries
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Toray Industries, Inc. (東レ株式会社, Tōre Kabushiki-gaisha) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry.
Native name | 東レ株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Tōre Kabushiki-gaisha |
Company type | Public (K.K) |
TYO: 3402 TOPIX 100 Component Nikkei 225 Component | |
Industry | Chemicals Textiles |
Founded | January 1926; 98 years ago (1926-01) |
Headquarters | 5F, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower 2-1-1, Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8666, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman Akihiro Nikkaku, president |
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Revenue | $ 17.86 billion (FY 2014) (¥ 1,837 billion) (FY 2014) |
$ 579 million (FY 2014) (¥ 59.6 billion) (FY 2014) | |
Owner | The Master Trust Bank of Japan (7.90%) Japan Trustee Services Bank (6.43%) Nippon Life (4.45%) Mitsui Fudosan (1.19%) Mitsubishi Heavy Industry (0.51%) |
Number of employees | 45,881 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014) |
Website | Official website |
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Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, as well as plastics and chemicals. The company has also diversified into areas such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and R&D, medical products, reverse osmosis big membranes, electronics, IT-products, housing and engineering, as well as advanced composite materials.
The company is listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX 100[4] and Nikkei 225[5] stock market indices.