Toyobo Co., Ltd. was founded as a textile company in 1882. Over the years, the Company has transformed its business portfolio in accordance with the changing times. The most recent facet of this transformation is a concentration of management resources in the fields of Films and Functional Polymers, Industrial Materials, and Life Science, specialty businesses that draw on Toyobo’s unique core technologies in polymerization, modification, processing and biotechnology. With this focus, we have moved into an era of accelerating growth. In addition, we will accelerate the development of its business activities in overseas markets that are continuing to grow.

Our aim is to become “The category leader that continues to create new value that contributes to society in the environment, life science, and high- function products fields.”