Corporate History
| 1986 | December | Toray International was established with a capital of 1.4 billion yen as a wholly owned subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc. |
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| 1988 | March | Toray Marketing and Sales (America), Inc. became independent from Toray Industries (America), Inc. and became a new member of the Toray International Group. |
| June | Invested in TOYO TEXTILE THAI CO. LTD. | |
| 1992 | June | Established P.T. Jakarta Triapparel. |
| December | Established a representative office in Thailand. | |
| Invested in Techno Center Ltd. | ||
| 1993 | January | Stationed a representative in Shanghai jointly with Toray Industries (H.K.) Ltd., in order to expand the sales of plastics. |
| 1995 | April | Established a representative office in Frankfurt. |
| November | Established Shanghai Aisen. (The company was dissolved in March 2000.) | |
| 1996 | December | Took over the sling business of former Shirai Jitsugyo. |
| Opened its Hiroshima branch. | ||
| Invested in Cho Ei Limited. | ||
| 1998 | January | Appointed a liaison in Guadalajara, Mexico. |
| August | Established Shenzhen Qinhua Chuyun Co., Ltd. (The company was liquidated on September 28, 1999.) | |
| 1999 | May | Appointed a liaison jointly with Toray Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Melbourne, Australia. |
| Moved its Osaka head office to Dojima Avanza Building. | ||
| July | Took over portion of the business operations of @Toray Living Co., Ltd.@ | |
| Opened its Sapporo branch. | ||
| August | Stationed a representative jointly with Toray Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Bangalore in order to expand the sales of plastics. | |
| September | Took over portion of the wool business of Kanematsu Corporation. | |
| October | Took over portion of the business operations of @Kanematsu Plastics Co., Ltd.@ | |
| 2000 | April | @Started handing the finance of direct trading operations for Toray Industries, Inc.@ |
| May | Took over portion of the leather business of Kanematsu Corporation. | |
| June | Invested in ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. | |
| Invested in Chung Chi Leather Co., Ltd. | ||
| 2001 | February | Took over portion of the rawhide and skin business of Nissho Iwai Corp. |
| 2002 | November | Established Toray International de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. |
| 2003 | April | Merged with Ronze Inc. |
| 2005 | October | Established Toray International (Korea), Inc. |
| 2006 | June | Established a representative office in Vietnam. |
| 2007 | October | Toray Industries, Inc. transferred its International Trading Office functions to Toray International. |
| Three overseas trading companies under Toray Industries, Inc. became subsidiaries of Toray International (and changed their names accordingly). | ||
| Toray Marketing & Sales(America),Inc. ↓ Toray International America Inc. |
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| Toray Industries (Singapore)Pte.Ltd. ↓ Toray International Singapore Pte.Ltd. |
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| Tong Shing Inc. ↓ Toray International Taipei Inc. |
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| 2008 | January | Three overseas trading companies under Toray Industries, Inc. became subsidiaries of Toray International (and changed their names accordingly). |
| Toray Deutschland GmbH ↓ Toray International Europe GmbH |
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| Toray Europe Ltd. ↓ Toray International U.K.Ltd. |
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| Toray Italia S.r.l. ↓ Toray International Italy S.r.l. |
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| April | Merged with Toray Ireeve Corp. and Toray Fishing Corp. | |
| 2009 | June | Established @T.I. Business Support and Service Co., Ltd.@ as an affiliate. |
| 2010 | October | Toray Alphart Co., Ltd. became an affiliate of Toray International. |
| 2011 | March | Established Toray International India Private Limited. |
| June | An overseas trading company under Toray Industries, Inc. became a subsidiary of Toray International (and changed its name accordingly). | |
| P.T.Toray Trading Indonesia ↓ P.T.Toray International Indonesia |
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| August | Established a representative office in Bangladesh. | |
| 2012 | January | An overseas trading company under Toray Industries, Inc. became a subsidiary of Toray International (and changed its name accordingly). |
| Toray Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ↓ Toray International (China) Co., Ltd． |
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| August | Established P.T. TI MATSUOKA WINNER INDUSTRY. | |
| September | Established a representative office in Istanbul. | |
| 2013 | July | Established a representative office in Myanmar. |
| 2014 | April | Established Toray International Trading (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. |
| Established Toray International Guangzhou Trading Co., Ltd. | ||
| September | Established Toray International Trading (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | |
| 2016 | April | Toray International de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., an affiliate of Toray International, established its Guadalajara office. |
| November | Toray International Singapore Pte.Ltd. an affiliate of Toray International, established its representative office in Manila. | |
| 2017 | April | Fishing Products Dept. transferred business to TORAY MONOFILAMENT Co., Ltd. |
| May | Established Toray International Vietnam Co., Ltd. | |
| July | Toray Diplomode,Inc. became an affiliate of Toray International. | |
| 2019 | April | Toray International India Private Limited. an affiliate of Toray International, established its branch office in Dubai. |
| December | Toray International Vietnam Co.,Ltd., an affiliate of Toray International, established its representative office in Hanoi. | |
| 2021 | March | Toray International Vietnam Co.,Ltd., an affiliate of Toray International, established its Factory in Quang Ngai. |
| 2022 | January | Established Diplomode,Inc. |