History

1986 December Toray International was established with a capital of 1.4 billion yen as a wholly owned subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc.
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 representatives in Shanghai jointly with Toray Industries (H.K.) Ltd., in order to grow plastics sales.
1995 April Established a representative office in Frankfurt.
November Established Shanghai Aisen. (The company was dissolved in March 2000.)
1996 December Took over the former Shirai Jitsugyo’s sling business.
Opened the 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 liaisons in Melbourne, Australia jointly with Toray Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Moved the Osaka head office to Dojima Avanza Building.
July Took over some of Toray Living Co., Ltd.'s lines of business
Opened the Sapporo branch.
August Stationed representatives in Bangalore jointly with Toray Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in order to grow plastics sales.
September Took over part of Kanematsu Corporation's wool business.
October Took over some of Kanematsu Plastics Co., Ltd.’s lines of business
2000 April Started handing financial affairs operations for direct trading operations for Toray Industries, Inc.
May Took over part of Kanematsu Corporation's leather business.
June Invested in ALIEN TECHNOLOGY.
Invested in Chung Chi Leather Co., Ltd.
2001 February Took over part of Nissho Iwai Corp.'s rawhide and skin business.
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.
Toray Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. → Toray International Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Tong Shing Inc. → Toray International Taipei Inc.
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
Toray Europe Ltd. → Toray International U.K. Ltd.
Toray Italia S.r.l. → Toray International Italy S.r.l.
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
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.
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 a branch office in Dubai.
December Toray International Vietnam Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Toray International, established a representative office in Hanoi.
2021 March Toray International Vietnam Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Toray International, established a factory in Quang Ngai.
2022 January Established Diplomode, Inc.