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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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. |