| Year | Main Topics | |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | Toray Research Center Inc., established. |
| 1977 | 10 | Marketing of Filtryzer* artificial kidney began. |
| 9 | Full-scale production of Torelief* photosensitive resin relief printing plate began at Okazaki plant. | |
| 1976 | 9 | Toray Waterless Plate* developed. |
| 1975 | 5 | Production and marketing of PBT resin began. |
| 1 | Production of Tetoron* began at Ishikawa plant. | |
| 1974 | 10 | Toray stock listed on Frankfurt and Dusseldorf stock exchange. |
| 4 | IGANTO S.p.A. (present Alcantara S.p.A.) established in Italy. | |
| 1 | Toray Industries (H.K.) Ltd., established. | 1973 | 4 | Penfabric Sdn. Berhad (PAB) established. |
| 4 | Toray Glassal Corp., established by way of a joint venture with Eternit S.A. of Belgium. | |
| 2 | Penfibre Sdn. Berhad (PFR) established. | |
| 1972 | 6 | Artificial turf Spackturf* introduced. |
| 1971 | 10 | P.T. Indonesia Toray Synthetics (ITS) established. |
| 8 | Production and marketing of Torayca* carbon fiber began. | |
| 7 | Gifu plant completed , began production of Lumirror*. | |
| 3 | Tokai plant completed, began production of lactam (raw material for nylon 6), and telephthalic acid (raw material for Tetoron*). | |
| 1970 | 10 | Tsuchiura plant completed, began production of Torayfan* BO polypropylene film. |
| 7 | Ecsaine* suede-like artificial leather, introduced. | |
| 7 | Chiba plant completed, production of Toyolac* began. | |
| 1 | Corporate name changed to Toray Industries, Inc. | |
* indicates a trademark of Toray Industries, Inc., its subsidiaries, and/or affiliated companies.
