Toray’s plastics & chemicals segment is made up of three main product categories: plastic resins, films, and chemicals. The Group has commercialized high-performance plastic resins and super engineering plastic resins used in a diverse range of products, including electronic components and automotive parts. Currently holding a 20% market share, Toray is the world’s leading manufacturer of polyester films. We seek to maximize earnings from both the plastic resins and films businesses through global operations. At present, Toray has plastic resins production and compounding facilities in Japan, the United States, Southeast Asia, and China, and film production bases in six countries.

Recently, the Group has been focusing on a series of environmentally friendly products. These include developing practical applications for polylactic acid (PLA) plastics produced by fermenting starch contained in sweet corn to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and demand for fossil fuels, as well as films used in capacitors for hybrid car and films used as back sheets in solar cells.