Toray Industries, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan, November 1, 2022 – Toray Industries, Inc., today announced that the company had received notification from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA), which is a registered certification body of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), that the ISO9001:2015
1 certification of certain activities at its Nagoya Plant that was suspended on July 12, 2022, was reinstated on October 28, 2022, as a result of a special audit conducted by JQA on October 5 and 6, 2022.
Toray will continue to make every effort to reacquire the certification for other activities that was withdrawn on July 12, 2022, at its Nagoya Plant and Chiba Plant at the earliest possible date.
1 International standard for quality management systems.
An overview of this matter is as detailed below.
1. Details of reinstatement of ISO9001 certification that was suspended
(1) Scope of activities subject to reinstatement of certification |
• Nagoya Plant |
- The design / development and manufacture of ε-caprolactam, isomers of halogenated aromatics and alkylbenzenes, nylon resins for fibers, polyamideimide resin (ti-polymer), modified nylon particle, specialty nylon resin, methacrylic resin
- The design / development and manufacture of hexamethylenediamine, hexamethylenediammoniumadipate
- The design / development and manufacture (outsource) of chlorocyclohexane 2
- The manufacture of polyester-ether resin (Hytrel) 3
- The design / development and manufacture (outsource) of intermediate materials for carbon fiber composites, resin for CFRP (carbon fiber-reinforced plastic)
- The design / development and manufacture (outsource) of CFRP (carbon fiber-reinforced plastic) composites
- The design / development and manufacture (outsource) of silicone compound and cyclohexene
2 Application for change of content pending
3 Products commissioned by Du Pont-Toray Co., Ltd. |
(2) Applicable standard |
ISO9001:2015 |
(3) Registration number |
JQA-0643 |
(4) Date of certification reinstatement |
October 28, 2022 |
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2. Details of ISO9001 certification registration subject to withdrawal (ongoing)
(1) Scope of activities subject to withdrawal of certification: |
• Nagoya Plant |
The design / development and manufacture of nylon resin, PBT resin, PPS resin, liquid crystal polyester resin, carbon fiber reinforced resin (Torayca resin) |
• Chiba Plant |
The design / development and manufacture of ABS resin, PLA resin and carbon fiber reinforced resin pellets |
(2) Applicable standard |
ISO9001:2015 |
(3) Registration number |
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• Nagoya Plant
• Chiba Plant |
: JQA-0643
: JQA-0432 |