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History
Year | Main Topics | |
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1957 | Jul. | The New York office, the first in the U.S. for Toray, opens. |
1965 | Dec. | The New York office is formally incorporated as Toray New York Inc. |
1971 | Oct. | Toray Industries (America), Inc. replaces Toray New York Inc. as the representative company of Toray in the U.S. |
1985 | May | Toray purchases U.S. polypropylene film manufacturer Trea Industries Inc., which is currently known as Toray Plastics (America) Inc. |
1988 | Feb. | Toray Marketing & Sales (America), Inc. is formed. |
1989 | Dec. | Toray Resin Company is formed. |
1991 | Jan. | Production of LUMIRROR®, polyester film, begins at Toray Plastics (America), Inc. |
1991 | Apr. | Boeing Inc. begins using TORAYCA® carbon fiber prepreg as the primary structural material for its B777 aircraft. |
1992 | May | Toray Composites (America), Inc. is formed. |
1997 | Jan. | Production of PEF®, olefin foam, begins at Toray Plastics (America), Inc. |
May | Toray Carbon Fibers America, Inc. is formed. | |
1998 | Jun. | Toray Ultrasuede (America), Inc. (integrated with Toray International America Inc. in 2010) is formed. |
2000 | Jun. | Toray Membrane America Inc. is formed. |
2002 | Jul. | Toray acquires the fluorofiber business of DuPont, and establishes Toray Fluorofibers (America), Inc. |
2006 | Apr. | Toray and Boeing sign an agreement for a long-term supply of TORAYCA® carbon fiber composite materials. |
2006 | Jun. | Toray Membrane USA, Inc. (absorbing the operations of Toray Membrane America Inc.) is formed. |
2007 | Oct. | Toray International America Inc. replaces Toray Marketing & Sales (America), Inc. to better cater to ever increasing needs for more global integrations. |
2011 | Sep. | Furthering our commitment to environmentally friendly practices, a new solar-power generation farm is opened at our North Kingstown, Rhode Island, facility. |
2014 | Feb. | Zoltek Companies, Inc. A manufacturer of large-tow carbon fibers joins the Toray Group. |
2017 | Apr. | Toray Composites (America), Inc and Toray Carbon Fibers America, Inc. integrated to establish Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. |
2018 | Jul. | Toray completes purchase of shares in TenCate Advanced Composites Holding B.V. and TenCate Advanced Composites USA, Inc. and established in the U.S. |
2019 | Mar. | TenCate Advanced Composites changes its business brand name to Toray Advanced Composites. TenCate Performance Composites, a subsidiary of TenCate Advanced Composites, subsequently changes its business brand name to Toray Performance Materials Corporation. |