asiantex.net - Part 601

07/29/2016 daisen

Nisshinbo Textile Expanding Exports With One-of-a-Kind Technology

Nisshinbo Textile Inc. is enjoying growing demand for its denim also in overseas markets headed by premium jeans makers on the U.S. West Coast. Thanks to the increasing attention toward its one-of-a-kind technology and weakening of the extremely strong Japanese currency, the company’s denim exports from Japan have been increasing since fiscal 2015, and exports have been maintaining their momentum this year as well. In response to growing demand, the company has increased its export sales staffers. Nisshinbo Textile’s denim business is drawing attention worldwide, and its current activities are introduced as follows. The denim that Nisshinbo Textile exports to the U.S. is woven on projectile looms inserting two aligned

07/29/2016 daisen

Teijin Increasing Technora Para-Aramid Fiber Production Capacity

Teijin Limited will expand its Technora para-aramid fiber production by 10% through increasing the capacity at its Matsuyama Factory. Construction will begin this June at a cost of 1.5 billion yen, with operation slated to begin from October 2017. Teijin and Teijin Aramid B.V., the group’s core aramid-fiber business, will jointly expand the worldwide sales of Technora in response to growing demands in global markets. High-performance composite materials offering new value are one of the four business pillars in the Transformation and Growth Strategies of Teijin’s current medium-term business plan. Promising fields for Teijin’s high-performance fibers include infrastructure and energy, safety, functional paper and filters, and mobility. By increasing the

07/29/2016 daisen

Teijin Frontier Establishes Subsidiary in Mexico

Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fiber-products converting company, established Teijin Frontier Mexico S.A. de C.V in Mexico City on February 3rd as its first automotive material subsidiary in the Americas. The subsidiary will manufacture and sell materials for auto manufacturing, and will serve as the headquarters for the North American market, where Teijin Frontier is aiming to expand its market share by supplying rubber and materials for car seats and airbags to Japanese and other automobile companies operating in Mexico. Sales and marketing activities are scheduled to begin in July 2016.