Toyobo develops new wadding material

Toyobo develops new wadding material

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 3, 2014, shows wadding material named "Grain Geran" for clothes and bedclothes developed jointly by Toyobo STS Co., a Toyobo Co. subsidiary, and Kyoto-based ARAI Co. The material is hoped to be a boon to the making of clothes and bedclothes given skyrocketing prices of feathers due to a supply shortage caused by an outbreak of avian flu.

2 chosen as Kansai Economic Federation deputy chiefs

2 chosen as Kansai Economic Federation deputy chiefs

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuzo Sakamoto (R), chairman of Toyobo Co., and Shinichi Otake, adviser to NTT West Corp., meet reporters after their selection as vice chairmen of the Kansai Economic Federation in Osaka on May 19, 2014.

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Osamu Uno, a former chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren), who died of bile duct cancer at a hospital in Osaka on Nov. 12 at the age of 83. Uno, a former president of Toyobo Co., served as chairman of the most powerful business lobby in the Osaka area between 1987 and 1994.

Toyobo to start clinical tests on bone regenerative material

Toyobo to start clinical tests on bone regenerative material

A bone regenerative material, seen in this photo taken on April 6, 2015, will be subject to clinical tests from June in a joint project by textile maker Toyobo Co. and Tohoku University aiming for the product to hit the market in 2018 for use in dentistry and oral surgery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Investigation into deadly fire at Toyobo's plant

Investigation into deadly fire at Toyobo's plant

Photo taken Sept. 29, 2020, shows a fire department vehicle heading to the scene of a fire that left two workers dead and one injured two days earlier at Japanese fiber and biotechnology firm Toyobo Co.'s plant in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture.

Investigation into deadly fire at Toyobo's plant

Investigation into deadly fire at Toyobo's plant

Photo taken Sept. 29, 2020, shows a fire department vehicle heading to the scene of a fire that left two workers dead and one injured two days earlier at Japanese fiber and biotechnology firm Toyobo Co.'s plant in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture.

Japanese textile maker Toyobo

Japanese textile maker Toyobo

File photo taken Nov. 20, 2019, shows the head office of Japanese textile maker Toyobo Co. in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Osamu Uno, a former chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren), who died of bile duct cancer at a hospital in Osaka on Nov. 12 at the age of 83. Uno, a former president of Toyobo Co., served as chairman of the most powerful business lobby in the Osaka area between 1987 and 1994.