History
Toray Engineering was established in 1960 as a subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc. (then named “Toyo Rayon Co., Ltd.”), with the purpose of providing Toray with equipment and maintenance work. Since then we have engaged in plant construction and manufactured production equipment such as textile machinery both inside Japan and abroad.
We currently have four overseas sites and eight subsidiaries inside Japan. We are a unique engineering company capable of machinery and equipment development and monozukuri. We are active in a growing range of areas, including not only textiles and plastics, but pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, FPDs, and composite materials as well.
| 1960 | Aug. | Toyo Construction Co., Ltd. founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc. |
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| 1962 | Nov. | Renamed Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| 1966 | Oct. | Plant engineers from Toray Industries, Inc. were introduced to strengthen company organization, triggering development into a comprehensive engineering firm. |
| 1969 | July | Full-scale entry into the housing business. |
| Dec. | Entered field of high-rise warehouse and distribution systems. | |
| 1970 | Oct. | Entered field of environmental control systems. |
| Nov. | Entered field of radioactive waste treatment and other nuclear power related systems. | |
| Dec. | Large scale exports of plants began. | |
| 1975 | Dec. | Entered field of environmental impact assessment. |
| 1977 | Sept. | Entered field of fluidized-bed systems. |
| 1978 | Apr. | Entered field of sewage treatment facilities. |
| 1980 | Oct. | Increased capital to \1.5 billion. |
| Oct. | Largely entered field of RO plants. | |
| Apr. | Toray Industries, Inc.’s electronic device business division (electronic printers, measurement devices, fluidic devices) transferred and integrated. Construction and housing business division transferred to Toray Construction Co., Ltd. | |
| 1984 | Jan. | Centralized management of Toray Industries, Inc.'s’s conservation work. |
| 1985 | Aug. | Completed Seta Factory as manufacturing base for FA systems. |
| 1987 | Apr. | Entered field of CIM systems. |
| Nov. | Started marketing of film slitters and winders. | |
| 1990 | Apr. | Completely transferred Toray’s maintenance business to Toray Industries, Inc. |
| Oct. | Remodeled Seta Factory and completed Technology and Development Center to integrate manufacturing and R&D bases for electronic machinery, precision machinery and FA systems. | |
| Dec. | Established TEK (Singapore) Pte Ltd., a local plant construction company in Singapore. | |
| 1991 | Apr. | Transferred ownership of personnel seconded from Toray Industries, Inc. to Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| 1993 | Jan. | Completed Numazu Factory as a manufacturing base (in eastern Japan) for FA systems. |
| Nov. | Established Shanghai Office in China. | |
| 1995 | May | Established Beijing Zhong Li Chemical Fiber Machinery Co., Ltd. in China. |
| July | Established TEK (America) Inc., a local company in America. | |
| 1996 | Mar. | Established TEK (Korea) Co., Ltd.(now Toray Engineering (Korea) Co., Ltd), a local company in Korea. |
| 1998 | July | Completed Kansai Technical Center to consolidate engineers in the Shiga area. |
| 2001 | Aug. | Completed new facility (Packaging Technology Center) at Seta factory. |
| 2002 | Apr. | TMT Machinery Inc. jointly funded by Murata Machinery, Ltd., Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd. and Toray Engineering. |
| Apr. | Merged with Toray Industries’ Printer Division. | |
| Sept. | Head office location shifted with the completion of Nakanoshima Mitsui Building. | |
| Nov. | Established Shanghai TEK Technology & Consulting Co., Ltd.(now Toray Engineering (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.), a local company in Shanghai, China. | |
| 2003 | Apr. | Transferred Textile Machinery Business Division to TMT Machinery Inc. |
| 2004 | Apr. | Established TSCoater Division as business of Toray Slit-nozzle Coater expanded. |
| July | Transferred water disposal (environmental) business to Suido Kiko Co., Ltd. | |
| Nov. | Merged with Toray Industries’ CAE Soft Division. | |
| 2005 | Sept. | Moved Head office from Osaka to Tokyo. |
| 2007 | June | Completed Electronics Research & Development Center in Seta Factory. |
| 2009 | Jan. | Full-scale entry into the field of battery manufacturing systems. |
| 2010 | Apr. | Transferred Construction Div. functions to domestic subsidiaries. |
| Oct. | Ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of our company'’s founding | |
| 2013 | Apr. | Transferred Printer business to TDS Co., Ltd.(now Toray Engineering D Solutions Co., Ltd.) |
| Dec. | Founded Kitakyushu TEK & FP LLC and HKK & TEK LLC to establish a photovoltaic power generation business. | |
| 2015 | July | Established the Taiwan Branch. |
| Aug. | Moved head office from Nihonbashi to Yaesu. | |
| Oct. | Opened Yokohama Satellite Laboratory. | |
| 2017 | June | NGR Inc., became a subsidiary. |
| 2019 | Dec. | Consolidated semiconductor inspection eguipment business into TASMIT,Inc. |
| 2020 | Apr. | Factory management & production management system business, measurement & analysis equipment business, and molding simulation system business transferred to Toray Engineering D Solutions. |