TORAY Toray Chemical Korea Inc.

Innovative Technologies To Lead Future of the Chemical Materials Industry

Toray Chemical has contributed, through its technology research center established in 1979, to the development of chemical materials technology that improves the quality of life, ranging from the clothes that people wear to the water that they drink and next-generation display materials.

Drawing on its polyester resin and fiber manufacturing technologies that it has accumulated since its foundation, Toray Chemical became Korea's first company to commercialize a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane and has actively developed a fouling resistant RO membrane, RO membrane for desalination of seawater, microfiltration membrane, and water treatment filter technologies. It also developed high-intensity, high heat-resistant light diffusion panel for LCD and extrusion engraving prism sheet technologies, achieving an outstanding result in IT materials.

In addition, Toray Chemical realigned its technology development management system and introduced a new technology asset management system, successfully promoting process improvements and enhancing technology competitiveness. It maximizes research productivity through innovation.

Toray Chemical has established a master plan for technology development strategy to secure technology competitiveness for the future in the environment, energy, and new materials, which are the company's strategic business areas. Based on the master plan, Toray Chemical will actively promote development of materials for components of alternative energy, the most important issue in the future, to lay the foundation for new businesses. In the mid to long term, it will conduct research and development in fine chemistry and biotechnology.

• * Technology Research Center

  The Technology Research Center was integrated with the Materials Research Center in 2008 to further improve the company's state-of-the-art chemical materials development capability. It explores new business opportunities in the environment and energy and new technologies for the future. It is being established as the primary driver of Toray Chemical's growth by installing diverse experimental devices and advanced pilot facilities and securing outstanding talents. It is particularly focusing on development and quick commercialization of polymerization and processing technologies for new heavy molecule materials as well as manufacturing and processing technologies for fibers for high-tech industries, membrane materials, display materials, and next-generation energy component materials.

• * Production Technology Center

  The Production Technology Centers at Toray Chemical's plants including Gumi Plants 1 & 2 and Anseong Plant place priority on securing basic technologies to expand the existing business lines of fibers, textiles, filters, and display materials and developing new products to realize greater customer value.