Toho Tenax

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Toho Tenax Co., Ltd.
Type Subsidiary
Industry Chemicals - Fibers
Founded1934 as Toho Synthetic Fiber
Headquarters Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Yoshikuni Utsunomiya (President)
Products Tenax, Pyromex and Thermex
RevenueIncrease2.svg JP¥ 51.542 billion (FY 2007)
Increase2.svg JP¥ 2.360 billion (FY 2007)
Number of employees
1,328
Parent Teijin (100%)
Website www.tohotenax.com

Toho Tenax (東邦テナックス, Tōhō Tenakkusu) is an international company that supplies customers throughout the world with carbon fiber under the trade name Tenax.

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History

Toho Tenax has been a member of the Teijin Group since 2000.

Since May 2018, Toho Tenax was integrated to its subsidiary Teijin, and all of the group's subsidiaries were renamed after Teijin. [1]

Description

Toho Tenax has production units in Japan, the US and in Germany. The main products are carbon fiber, oxidized poly-acrylic-nitrile (PAN) fiber and advanced composite material.

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References

  1. "Teijin integrates carbon fiber business under one name". www.compositesworld.com. Retrieved 2019-12-22.