Teijin

Teijin Limited (帝人株式会社) is a Japanese chemical, pharmaceutical and information technology company. Its main fields of operation are high-performance fibers such as aramid, carbon fibers & composites, healthcare, films, resin & plastic processing, polyester fibers, products converting and IT products.

The company is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[3]

As of March 2014, the Teijin Group comprises 151 companies, 56 in Japan and 95 overseas.[1]

Teijin is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.

Business segments and products

  • Advanced Fibers & Composites Business
  • Aramid fibers
  • High-performance polyethylene (e.g., Endumax branded UHMWPE)
  • High-performance polyester fibers
  • PEN fibers
  • Artificial leather
  • Carbon fiber reinforced composites[4]
  • Flame-resistant fibers
  • Electric Materials & Performance Polymer Products Business
  • Polycarbonate resin
  • PEN resin
  • PET film
  • PEN film
  • Processed film
  • Healthcare Business
  • Pharmaceuticals in the treatment of bone and joint disease, respiratory disease and cardiovascular and metabolic disease
  • IT Business
  • IT services in the healthcare field
  • Total web-based enterprise resource planning (ERP)
  • Digital content management services
  • Content distribution services for mobile phones and smartphones (electronic books, music)
  • E-commerce services
  • Products Converting Business
  • Sales and trading of fibrous raw material, apparel, industrial materials and performance polymer products
  • Polyester/Recycled polyester fibers/textiles
  • Closed-loop recycling of polyester products

See also

  • Polycarbonate
  • Tenax – carbon fiber
  • Teijin Aramid
  • Technora
  • Twaron
  • Aramid
  • Teijin S.C., former football (soccer) club based in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture

References

  1. Corporate Data Teijin, retrieved August 15, 2014^
  2. Teijin Financial Statements Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved August 15, 2014^
  3. Components:Nikkei Stock Average Nikkei Inc., retrieved August 15, 2014^
  4. TEIJIN LIMITED – Company Profile and Products us.metoree.com, retrieved 2023-07-13^