History & Management

Company Profile

Establishment: March 3, 1934
Capital: 100 million yen

Executive Officers:

President: Masataka Otsuka
Director: Masato Wakai
Director (part-time): Yoshinori Kawashima
Director (part-time): Shu Mizuguchi
Auditor: Tatsuya Tanaka

Number of employees: 120 employees
Shareholders: Hokuetsu Corporation（100%）

Executive Officers:

President: Masataka Otsuka
Director: Masato Wakai
Director (part-time): Yoshinori Kawashima
Director (part-time): Shu Mizuguchi
Auditor: Tatsuya Tanaka

Number of employees: 120 employees
Shareholders: Hokuetsu Corporation（100%）

Location:

Head office＆Sales Department:
Otsuka 888, Numazu city, Shizuoka prefecture, 410-0306 Japan

TEL　+81-55-968-0367
FAX　+81-55-967-2210

Fuji Engineering Department:
Kuzawa 1-1, Fuji city, Shizuoka prefecture 419-0202 Japan

TEL　+81-545-71-1411
FAX　+81-545-71-1294

Our History

Transition to the establishment of Hokuetsu Toyo Fibre

The history of Hokuetsu Toyo Fibre and its predecessors Teikoku Kenshi and the Nissha Shokai.

  • 1859: Vulcanized Fibre was invented by Thomas Taylor in the U.K.
  • [1870 U.S.A.]: Industrialization of Vulcanized Fibre in the U.S.A. Diamond state fibre
  • 1874: Suzuki Shouten (founding company of Nissha Shokai) was found
  • [1901 U.S.A.]: Celluloid
  • Inventor Hayat invented in 1869
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1911
  • 1907: Azuma Leather was established as the chemical department of Suzuki Shouten
  • [1909 U.S.A.]: Phenolic resin
  • Inventor Bayer invented in 1872
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1914
  • 1910: Nissha Shokai was established with support from Suzuki Shoten (Rubber manufacturing business)
  • [1911 U.S.A.]: Alkyd resin
  • Inventor Berthruuse invented in 1847
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1934
  • 1914: Azuma Leather separated its rubber department, and it merged Nissha Shokaiinto Nippon Ringyo Limited Partnership Company (now Nichirin) in 1914.
  • 1915: Reorganized Azuma Leather into East Kogyo to establish two new business divisions
  • Artificial silk thread department → going through a period of Yonezawa Artificial Silk Yarn Factory,it developed into Imperial Artificial Silk Thread (now Teijin) in 1918
  • Hard fiber board section (Vulcanized Fibre) → Nissha Shokai accepted the transfer of the business Merged Teikoku Kenshi in 1934 into Toyo Fibre Suzuki Shouten Memorial Hall Special Feature: http://www.suzukishoten-museum.com/footstep/company/cat6/
  • 1917: Tokyo Textile Research Institute was established in Ikebukuro. Started industrialization of Vulcanized Fibre (preceded by Teikoku Kenshi)
  • 1918: Kagaku Kenshi Co., Ltd. was established as a business succession company of Tokyo Textile Research Institute
  • 1919: Started production of Vulcanized Fibre in Nissha Shokai, Fibre Division
  • 1920: Established Teikoku Kenshi Co., Ltd. as a business succession company of Kagaku Kenshi Co., Ltd.
  • [Germany]: Urea resin
  • Inventor Goldschmitz invented in1896
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1929
  • 1934: Toyo Fibre was established in March 3, 1934. Teikoku Kenshi Co., Ltd. and the Vulcanized Fibre Division of Nissha Shokai Co., Ltd. were merged to establish Toyo Fibre Co., Ltd. Tokyo head office and Osaka branch office were established. Vulcanized Fibre was produced at Tokyo plant and Kobe plant [U.S.A.]: Methacrylic resin
  • Inventor Rame invented in 1901
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1938
  • 1923: A factory of Teikoku Kenshi Co., Ltd. was established in Nakano, Tokyo.
  • 1932: Nippon Fibre Manufacturing Co., Ltd. started commercial production (founded by a former engineer of Vulcanized Fibre from Nissha Shokai)
  • [1933 U.S.A. & German]: Vinyl chloride
  • Inventor Regnard invented in1835
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1941
  • 1935: Hokuetsu Corporation (former Hokuetsu Paper Co., Ltd.) started producing Vulcanized Fibre at Nagaoka Mill (by instruction of a former engineer of Nippon Fibre Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)
  • [1938 U.S.A.]: Melamine resin
  • Hoffman inventor invented in 1874
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1943
  • [U.K. 1939]: Polyelen
  • Inventor I. C. I invented in 1931
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1959
  • 1941 [U.S.A.]: Hokuetsu Paper Co., Ltd. started the first continuous production of Vulcanized Fibre in Japan Polyamide
  • Inventor Carrosas invented in 1938
  • Industrialization in Japan, in 1943
  • 1942: Received the designation of a military control plant.
  • [U.S.A.]: Polyester
  • Inventor I. G invented in 1937
  • Industrialization in Japan, 1955
  • Inventor Clover Bradley invented in 1939
  • Industrialization in Japan, in 1953
  • 1951: Constructed as a dedicated plant for the Vulcanized Fibre cans at the Itami plant
  • 1954: Nippon Specialty Paper Co., Ltd. was established (Toyo Fibre’s wholly owned company) Opened Fuji Factory to produce raw papers and other industrial raw papers.

The current Fuji Engineering Department, Shizuoka plant Polypropylene

  • Inventor G
  • Natta invented in 1954
  • 1956: Nippon Specialty Paper Co., Ltd. opened the former Numazu plant. Nippon Specialty Paper Co., Ltd. became the Numazu Plant of Toyo Fibre Co., Ltd. Installed production equipment of Vulcanized Fibre
  • 1962: Development of heat-resistant Vulcanized Fibre in response to the Electrical Appliances and Materials Control Act. (Heat resistant grade E class product) (V-0 · 1 product)
  • 1967: New plant established in Haramachi, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

The current headquarters and the Numazu Engineering Department, Shizuoka factory

  • 1974: Development of flame retardant Vulcanized Fibre in response to UL94. (V-0 · 1 item)
  • 1989: Toyo Corporation Co., Ltd. was established. Slitter work for Vulcanized Fibre started.
  • 2002: Registration of ISO 9001: 2000 certification
  • 2004: 70th anniversary of the founding
  • 2008: ISO 9001: 2008 certification registration
  • 2012: Made a share exchange with Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. and became its wholly-owned subsidiary.
  • 2013: The Numazu plant and the Fuji plant were integrated to form the Shizuoka factory Merged Toyo Corporation into Toyo Fibre Co., Ltd.
  • 2014: Changed company name to Hokuetsu Toyo Fibre Co., Ltd. Took over the Vulcanized Fibre business of Nagaoka Mill of Hokuetsu Corporation (former Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd.) and became the only company producing Vulcanized Fibre in Japan
  • 2017: ISO 9001: 2015 certification registration