Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.kyowale.co.jp/en/

■Address

1876 Higashi-machi, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, 430-8510, JAPAN

Business Overview

-The Company, a member of the Toyota Group, specializes in synthetic resin leather and film.

-The Mobility Business is engaged in seats, cockpits, door trim, and exterior embellishments

-The Automotive Interior Synthetic Leather/Covering Materials Business has a huge market share globally.(according to the Company's own survey).

Shareholders

-Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

(As of Mar. 31, 2024)

Name or Company Name	Investment Ratio (%)
Toyota Motor Corp.	34.69
Toyota Tsusho Corporation	6.45
Hayashi Telempu Holdings Corp.	4.32
Resona Bank, Limited	3.58
Kisco Ltd.	3.18
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)	3.12
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)	2.48
Employee stock holdings	1.64
MIKI & CO., LTD.	1.25
NAGASE & CO., LTD.	1.25
Total	61.95

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Products

Automotive interior covering materials
-Urethane products used for:

Seats
Door trim
Door ornaments
Arm rests
Instrument panels
Console boxes
Steering wheels
Shift lever boots

- Olefin products used for:

Instrument panels
Head linings
Roofs
Door trim
Door ornaments
Arm rests
Console boxes

-Vinyl chloride products used for:

Seats
Door trims
Door ornaments
Arm rests
Console boxes
Shift lever boots
Tonneau covers
Sunvisors
Roofs

ｰAcrylic products used for:

Roofs

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History

Aug. 1935	Fuji Kakuhu Co., Ltd.; Asahi Leather Co., Ltd.; Dainippon Co., Ltd; and Nippon Gikaku Co., Ltd. all merged to form Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd.
Jun. 1942	Set up Tokushima Factory in Naruto, Tokushima
Apr. 1944	Renamed as Kyowa Kouku Kakou.
Dec. 1945	Renamed Kyowa Kakou.
Oct. 1947	Name changed back to Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1948	Acquired Shinko Kokusaku Kogyo.
Jan. 1949	Started producing vinyl chloride leather
Apr. 1957	Listed on the Tokyo over-the-counter market
Sep. 1961	Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Mar. 1962	Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange (Delisted in February 2004)
Dec. 1968	Established 1st Tenryu Plant in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
May 1974	Established 2nd Tenryu Plant in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Sep. 1978	Moved headquarters from Sumida-ku, Tokyo to Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
May 1981	Established Shinshiro Plant in Shinshiro, Aichi
Feb. 1997	Established Kyowa Leather Cloth U.S.A. INC. (Liquidated in September 2008)
Jun. 2000	The entire Company obtained ISO14001 certification.
Jan. 2002	Established Thai Nam-Kyowa Company Limited in Thailand.
Apr. 2004	Established Kyowa-GSK Industry (Langfang) Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2011	Changed Kyowa-GSK Plastics (Langfang) Co., Ltd. to a consolidated subsidiary
Jul. 2018	Merged Nankai Technart Co., Ltd. and Kyowle Company together, changing the newly formed company’s name to Kyowa LifeTechno, Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2021	Established Kyowa North America, Inc., a non-consolidated subsidiary accounted for under the equity method of accounting.
Apr. 2022	Moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Standard Market due to the TSE's reorganization.