Toho Tenax Co., Ltd.

Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures carbon fiber, oxidized PAN fiber, and advanced composite material. The company provides filament, chopped fiber, woven fabric, metal-coated fiber, and prepreg products for applications in aircraft, rockets, satellites, fishing equipment, golf clubs, rackets, marine, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, cars and containers, machinery parts, high-speed rotors, electric/electronic parts, pressure vessels, chemical and medical equipment, construction, office equipment, precision and corrosion resistant equipment, and others. It also offers a flame-resistant fiber used in anti-spattering sheets for welding, protective garments for furnaces, various flameproof sheets, heat insulators, and gland packing; and advanced composite materials for robot hand and high-speed rotation applications. The company was formerly known as Toho Rayon Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. in 2001. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.