Corporate Data - Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.

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Company Name	Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.
Head Office	Hama-rikyu Mitsui Bldg., 6-4, Tsukiji 5-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8423, Japan TEL:03-4546-1111

As of March 31, 2016

Date of Establishment	June 1, 1960
Number of Employees	(Consolidated) 1,777 , (Non-Consolidated) 839
Common Stock (Millions of Yen)	10,680

Business Results (As of March 31, 2016)	Consolidated (Millions of Yen)
	Net Sales	61,064
	Ordinary Income	5,119

Shareholders (As of April 1, 2016)	Percentage of Voting Rights
Freudenberg SE	75%
Toray Industries, Inc.	25%

Board Members, Corporate Auditors (As of April 18, 2016)
Chairman Representative Member of the Board	Toshio Yoshida	Director	Motokazu Iwasaki
President Representative Member of the Board	Satoshi Kawamura	Director	Yukiyasu Izuta
Senior Managing Director	Masahiro Kimura	Director	Thomas Seidel
Managing Director	Yasuhiro Esaki	Director	Shogo Masuda *1
Director	Yasuji Nakakouji	Corporate Auditor	Noriyuki Aoki
Director	Atsushi Shimoda	Corporate Auditor	Minoru Tamatsukuri *2

*1: Outside Director
*2: Outside Corporate Auditor

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1960	Establishment of Japan Vilene Co., Ltd. (Capital: 120 million yen)
1961	Completion of Shiga Factory
1970	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1972	Completion of Tokyo Factory
1976	Establishment of Nouvil Co., Ltd. (Current Vilene Create Co., Ltd.)
1980	Establishment of Freudenberg & Vilene International Ltd. <Hong Kong>
1983	Establishment of VIAM Manufacturing, Inc. <U.S.A.･LA> Establishment of Hikotomi Industrial Co., Ltd.
1984	Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1985	Establishment of Pacific Giken Co., Ltd.
1986	Establishment of Viclean Co., Ltd.
1987	Establishment of Cumulass Co., Ltd.
1989	Establishment of Taiwan Vilene Nonwoven Co., Ltd. <Taiwan> (Current Freudenberg & Vilene Nonwovens (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.)
1990	Opening of Research & Development Center (Current Central Reseach Laboratory)
1994	Establishment of Vilene Ibaraki Service Co., Ltd. (Current VIS Co., Ltd.)
1995	Establishment of Freudenberg & Vilene Nonwovens (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. <China> Shiga Factory and Tokyo Factory each receive ISO9002 certification
1996	Shiga Factory and Tokyo Factory each receive ISO9001 certification
1997	Establishment of Freudenberg Vitech Ltd. Partnership <U.S.A.> Acquisition of Oyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
1998	Establishment of Korea Vilene Co., Ltd. <Korea> Establishment of VIAM (TN) Ltd. Partnership <U.S.A.> (Current VIAM Manufacturing, Inc.) Shiga Factory and Tokyo Factory each receive ISO14001 certification
2001	Establishment of VIAM Holding, Inc. <U.S.A.> Establishment of Korea Filtertek Co., Ltd. <Korea> (Current Korea Filtration Technologies Co., Ltd.)
2002	Opening of Shanghai Representative Office <China>
2004	Establishment of Freudenberg & Vilene Filter (Changchun) Co., Ltd. <China> Establishment of Tianjin VIAM Automotive Products Co., Ltd. <China>
2005	Establishment of Freudenberg & Vilene Interlinings (Nantong) Co., Ltd. <China>
2007	Establishment of Japan VIAM Co., Ltd.
2008	Consolidation of three VIAM group companies in the US into VIAM Manufacturing, Inc. <U.S.A.･TN> Establishment of Freudenberg & Vilene Filter (Thailand) Co., Ltd. <Thailand>
2011	Establishment of VICAM Inc. <U.S.A.> Acquisition of VITECH Manufacturing L.P. <U.S.A.>
2012	Establishment of Freudenberg & Vilene Filter (Chengdu) Co., Ltd .<China> Establishment of VIAM Manufacturing Mexico S.A. de C.V. <Mexico>
2013	Establishment of VIAM Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.<Thailand> Acquisition of Oshitari Laboratory, Inc.
2014	Opening of Kyushu Sales Office
2015	Opening of Fukuyama Sales Office Delisted from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of FT Holdings, Freudenberg SE and Toray Industries, Inc.
2016	Establishment of VITECHMEX NONWOVENS S.A. de C.V. <Mexico>

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