Corporate Data - Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.

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As of March 31, 2009

Company Name	Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.
Head Office	Vilene Bldg., 14-5, Soto-Kanda 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8614, Japan TEL:03-3258-3333
Date of Establishment	June 1, 1960
Number of Employees	(consolidated) 1,618 , (non-consolidated) 887
Common Stock (million yen)	9,816
Number of Shares Issued	65,140,945
Stock Listing	Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section #3514

Business Results (Million yen)	Consolidated		Non-consolidated
	Net Sales	50,239	Net Sales	33,682
	Ordinary Income	1,905	Ordinary Income	1,384

Major Shareholders (Top 5) (As of March 31, 2009)	Number of shares owned (Thousands)	Percentage of total Shares(%)
Freudenberg Beteiligungs-GmbH	16,347	25.10
DIC Corporation	14,849	22.80
Toray Industries, Inc.	7,242	11.12
UBS AG London Asia Equities	2,425	3.72
Japan Trustee Services Bank (Trust Account)	1,404	2.16

Board of Director and Auditors (As of June 26, 2009)
President	Mitsuo Kanno	Director	Haruhiko Ito
Senior Managing Director	Kazuo Hamada	Director	Thomas Seidel
Managing Director	Toshio Yoshida	Director	Osamu Nakatani
Managing Director	Yoshiaki Mizutani	Standing Auditor	Tsuyoshi Ninomiya
Director	Shigeo Morioka	Standing Auditor	Shizuhiko Abe
Director	Keiji Abo	Standing Auditor	Kunikazu Mochizuki
Director	Masahiro Kimura	Auditor	Toshio Kimura
Director	Yasufumi Matsumiya

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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>

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