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, 2013

Date of Establishment	June 1, 1960
Number of Employees	(consolidated) 1,567 , (non-consolidated) 861
Common Stock (million yen)	9,816
Number of Shares Issued	60,140,945
Stock Listing	Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section #3514

Business Results (Million yen)	Consolidated		Non-Consolidated
	Net Sales	48,123	Net Sales	31,068
	Ordinary Income	1,959	Ordinary Income	1,563

Major Shareholders (Top 5) (As of March 31, 2013)	Number of Shares Owned (Thousands)	Percentage of Total Shares(%)
Freudenberg SE	16,647	27.68
Toray Industries, Inc.	7,242	12.04
Japan Vilene Customers' Shareholding Association	1,472	2.45
Nissei Reaｌ Estate Co., Ltd.	1,000	1.66
Japan Vilene Employees' Shareholding Association	889	1.48

*As of March 31, 2013, Japan Vilene Co., Ltd. owned 10,305,513 shares of treasury stock. These shares are not included in the above list.

Board of Director and Auditors (As of June 27, 2013)
President and Representative Director	Toshio Yoshida	Non-executive Director	Thomas Seidel
Senior Managing Director	Yoshiaki Mizutani	Non-executive Director	Shogo Masuda *
Managing Director	Masahiro Kimura	Standing Auditor	Keiji Abo
Director	Noriyuki Aoki	Standing Auditor	Minoru Tamatsukuri *
Director	Yasuji Nakakouji	Auditor	Heinrich Menkhaus *
Director	Satoshi Kawamura
Director	Atsushi Shimoda
Director	Yasuhiro Esaki	*Outside Director or Outside Company Auditors

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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.

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