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Corporate Data
 
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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History of Japan Vilene
 

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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