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.
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 ISO9001 certification
1997	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 Freudenberg Vilene Filtration Technologies Korea Co., Ltd.)
2004	Establishment of Tianjin VIAM Automotive Products Co., Ltd. <China> (Current Tianjin VIAM Co., Ltd.)
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.>
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	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> Became a joint-venture company held by Freudenberg SE (75%) and Toray Industries, Inc. (25%).
2018	Acquisition of Hanns GLASS GmbH & Co. KG <Germany>