Corporate Information
History
| TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD. | Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation |
|---|---|
| 1860-1930 | |
| 1869Takemura Tobee Shoten (Kyoto City) opened its Osaka branch, which began to trade raw cotton, cotton yarns and cotton fabric | |
| 1872Founded Shibuya Shoten | |
| 1902Iwajiro Suzuki founded Suzuki & Company in Kobe | |
| 1912Bunsuke Iwai founded Iwai & Company | |
| 1918Teikoku Rayon Co., Ltd. founded | |
| 1918Takemura Tobee Shoten changed its name to Takemura Shoten Co., Ltd. | |
| 1928Suzuki & Company founded a new company in the name of Nissho Company | |
| 1930Founded Okanishi Shoten, a limited partnership | |
| 1933Founded Osaka Mite Shokai, a general partnership | |
| 1936Takemura Mengyo Co., Ltd. was founded | |
| 1940 | |
| 1942Founded Toyo Orimono Shoji Corporation | |
| 1943Iwai & Company changed its name to Iwai Sangyo Company Ltd. | |
| 1947Changed trade name to Morikawa Sangyo Corporation | |
| 1947Founded Kyoei Bussan Corporation | |
| 1949Kyoei Bussan Corporation merged with Osugi Shoten and changed its trade name to Nichiei Corporation | |
| 1952Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. was founded and began to sell rayon, staple fibers and textiles made of them | |
| 1953Upon taking over Tosabori Sangyo Co., Ltd., Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. succeeded to its brokerage business in the Osaka Chemical Fiber Exchange / Upon taking over Sanyo Kosan Co., Ltd., Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. succeeded to its lumber sawing, casemaking and construction material production businesses | |
| 1954Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. succeeded to the operation of the textile trading section of Nozaki & Co., Ltd. and set out on its textile export business | |
| 1958Teikoku Rayon Co., Ltd. started producing Tetoron at the Matsuyama Factory | |
| 1959Founded Asahi Kasei Service Shop Corporation | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. and Takemura Mengyo Co., Ltd. merged to form Takemura Teisho Co., Ltd. | |
| 1962Teikoku Rayon Co., Ltd. changed its name to Teijin Ltd. | |
| 1963Nichiei Corporation merged with Senko Shokai Corporation | |
| 1964Takemura Teisho Co., Ltd. changed its name to Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. | |
| 1968Nissho Company and Iwai Sangyo Company Ltd. merged to make a new debut as Nissho Iwai Corporation | |
| 1970Okanishi Shoji Corporation and Osaka Mite Corporation merged and changed their trade name to Okanishi Mite Corporation | |
| 1971Okanishi Mite Corporation and Shibuya Shoten Corporation merged and changed their trade name to Okanishi Shibuya Mite Corporation | |
| 1972Asahi Kasei Service Shop Corporation changed its trade name to Asahi Kasei Trade Services Corporation | |
| 1975Nichiei Corporation founded its subsidiary Nichiei Trading Corporation | |
| 1979Founded Asahi Chemical Trading service Co.,Ltd. and received the transfer of businesses from Asahi Kasei Trade Services Corporation | |
| 1980 | |
| 1980Nissho Iwai Iryou Co., Ltd. was founded | |
| 1980Okanishi Shibuya Mite Corporation changed its trade name to Okanishi Corporation | |
| 1981Nichiei Corporation merged with Kyokuyo Corporation | |
| 1984Asahi Chemical Trading service Co.,Ltd. absorbed the textiles department of Tokyo Asahi Corporation | |
| 1988Morikawa Sangyo Corporation merged with Kyokushin Corporation and changed its trade name to Kyokuyo Sangyo Corporation | |
| 1990Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. took over its four subsidiaries, i.e., Teisho Kikai Hanbai Co., Ltd., Okayama Teisho Co., Ltd., Kansai Teisho Tent Hanbai Co., Ltd. and Kanto Teisho Tent Hanbai Co., Ltd. | |
| 1993Nissho Iwai Iryou Co., Ltd. changed its name to Nissho Iwai Apparel Co., Ltd. | |
| 1999Okanishi Corporation changed its trade name to Asahi Geotech Corporation | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000Transferred the business of the non-textile department of Nichiei Corporation to Nichiei Trading Corporation and changed its trade name to Sun Trading Corporation | |
| 2000Nissho Iwai Textile Materials Corp. and the Textile Department of Nissho Iwai Corporation transferred their respective goodwill to Nissho Iwai Apparel Co., Ltd. | |
| 2001Nissho Iwai Apparel Co., Ltd. consolidated Nissho Iwai Textile Co., Ltd. | |
| 2001Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. and Nissho Iwai Apparel Co., Ltd. merged to form NI Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. | |
| 2001Asahi Geotech Corporation changed its trade name to Asahi Kasei Geotech Corporation | |
| 2002Teijin Fibers Ltd. founded | |
| 2007Asahi Chemical Trading service Co.,Ltd. and Kyokuyo Sangyo Corporation founded a local corporation in Shanghai, China as a joint venture | |
| 2007Asahi Chemical Trading service Co.,Ltd. changed its trade name to Asahi Kasei Trading Co.,Ltd. | |
| 2010 | |
| 2012Sun Trading Corporation changed its trade name to Asahi Kasei Commerce Corporation | |
| 2012Asahi Kasei Trading Co.,Ltd founded its subsidiary Asahi Kasei Trading Fukui Co.,Ltd. | |
| 2012N.I. Teijin Shoji Co., Ltd. and an apparel SBU of Teijin Fibers Ltd. merged to form Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd. | |
| 2013Kyokuyo Sangyo Corporation merged with Shintokyo Asahi Corporation and changed its trade name to Asahi Kasei Intertextiles Corporation | |
| 2014Asahi Kasei Shoji Corporation founded its subsidiary Asahi Kasei AS Tech Co., Ltd. | |
| 2015Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation was founded through the consolidation of three companies, i.e., Asahi Kasei Intertextiles Corporation, Asahi Kasei Trading Co.,Ltd., and Asahi Kasei Commerce Corporation | |
| 2016Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation consolidated the environmental materials and functional materials businesses of Asahi Kasei Geotech Corporation | |
| 2017In April, Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd. consolidated the polyester fibers business of Teijin Limited's High Performance Fibers Business Unit. | |
2026
October 1, 2026
TA Frontier Co., Ltd., a new company resulting from the integration of Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd. and Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation, was founded
- Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd.
- Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation
TA FRONTIER CO., LTD.
