Toho Tenax

Toho Tenax (東邦テナックス, Tōhō Tenakkusu) is an international company that supplies customers throughout the world with carbon fiber under the trade name Tenax.

Toho Tenax Co., Ltd.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Chemicals - Fibers
Founded	1934 as Toho Synthetic Fiber
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Yoshikuni Utsunomiya (President)
Products	Tenax, Pyromex and Thermex
Revenue	JP¥ 51.542 billion (FY 2007)
Net income	JP¥ 2.360 billion (FY 2007)
Number of employees	1,328
Parent	Teijin (100%)
Website	www.tohotenax.com

History

Toho Tenax has been a member of the Teijin Group since 2000.

Since May 2018, Toho Tenax was integrated to its subsidiary Teijin, and all of the group's subsidiaries were renamed after Teijin.^[1]

Description

Toho Tenax has production units in Japan, the US and in Germany. The main products are carbon fiber, oxidized poly-acrylic-nitrile (PAN) fiber and advanced composite material.

See also

• Teijin
• Carbon fiber
• Twaron