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  • May 20, 2013

    Rengo Group Develops Nonwoven Business in China

    Rengo Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) announces that its wholly-owned nonwoven business subsidiary, Rengo Nonwoven Products Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Soja-shi, Okayama; President: Joji Soda) is preparing to establish a nonwoven sales company and begin local production in Jiangsu, China as the first step towards the overseas expansion of its nonwoven business.

    Since its establishment in 1986, Rengo Nonwoven Products has manufactured thermal bonded nonwovens for hygiene products—mainly disposable diapers and sanitary products—and as the current top manufacturer in Japan, has provided high quality nonwoven products that meet various customer needs with skills and expertise regarding nonwoven manufacturing accumulated over its many years in the business.

    In recent years, high-level economic development in China has led to increased demand for products such as disposable diapers and further growth in consumption volume is anticipated in the future with switchovers from cloth diapers. Rengo Nonwoven Products has established a wholly-owned sales company for nonwovens in Wuxi, Jiangsu to respond to demand in the hygiene product market in China, which is experiencing remarkable growth.

    Meanwhile, the manufacturing of nonwovens will be conducted by Wuxi Rengo Packaging Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Wuxi, Jiangsu, China; Chairman: Yoshitaka Ozawa), a Chinese subsidiary of Rengo. Its plant building will be renovated and, in addition to newly installing nonwoven manufacturing equipment, all products will be supplied to the newly-established sales company.

    The first stage of the plan (annual production of 4,800 tons) involves production scheduled to begin from January 2014 and over the next several years, the annual production capacity will be expanded to approximately 10,000 tons.

    We will engage in this project as the beginning of measures for future business expansion on a global basis while cooperating with the overall Rengo Group in the nonwovens field as well.

     

    Overview of the recently established nonwoven sales company

    Name

    Wuxi RNP Trading Co., Ltd.

    Location 21 Huayou Dong Road, Huayou Industrial Park, Gaoxin Technological Development Zone, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
    (Leases one block inside the Wuxi Rengo Packaging building)
    Chairman Joji Soda (Rengo Nonwoven Products Co., Ltd. President)
    General Manager

    Hideki Mihara

    Capital USD5 million
    Shareholder Rengo Nonwoven Products Co., Ltd. 100%
    Main business  Procurement and sale of nonwovens and raw materials
    Commencement of
    operations
    January 2014 (planned)
    Number of employees 6 (planned)


    Overview of Rengo Nonwoven Products Co., Ltd.

    Location 900-5 Kuboki, Soja-shi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
    Representative

    Joji Soda

    Capital JPY315 million
    Shareholder Rengo Co., Ltd. 100%
    Main business  Manufacture, mold processing, and sale of nonwovens
    Sales JPY6.8 billion (For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013)
    Number of employees 68


    Overview of Wuxi Rengo Packaging Co., Ltd.

    Location 21 Huayou Dong Road, Huayou Industrial Park, Gaoxin Technological Development Zone, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
    Chairman Yoshitaka Ozawa
    General Manager

    Kenzo Sano

    Capital USD55.4 million
    Shareholder Rengo Co., Ltd. 91.16%
    Shanghai Rengo Packaging Co., Ltd. 8.84%
    Main business  Manufacture and sale of corrugated board, corrugated boxes, and nonwovens
    Sales CNY94 million (For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012)
    Number of employees 139