Innovation from an Unseen Dimension: How Toray's "NANODESIGN" Is Engineering the Future of Textiles

General Manager, Women's & Men's Wear Fabrics Dept., Toray Industries, Inc.

Joined Toray in 1994. After 20 years in textile sales for women's and men's apparel, he moved to a sales role at a Malaysian textile company in 2014.

In 2019, he transitioned to the Sports & Apparel Materials Business Division, handling sales for sports and outdoor textiles. He returned to his current role in 2022, where he now oversees the department responsible for selling domestic and international textiles for women's and men's wear to a wide range of apparel brands.

Director, Fibers & Textiles Research Laboratories, Toray Industries, Inc.

Joined Toray in 1999. He began at the Fibers & Textiles Research Laboratories, focusing on manufacturing process research for general-purpose fibers. He was later seconded to the Tokyo Institute of Technology to work on a national project aimed at enhancing the performance of industrial fibers.

He returned to Toray in April 2005, engaging in R&D for high-performance fibers across a wide range of applications. He has been in his current position since August 2022.