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CORPORATE PROFILE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Corporate Governance / Actions for Addressing Social and     Environmental Issues

Chronology and Corporate Profile of the Toyo Ink Group

Enriching Life and Culture Throughout a World that  Is Getting Closer to You

Group Network

Manufacturing that Generates New Value

Visible Science for Life

P02 Message from the President

P08 Business Domains and Technology Platforms

P10 Toyo Ink Group’s Business Segments

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The Toyo Ink Group produces a diverse array of items that are an everyday part of your life. You may not be aware of them when you are using them, but they are always just beside you. For example, our pigments are in the TV screen you watch every day. Your smartphone incorporates our adhesives and coating agents. Our marking films are used on the signboards of the banks and supermarkets that you frequent . Our inks are used by the newspapers, magazines and other printed matter you read as well as on the packages of food and daily necessities you find on the shelves of convenience stores. Our logo may not be visible, but our products are there. Having entered a new era, the Toyo Ink Group will follow its slogan of Visible Science for Life and anticipate the goods and services consumers seek. We will support diverse lifestyles around the world with products that offer customer satisfaction on the basis of the technical capabilities that we have been developing for more than a century. Visible Science for Life ―― The vision for the future pursued by the Toyo Ink Group is the coexistence between people and cutting-edge science and technology.

We Are in Your Everyday Life

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With the concept of “evolving into a globally useful specialty chemical manufacturer,” the Toyo Ink Group has been executing its growth strategies under a holding company system that was established as a new governance structure in April 2011. In the new medium-term management plan to be adopted in April 2014, we will begin working under a new concept, “transformation into a science company,” to operate in even broader domains and in diverse ways. While working mainly in the field of chemicals, we will further expand our business and technical domains with a more advanced philosophy ̶ contributing to the enrichment of life and culture throughout the world through manufacturing ̶ aiming to transform ourselves into a corporate group that serves diverse cultures and people from a global perspective. To this end, we have established three new business domains by looking ahead another ten years and placing even greater emphasis on the viewpoints and values of consumers than before. To make this idea tangible, we have expanded our technology platform, which previously consisted of three stages, into one with five stages in an effort to expand our technology infrastructure to execute product development from a viewpoint that is closer to that of consumers. The Toyo Ink Group aims to be a corporate group that has support from customers and other stakeholders around the world and that operates in harmony with society. As we pursue this course, we hope that we can continue to count on your support and understanding.

April 2014

Group CEOPresident and Representative Director

Katsumi Kitagawa

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Corporate Philosophy

Corporate Policy

Guiding Principles

Toyo Ink Group’s Philosophy System

The Toyo Ink Group’s Corporate Philosophy System, which consists of three

parts — corporate philosophy, corporate policy, and guiding principles — was

established in April 1993.

The system embodies the original roots of the brand of the corporate group

and serves as guidelines that each employee of the Group should always keep in

mind and act on as business professionals. While our corporate philosophy and

corporate policy remains unchanged, our guiding principles — which up until

now has served as the basis for increasing customer satisfaction, employee

satisfaction and society satisfaction — has been revised with the addition of

improving shareholder satisfaction. With this revision, we aim to continually evolve

as a truly global enterprise that provides satisfaction to all of our stakeholders.

People-oriented management

We, the Toyo Ink Group, endeavor to be a company that contributes to the enrichment of life and culture throughout the world.

Contribute to the affluence and culture of people worldwide.

Create lifestyle value for the new age.

Provide advanced technology and quality products and services.

Provide knowledge that enhances customer trust and satisfaction.

Respect the realization of all employees' ambitions.

Act as a responsible corporate citizen in harmony with society and the environment.

Respect shareholders' rights, improve shareholder value and enhance market valuation.

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The Toyo Ink Group’s monozukuri business is committed to continuous innovation in

production technology by pursuing higher productivity, reliable quality and stable supply. In

addition, in mass-producing products newly created through our research and development,

we pool the Group’s technical skills and resources to develop manufacturing processes,

enabling us to reproduce product features and added value.

At each of our production bases, the optimal procurement of raw materials, production and

product distribution is conducted through a system that aligns our global supply chain with our

"local production for local consumption” strategy based on locally procured and produced

items. In addition to every Group company working to reinforce its quality assurance system,

we established the Quality Management Committee to ensure uniform quality throughout the

Toyo Ink Group.

Moreover, we strive to improve local developmental activities and enlarge our global R&D

network in order to provide solutions that meet local needs or those of our customers’

products and manufacturing processes. In recent years, we have focused on expanding our

production capacity in emerging markets, such as inland China, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and

India, while setting up a business structure capable of coping with rising demand in these

fast-growing markets and their neighboring regions.

Manufactur ing that Generates New ValueThe Toyo Ink Group continues to expand its manufacturing activities, operating approximately 50 production bases spanning Asia,

Europe, and North and South America. For over a century, we have routinely honed our technology and deepened our expertise,

paying special attention to monozukuri or manufacturing practices that deliver superior quality and new value.

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Group Network

Americas Region

Europe Region

Japan

Asia Region

China Region

East Asia Region

Oceania Region

The Toyo Ink Group operates globally through approximately 70 companies and more than 7,000 employees in about 20 countries

and areas around the world. In each region, we engage in production development, production, sales, technical support and

other operations to meet diverse market needs.

The Toyo Ink Group always seeks worldwide compatibility in the process of product development. To ensure the management

of quality, costs, delivery times, and risks in different markets, we have constructed not only ISO-compliant management systems

but also optimized production and supply systems and logistical networks centered on the Group’s cross-organizational

international procurement network and principal factories. These systems and networks extend across the globe.

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Japan● TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

● TOYO INK CO., LTD.● TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.● TOYOCOLOR CO., LTD.

● TOYO INK HOKKAIDO CO., LTD.● TOYO INK TOHOKU CO., LTD.● TOYO INK CHUSHIKOKU CO., LTD.● TOYO INK KYUSHU CO., LTD.● TOYO INK GRAPHICS CO., LTD.● TOYO INK GRAPHICS NISHINIHON CO., LTD.● Toyo-Morton, Ltd.● TOYO ADL CORPORATION● MATSUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.● TOYO FPP CO., LTD.● TOYO SC TRADING CO., LTD.● TOYO B-Net CO., LTD.● TOYO INK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.● TOYO COLORTECH CO., LTD.● TOYO MANAGEMENT SERVICE CO., LTD.● LOGI CO-NET CORPORATION● ga city Corporation

Americas Region● TOYO INK AMERICA, LLC● LioChem, INC.● TOYO INK BRASIL LTDA.● ARETS GRAPHICS CANADA INC.● ARETS DE MEXICO SA DE CV

Europe Region● TOYO INK EUROPE S.A.S.● TOYO INK EUROPE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS S.A.S.● TOYO INK EUROPE PLASTIC COLORANT S.A.S.● TOYO-ARETS INTERNATIONAL NV● ARETS GRAPHICS NV● ICE ARETS (UK) LTD.● ARETS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH● SAS. ARETS FRANCE● ARETS GRAPHICS BALTICA UAB

China Region● TIANJIN TOYO INK CO., LTD.● SHANGHAI TOYO INK CO., LTD.● SHANGHAI TOYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.● TOYO ADHESIVE SHEET PROCESSING (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.● TOYO INK ASIA LTD.● SHENZHEN TOYO INK CO., LTD.● JIANGMEN TOYO INK CO., LTD.● ZHUHAI TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.● CHENGDU TOYO INK CO., LTD.● JIANGSU TOYO YABANG PIGMENT CO., LTD.

East Asia Region● TOYO INK KOREA CO., LTD.● HANIL TOYO CO., LTD.● SAM YOUNG INK & PAINT MFG. CO., LTD.● TOYO INK TAIWAN CO., LTD.● TOYO INK CHEMICALS TAIWAN CO., LTD.

Asia Region● TIPPS PTE. LTD.● TOYOCHEM SPECIALTY CHEMICAL SDN. BHD.● TOYO INK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.● TOYO INK (PHILIPPINES) CO. INC.● TOYO INK COMPOUNDS CORPORATION● PT. TOYO INK INDONESIA● TOYO INK VIETNAM CO., LTD.● TOYO INK COMPOUNDS VIETNAM CO., LTD.● ARETS ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.● TOYO INK INDIA PVT. LTD.● HEUBACH TOYO COLOUR PVT. LTD.● ARETS GRAPHICS INDIA PVT. LTD.● TOYO INK (MIDDLE EAST) FZE.● ARETS MIDDLE EAST FZE.

Oceania Region● TOYO INK AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.● TOYO INK NEW ZEALAND LTD.

As of March 31, 2014

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Aiming to place a greater emphasis on consumers’ viewpoint in our business activities, we have reorganized into three business

domains. The first is Life Science, which contributes to healthy living. The second is Communication Science, which contributes to

richness in mind. And the third is Sustainability Science, which contributes to sustainable society. In each of these domains, we will

define priority areas to continuously develop and offer products matched with changes of the times and market needs.

The technology platforms (TPFs) are indispensable to product research and development. Formerly, there were three such

platforms: Specialty Materials for developing existing materials into specialty materials, Material Processing for adding high

functionality and added value to the specialty materials by means of original processing technologies, and Material Converting for

processing materials to suit advanced and diversified market needs. Now, two new platforms have been added: Module Designing

for reviewing products from a perspective closer to customers to incorporate the findings into development, and Solutions for

creating products that are valuable to users through proposals of esthetic features, design, or a combination of the two.

The Toyo Ink Group will not merely offer materials as a chemical manufacturer, but will contribute to customers and people’s daily

life as a science company by means of more scientific thinking on the basis of the extended TPFs.

Busines s Domain s a nd Tech nolog y Plat for m sThe Toyo Ink Group has adopted a slogan in its new medium-term management plan of SCC-Ⅲ of evolving from a specialty

chemical manufacturer into a science company.

For this purpose, we have defined three business domains and five technology platforms. The laboratories under the direct

control of Toyo Ink SC Holdings and business departments of Group companies around the globe are working together on basic

research and product development.

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LifeScience

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Contributing to Healthy Living

Packaging,Healthcare

Contributing toRichness in Mind

Contributing to Sustainable Society

Electronics, Fine Imaging

Environmental andEnergy-Related

Product Development and New Business Development Function

Basic Research and Material Research Function

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Packaging Materials

●Gravure inks ●Flexo inks ●Screen inks

●Solvents for gravure printing

●Gravure printing systems and prepress

Printing and Information

●Offset inks (web, sheetfed) ●UV (ultraviolet) curable inks

●Newspaper inks ●Metal decorative inks ●Inkjet inks

●Printing materials and machinery

Colorants and Functional Materials

●Organic pigments ●High performance pigments

●Pigment dispersions ●Plastic colorants

●Recording material coatings ●LCD color filter materials

Polymers and Coatings

●Coating materials ●Adhesives ●Laminating adhesives

●Hot-melt adhesives ●Resins ●Can coatings ●Natural extracts

Toyo Ink Group’s Business SegmentsThe Toyo Ink Group operates its business activities in four separate segments: Colorants and Functional Materials, Polymers and

Coatings, Printing and Information and Packaging Materials business segments.

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The products covered in this segment consist chiefly of printing inks used in gravure printing, flexographic

printing and screen printing.

Our everyday life is full of nicely printed food packages, cardboards and other different packages. They do not

merely contain products, but must also meet performance requirements that vary with the product. For example,

retort packages for food requires durability to heat during the retort processing. In the field of food packaging and

other flexible packaging in particular, we offer environmentally friendly products using water-based inks for

providing consumers with assured safety. Through our ink sales, we contribute to environmental harmony and

reduced energy and material consumption in our customers’ package production processes.

This segment deals mainly with printing inks used for printing on paper.

Since its foundation, the Toyo Ink Group has been growing together with domestic and overseas printing

markets. The Printing and Information related business is therefore one of the most important businesses of the

Group. It offers not only printing inks but also support for streamlining customers’ printing processes, support

and tools for color management and universal color design and other solutions that contribute to society.

This segment deals mainly with organic pigments, which are at the heart of the Toyo Ink Group’s business.

On the basis of organic pigments as the most important materials for printing inks, it offers materials used in many

different fields. They are produced by combining colorant technologies, organic chemical synthesis technologies and

advanced dispersion technologies. Among others, the nano-level dispersion processing, which is based on an

amalgamation of technologies developed through the manufacture of inks and coatings, has enabled functionally

enhanced color filter materials for liquid crystal displays. The dispersion processing technology is not only used for

organic pigments. Its application has been expanded to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and other inorganic materials to

support the Group’s business enlargement into new energy sectors.

The products in this segment are resins and other materials added with different functional features. As core

materials in the Toyo Ink Group’s product development, functional resins have been applied to many different

products in response to the changing needs of the times. By combining these functional resins with unique

technologies we have developed over many years, we will continue to create new functions to cultivate new

demand and to open new markets in electronics, energy, health care and other fields to contribute to the

affluence and culture of people around the world.

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Auditors. To clarify the separation between management supervisory functions and business execution functions, the Company

has adopted an operating officer system in which the operating officer’s term is for one year. This system has expedited

decision-making and has strengthened the supervision of business execution. Toyo Ink Co., Ltd., Toyochem Co., Ltd., and Toyocolor

Co., Ltd., each of which takes on global operations leadership in their business, hold operating companies’ management meetings

as needed to share management policies and strategies, as well as to discuss business challenges and results. This management

system ensures the legality and appropriateness of decision-making over general management and the effective supervision of

business execution.

The Group has established a governance system that is integrated with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) management and

gives thorough consideration to the environment and safety in addition to managing all kinds of risks including risks related to

intellectual property, information security, receivables, and natural disasters using a Group-wide risk management system. The

Group aims to instill awareness of ethics and compliance in all people working for the Group and has established a compliance

system, which includes points of contact for consultation and reporting within and outside the Group. The Internal Audit

Department conducts internal audits to check that all of these systems are functioning properly.

Group Companies

Appointment & Dismissal

Appointment & Dismissal

Corporate Audit

Supervision

CooperationGroup Management

Committee

Operating Officers

Direction & Management

OutsideLegal

Counsel

Cooperation

Cooperation

Report

External AuditInternal Audit

Board of Directors Board of Corporate Auditors

Internal Audit Department

Compliance Office(Contact point for consultation and reporting)

CSR Managem

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Risk Management Committee

Environment & Safety Committee

Compliance Committee

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Representative Directors

Internal Directors External Directors Internal Auditors External Auditors

Election

Appointment

General Shareholders’ Meeting

Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co,. Ltd. plays a central role in the Group’s unified governance. It develops Group strategies and performs

tasks for risk management and accountability. Operating companies promote business under an optimal operation system in their

fields, aiming to improve customer satisfaction and competitiveness. The holding company and operating companies fulfill their

responsibilities to promote rapid response management, enhance management transparency, and maximize enterprise value.

Corporate Governance

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Business and SocietyAs a practical example of our basic principle of solvingsocial issues through business, we offer the UDingTM

software free of charge and conduct activities to raise awareness. This software helps create designs that are easily recognizable to those with color perceptiondifficulties, said to account for nearly 3% of the worldpopulation. We thus provide solutions for production ofprinted matter, packages and signboards. In recent years,we have been working hard to develop products that aredirectly helpful to building a sustainable society in the fields of water and soil purification, environmentalprotection and restoration and alternative energy creationamong others.

Sustaining the Global EnvironmentTo reduce the environmental burden arising from the manufacturing and logistical processes, we engage in many different activities, including accurate monitoring and reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions,reduction of water consumption and waste recycling. Weare working to develop environmentally friendly productsand we have established a robust management system forthe entire Group to keep pace with the worldwide trendtowards the toughening of chemicals control regulations.

Safety and Disaster ControlTo ensure the safety of our employees and members oflocal communities and fulfill our responsibility to supply products to customers, we repeat intensive actions to completely preventing fires, explosions and otheraccidents at production facilities, leakage of hazardoussubstances and other disasters at bases around the world.

Respect for Diversity of Human ResourcesThe Toyo Ink Group pursues its corporate philosophy of people-oriented management. In accordance with that, we strongly push ahead with respect for human rights and forbid discrimination on the grounds of gender and nationality. We also respect the diverse values and ideas of individual employees working at all our bases around the world and focus on developing Group employees and managers who can strengthen our operations and create new businesses.

The Toyo Ink Group annually publishes Social & EnvironmentalReport, which covers day-to-day social and environmental activities tin the Group. This report is available on our website as well.

Normal color perception

With color perception deficiencies

Example of use of the UDing™ software

Environmental evaluation of wastewater from factories with a new management method using aquatic organisms known as the whole effluent toxicity (WET) method

Offering of information compliant with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) as well as legislation and languages in different countries and areas (product labeling and safety data sheets)

Before conversion

After conversion

On the occasion of its foundation in 1907, the Toyo Ink Group announced to its shareholders that it would play a role in society by

constantly improving the quality of the printing inks that support the printing industry, given that it was responsible for

supporting academic education, a source of national strength. The Toyo Ink Group has since been operating its business activities

with the spirit of providing services for all of society always in mind. We will continue to address social and environmental issues

in an effort to evolve into a corporate group that contributes to the enrichment of life and culture.

Actions for Addressing Social and Environmental Issues

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Registered the winged lion mark as a trademark.1902

Established pigment section in Tomihisa-cho Plant; started production of chrome yellow, alumina white and the lake pigments.

1906

Reorganized as a joint-stock company (capitalized at 300,000 yen; 6,000 shares issued) and renamed Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with 33 shareholders and 32 employees.Line of business as recorded in the articles of incorporation: The production and sales of printing inks, sales of accessories for printing and incidental operations.

1907

Produced the first ink sample book in industry as an advertising tool for development of Kansai market, etc.

1908

Started production and sales of organic solvent-type gravure inks.1947

Released the TV Color plastic colorant in paste form (paste color) for vinyl chloride.

1949

Concluded a technical cooperation agreement with Interchemical Corporation (presently BASF SE) concerning the Aridye pigment textile printing agent and the Finishes metal coating agent.

1954

Launched the technology development of adhesives with the introduction of technology from Interchemical Corporation.

1957

Completed construction of Kawagoe Plant (presently Kawagoe Factory of Toyochem Co., Ltd.)

1959

Started production and sales of paints.1910

Established the first overseas branch office, Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., in Shanghai, China.

1926

Opened a branch office in Keijo (presently Seoul, South Korea).1936

Started production of Phthalocyanine Blue pigment.1937

Established the first overseas representative office in Hong Kong after WWII.

1961

Released the TOCRYL acrylic resin emulsion.Released the Oribain pressure-sensitive adhesive.

1962

Opened representative office in Bangkok, Thailand.1965

Stocks listed in First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.1967

Opened a representative office in Taipei, Taiwan.1968

Founder Kamataro Kobayashi opened Kobayashi’s Ink Shop as sole proprietorship for custom mixing of inks at Honshirokane-cho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo (present address of Hongoku-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo).

1896

Organized the Toyo Ink Labor Union.1946 Opened a representative office in New York, the United States

of America.

1969

Date Incorporated January 15, 1907

Paid in Capital 31,733,496,860 yen

Number of Outstanding Shares

303,108,724 shares

  (As of March 31, 2014)

Items Handled as Group Organic Pigments, Processed Pigments,

Plastic Colorants, Materials for LCD Color Filter,

Can Coating Finishes, Resins, Adhesives,

Coating & Painting Materials, Natural Products,

Offset Inks, Inks for Metal, Printing Machinery,

Printing Devices, Prepress Systems, Inkjet Materials,

Gravure Inks, Flexographic Inks, Gravure Cylinder

Chronology

Corporate Profile of the Toyo Ink Group

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Started operations of Moriyama Plant (presently Moriyama Factory of Toyocolor Co., Ltd.)Developed the hot melt adhesive for perfect binding in bookbinding.

1971

Established Toyo Ink Europe S.A. (presently Brussels Office of Toyo Ink Europe S.A.S.) in Brussels, Belgium.

1975

Developed the extracting and purifying method and applications of natural colorants and useful components (red beet and stevia).

1976

Released the DYNACAL marking film.Established Toyo Ink (Philippines) Co. Inc. in Laguna, Philippines.

1989

Established Toyochem Ink Pte. Ltd. (presently TIPPS Pte. Ltd.) in Singapore.Established Toyochem Sdn. Bhd. and Toyochem Graphics Sdn. Bhd. (presently integrated as Toyochem Specialty Chemical Sdn. Bhd.) in Selangor, Malaysia.

1988

Established Toyo Ink Australia Pty. Ltd. as a joint venture company in Melbourne, Australia.

1984

Completed construction of Saitama Plant (presently Saitama Factory of Toyo Ink Co., Ltd.)

1980

Released the LABELMELT water-peeling-type hot-melt adhesive.1998

Released the Aquaecol water-based laminating ink.Established PT. Toyo Ink Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia.

1994Developed resist inks for LCD color filters.1992

Released the LIOELM series of adhesive tapes for electronics.Developed the Tightsilane concrete permeable water absorption inhibitor.

1990

Released Tamago Jet Printer, an inkjet printing system to print consume-by freshness date of eggs.Issued the Environment Report (presently the Social & Environmental Report).

1999

Formed capital alliance with Sakata Inx Corporation.2000

Opened the Compliance Office.Established Toyo Ink Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Bien Hoa City, Vietnam.

2003

Released UDing, the unique universal design concept.Released the REXALPHA conductive silver paste ink.Released TK HighUnity SOY Kaleido (Kaleido series), a sheet-fed offset process ink capable of reproducing a wide-range of colors.

2004

Opened Toyo Ink Academy as the human resource development organization for employees of the Toyo Ink Group.Established Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd. in Delhi, India.Developed TSS, an electromagnetic wave shield film for flexible printed circuits.

2007

Developed the Rice Ink series, a carbon footprint-conscious offset ink using rice bran oil.

2008

Established Toyo Ink Brasil LTDA. in Sao Paulo, Brazil.2010

The Toyo Ink Group adopted a holding company system.2011

Released LIOACCUM, a slurry electrode material for secondary batteries.

2012

Developed multi-walled carbon nanotube material and its dispersions.

2013

Released NEWSKING Echo and Vantean Eco, the first newspaper inks using aroma-free solvent in Japan (the first newspaper inks authorized with Eco Mark).

1997

Colorants and Functional Materials

Groupaffiliates

Polymers and Coatings

Printing and Information

Packaging Materials

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The Toyo Ink Group aspires to constantly offer solutions

through product development from consumers’ perspective.

Healthy Living: Materials for safe food packages, inks and

adhesives for beverage and other cans and other containers,

medical adhesives and wearable sensors provide reassurance

in life in addition to safety.

Richness in Mind: Our technologies that have been nurtured

through the development of plate-making technologies and

inks create colorful posters, books and signage. These technologies are applied to

printable electronics to build an environmentally friendly production process and

introduced to l iquid cr ystal d isp lay panels and mobi le dev ices to enr ich

communications.

Sustainable Society: Improving the natural environment is a challenge shared by

people everywhere in the world. We are making intensive efforts to create products

that more effectively protect the environment, such as solar cells, secondary

batteries, fuel cells and other energy-related materials, as well as soil and water

purification agents, as our contribution to the preservation of nature.

The Toyo Ink Group will develop products that

contribute to healthy living, richness in mind and

sustainable society in an effort to evolve into a

company that is committed to enriching life and

culture, bringing us closer to where you are.

Enriching Life and Culture Throughout a World that Is Getting Closer to You

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Shieldingmaterials

Jet-blackmaterials

Structuralreinforcement

materials

Thermo-conductivematerials

Electricconductivematerials

Developing a Wide Range of Materials on the Basis of Core Materials and Processing Technologies

Multi-walledcarbon nanotubes

For example, while visualizing your specific application, we offer independently developed carbon nanotube materials with superior dispersibility, conductivity and design characteristics, and process them into dispersions matched to your specifications.

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This publication was printed with the carbon-neutral (offsets CO2 emissions) rice ink produced by Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. This printing ink releases zero CO2 emissions.* An environmentally friendly, volatile organic compound-free ink using recycled

vegetable oil and rice bran oil as substitutes for petroleum-derived solvents.

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