Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

About Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. operates its headquarters in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, where its Torayfan® and Lumirror® film divisions are based. A second facility in Front Royal, Virginia houses the PEF foam division. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc., a Japanese multinational founded in 1926 with over 47,900 employees across 308 subsidiaries worldwide. No founding date for the U.S. entity is disclosed, and the original founders are not named in public materials. The company manufactures specialty polymer films and foams for converters and manufacturers that produce finished consumer and industrial goods. The Torayfan® division extrudes polypropylene and cast polypropylene films, including metallized OPP and bio-based PET variants. The Lumirror® division produces polyester (PET) films, also offered in metallized and bio-based grades. The PEF division extrudes polyolefin, polypropylene, and polyethylene foams. Together the divisions run multiple extrusion, metallizing, and coating lines, including proprietary LumiLid® extrusion coating systems (XXL5 and TXL5). Facility sizes and annual volumes are not published. Toray's films and foams serve packaging, label, solar-control window, technical, housing and engineering, and automotive markets. Converters use the materials for food packaging that extends shelf life, for pressure-sensitive labels, for automotive window tinting, and for solar-control glazing in buildings and vehicles. The company cites automotive window tinting and food packaging as specific application examples. Toray states its corporate philosophy is to contribute to society through the creation of new value with innovative ideas, technologies, and products. The U.S. operation emphasizes environmental sustainability, holding certifications such as ISO 14001, ISCC PLUS, and Rhode Island Green Manufacturing Certification, and frames its manufacturing approach as responsible stewardship for future generations.

Equipment

• LumiLid® extrusion coating lines (XXL5, TXL5)

Company details

Location

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Company type

Manufacturer

Certifications

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, BRC (GFSI), IMS (FDA Milk Packaging)

Listed under

• Plastic Extrusion in Rhode Island
• Plastics & Packaging Manufacturers in Rhode Island

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