TOKYO, December 18, 2014-

Toray Industries, Inc. (head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Akihiro Nikkaku; hereinafter referred to as "Toray") today announced that the company and its subsidiary Toray Advanced Materials Korea, Inc. (head office: Seoul, Republic of Korea; President & CEO: Kim Sang-pil; a 100% subsidiary of Toray, hereinafter referred to as "TAK") would expand the production facility for high-performance polypropylene spunbond (hereinafter referred to as "PP spunbond") at P.T. Toray Polytech Jakarta (head office: Tangerang, Republic of Indonesia; President: Lee Young-kwan; hereinafter referred to as "TPJ") by 18,000 tons per year.

After the enhancement, the production capacity of TPJ will be about 37,000 tons per year, boosting the Toray Group-wide PP spunbond production capacity to about 153,000 tons per year. The added production facility at TPJ is expected to start operating in September 2016.

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