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Japan Textile Finishers' Association

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 About JTFA An overview of the Japan Textile Finishers' Association
and the industry to which it belongs
1.Current overview of our corporation (May 2010)

1).Established June, 1969

2).Members: 60, including 43 Firms and 17 Organizations (which include 374 firms)

3).Executives: 40 Directors, 4 Secretaries

4).Main executives: President   H.Hasumoto (President, Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd., Ishikawa)

Vice-President Y.Yashiro (President, Tokai Senko Co., Ltd., Aichi)
Vice-President S.Matsuki (President, Sakai Ovex Co., Ltd., Fukui)
Vice-President K.Yamamoto (President, Hiyoshi Sengyo Co., Ltd., Wakayama)
Vice-President M.Matsushita(Managing Officer, Nisshinbo Textile Inc., Tokyo)

5). Location:


Tokyo Office
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Osaka Office
(Semba Osen Building)
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Senshoku Kaikan
4-4 Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0081
Director: Mr.K.Inoue
Tel:+81-3-3262-7211
Fax:+81-3-3262-7216
Email:nisen.tokyo@moon.email.ne.jp
Semba Osen Building 2F
3-4-16 Azuchimachi chuo-ku
Osaka 541-0052
Director: Mr.H.Araki
Tel:+81-6-6263-5585
Fax:+81-6-6263-5520
Email:nisen.osk@moon.email.ne.jp


2.Overview of the industry

1).Type of industry: the dyeing and finishing (including mechanical dyeing and hand dyeing) of woven and knitted fabrics (excluding woolen knits)

2).Main activities, number of enterprises, number of employees, output value and area of production

Main activities Number of firms Number of employees Output value
(¥100millions)
Area of production
Mechanical dyeing of woven and knitted fabrics of cotton, staple fiber and linen 159 4,966 973 Shizuoka, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama, etc
Mechanical dyeing of woven and knitted fabrics of silk and artifical silk 172 5,834 1,061 Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata, etc
Finishing of woven and knitted fabrics 182 2,056 195 Ryomo region (Gunma and Tochigi), Shizuoka, Hyogo, etc
Hand dyeing and finishing of woven and knitted fabrics 1,901 8,570 598 Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Kyoto, etc
Finishing of woven and knitted fabrics and lace 180 4,870 713 Ryomo region(Gunma and Ibaraki), Hokuriku region (Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, and Niigata), Osaka, etc

3). Features of the industry

- Brings together knowledge from a wide range of fields including physics, chemistry, electronics and design, and heightens the added-value of textile products by conferring attributes of color, design and hand
- Majority of transactions conducted under commission
-Contains a mix of firms ranging from small-scale manual processing enterprises to some large mechanical dyeing enterprises
- Involves high consumption of water, energy and chemicals
- Requires antipollution measures

4). Trends in processing volume and value (the values for woven and knitted fabrics (including woolens) does not include manual processing)

Item Trends in processing volume
(millions of m2)
Trends in processing value
(¥100millions)
Year Exports Domestic Total Year-on-year Filament Staple Fiber Exports Domestic Total Year-on-year
2005 459 2,393 2,852 93.4 1,118 1,215 382 2,096 2,478 93.5
2006 459 2,402 2,861 100.3 1,155 1,188 392 2,129 2,520 101.7
2007 472 2,294 2,765 96.7 1,133 1,121 412 2,055 2,467 97.9
2008 456 2,062 2,518 91.1 1,046 1,009 401 1,907 2,308 93.5
2009 340 1,632 1,972 78.1 811 769 302 1,543 1,845 79.8
January-March 2010 78 395 472 95.3 194 182 70 377 447 99.1
(Source: Textile Statistics, METI)

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