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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 (June 2011)
1).Established June, 1969
2).Members: 57, including 41 Firms and 16 Organizations (which include 276 firms)
3).Executives: 39 Directors, 4 Secretaries
4).Main executives: 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 (Click photo for map) |
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 Osaka Office (Semba Osen Building) (Click photo for map) |
| 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 | 153 | 4,658 | 740 | Shizuoka, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama, etc |
| Mechanical dyeing of woven and knitted fabrics of silk and artifical silk | 178 | 5,034 | 869 | Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata, etc |
| Finishing of woven and knitted fabrics | 183 | 1,906 | 179 | Ryomo region (Gunma and Tochigi), Shizuoka, Hyogo, etc |
| Hand dyeing and finishing of woven and knitted fabrics | 2,092 | 8,128 | 432 | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Kyoto, etc |
| Finishing of woven and knitted fabrics and lace | 176 | 4,831 | 625 | 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) |
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| 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 | 339 | 1,630 | 1,969 | 78.2 | 811 | 769 | 301 | 1,535 | 1,837 | 79.6 |
| 2010 | 336 | 1,653 | 1,989 | 101.0 | 830 | 746 | 303 | 1,563 | 1,867 | 101.6 |
(Source: Textile Statistics, METI)
