| 1957 |
The first expat was dispatched to Hamburg. |
| 1966 |
Toray Industries Inc. Hamburg Office was established as the first representative office in Europe. |
| 1970 |
Toray Industries Inc. Europe Office (TEU) replaced Toray Industries Inc. Hamburg Office. |
| 1971 |
Location of TEU moved from Hamburg to London and TEU opened its satellite office in Hamburg. |
| 1974 |
Iganto S.p.A was formed in Italy. |
| 1980 |
Toray Europe Ltd. (TEL) was formed in UK. |
| 1981 |
Alcantara S.p.A replaced Iganto S.p.A in 1981. |
| 1982 |
Societe des Fibres de Carbone S.A. (SOFICAR) was formed in France. |
| 1984 |
TEL opened its Milan Office. |
| 1985 |
Toray Deutschland GmbH (TDG) was formed in Germany. |
| 1987 |
TEU Hamburg office was closed. |
| 1989 |
Toray acquired Samuel Courtauld & Co. from Courtaulds PLC. and established Toray Textiles Europe Ltd. (TTEL) in UK. |
| 1990 |
TEL Milan Office became an incorporated local company in 1990 and the current name is Toray International Italy S.r.l (TIIT). |
| 1996 |
Toray acquired Rhone-Poulenc Films S.A. and established Toray Plastics Europe S.A. (TPEU) in France. |
| 1997 |
Toray Textiles Central Europe s.r.o (TTCE) was formed in Czech. |
| 2008 |
Toray International Europe GmbH (TIEU) replaced TDG. |
| 2008 |
Toray Films Europe S.A.S. (TFE) was formed in France and the existing business of TPEU was transferred to TFE. |
| 2011 |
A joint venture, Euro Advanced Carbon Fiber Composites GmbH (EACC), with Daimler was formed in Germany. |
| 2012 |
Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A. (CFE) replaced SOFICAR in 2012. |
| 2012 |
TPEU was liquidated in 2012. |
| 2012 |
Toray International, Inc. opened its Liaison office in Turkey. |
| 2013 |
Production of IMPRIMA™, waterless offset plates, started at TTCE in Czech. |
| 2014 |
Location of TEU moved from London to Frankfurt. |
| 2015 |
TEU was reformed as an incorporated local company in 2015. |
| 2015 |
Toray acquired European carbon fiber fabric and Prepreg business from Saati S.p.A. Then, Composite Materials (Italy) S.r.l. (CIT) was established in Italy. Toray Resins Europe GmbH was formed in Germany. Toray acquired SolviCore GmbH & Co. KG from Umicore S.A. and Solvay S.A.. Then, Greenerity GmbH was established in Germany. Delta Tech S.p.A and Delta Preg S.p.A in Italy became Toray's subsidiaries. |
| 2016 |
EACC became 100% subsidiary of Toray. |
| 2018-08 |
PPS Compounding production started at Zoltek in Hungary. |
| 2018-08 |
Toray acquired TenCate Advanced Composites Holding B.V. from Koninklijke Ten Cate B.V. and established Toray TenCate Advanced Composites Holding B.V. in Netherlands. |
| 2018-08 |
Toray opens a new R&D Base, Automotive Center Europe (AMCEU) in Germany. |
| 2019 |
Toray acquired Alva Sweden AB (ASE) and its two subsidiaries, Alva Confecções S.A. of Portugal (APT) and Alva Tunisia SA of Tunisia (ATN). |
| 2019-04 |
Toray to establish new Battery Separator Film (BSF) production facility in Toray Industries Hungary Kft. (THU), which was established in April 2018. |
| 2021 |
Toray announced establishment of a joint venture with LG Chem, Ltd., and the name of new company is “LG Toray Hungary Battery Separator Kft. (LTHS)”. |
