Message from the President

Firstly, I would like to express my appreciation for all the support we have received from everyone up until this point.

RIKEN TECHNOS was established from RIKEN, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research under the name RIKEN VINYL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. in 1951. We started as a venture capital with limited funding and based solely on our strength in terms of people and technology focusing on processing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin.

Using our comprehensive technologies, we have taken on and accomplished the challenge of developing, manufacturing, and selling PVC compounds and films, Japan’s first wraps for food packaging, and thermoplastic elastomer compounds. Today, these products serve as pillars for our business as materials and products that reduce environmental load, such as by contributing toward effective use of resources and energy conservation.

In 2001, we changed our company name to RIKEN TECHNOS CORPORATION. Currently, we are growing into a global company engaging in business within Japan and overseas centered on four market segments: Transportation, Daily Life & Healthcare, Electronics, and Building & Construction.

We have grown from a venture capital into a global company, and we continue to place importance on the challenging spirit, new product development process and creativity from our early days which kept with us even after we changed our name to RIKEN TECHNOS in 2001. We established the RIKEN TECHNOS WAY which clearly stipulates the foundation of our strong spirit in 2011 to commemorate our 60th anniversary. This idea has been engraved in the hearts of the employees of the RIKEN TECHNOS GROUP 13 years after its completion. Now it is time to re-engrave this spirit of the RIKEN TECHNOS WAY and complete our duties in order to make further progress in the future.

Today, the environment surrounding the RIKEN TECHNOS GROUP is changing dramatically, with increasing environmental awareness, the move away from plastics, and other interest in social issues and greater demand for solutions to them.
Amid this business environment, in April 2022, we embarked on our three-year medium-term business plan. Based on the management policy of “Challenge Now for Change New 2024,” we aim to become the leading provider of comfort for all living spaces.
In addition, to work seriously on the sustainable growth of our business and the solving of social issues, we are developing a structure for promoting sustainability. We accurately see the risks and opportunities in business from the perspectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) areas, and incorporate them into our management strategies. In this way, we will continue to provide society with new value and solutions through our businesses and contribute toward solving social issues and realizing a sustainable society.

I hope you will continue to give us your support in the future.

Kazuaki Tokiwa
President & CEO
Representative Director