法人情報

[Company strength]
Our company recently succeeded in developing wave weaving as patented new technology. This technology involves weaving pile fabric for towels using existing Jacquard looms for clothing fabric. Shrinkable urethane thread is used for the weft. The fabric is reduced to about a half in width by applying heat to leave the woven non-shrinkable weft as a loop. This produces space where air goes through, so breathability can be improved as well as designability. The new products have simultaneously realized high designability and good properties compared with conventional towels. These properties include water absorbency, quick drying, and antibacterial effects, as well as good texture. They make our products superior to those of competitors.


[Business description]
Our company has been using Jacquard looms to manufacture high-grade women's dress fabric since its establishment. We are expanding our business for luxury brands and department stores in Japan and abroad. We are applying our unique frill weaving technology to actively develop final products and in-house products to grow out of our framework as a subcontractor. The sales ratio of frill weaving products is now over 30%. Frill weaving is a special technology of weaving frills simultaneously with the weaving process. This technology greatly reduces the number of steps and cost compared with the conventional technique of forming frills by sewing.


[Industry]
Textile industry


[Representative's message]
Japan's textile industry has been facing a difficult situation. Manufacturers should grow out of a subcontract-type business model to survive, and take on the challenge of manufacturing high-added-value final products with a high profit ratio. Manufacturers expand in-house brands and improve branding power by making use of their own technical power. This is how we will grow out of the subcontracting business of providing clothing fabric or textiles. We hope J-GoodTech will gives us opportunities to introduce our technologies and take on the challenge of new technology and product development.


[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
Our company successfully developed a super-antibacterial disposable mask by applying a total of five patented technologies, including wave weaving. Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and MRSA cause hospital infections. We proved that we could kill 99.9% of such bacteria using the advanced material COPRONF (copper twisted yarn). This material also killed 99.999% of influenza viruses in an examination test. The mask surfaces are coated with silk protein. Silk is deposited on the surfaces as a natural fiber to suppress electrostatic generation to impede attracting dust or particles. This guards the masks from pollen, house dust, and airborne sand.


[Awards and media coverage]
[Media]
Gunma TV, "News eye8 Leaders eye," introduction of our technology (October 19, 2015); Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, introduction of our Invention Research Grant 2016 from The Japan Society for the Advancement of Inventions (November 21, 2016).


[Authorization/Certification]
Business Plan Utilizing Local Industrial Resources certification by the Director-General of the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (2011).


[Intellectual property]
Frill weaving (Japanese Patent Registration No. 4598885); fringe weaving (Japanese Patent Registration No. 5312706); fringe weaving (Japanese Patent Registration No. 5629401); masking (Japanese Patent Registration No. 6147452); wave weaving (Japanese Patent Registration No. 5809377).