Toray Plastics America

[...] in attendance were Richard Schloesser, President and COO of Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Mitch Adamek, Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, PepsiCo, and Paul Zmigrosky, Group Vice President, Frito-Lay North America Strategic Sourcing, World Wide Ingredients & Commodities, PepsiCo. Toray Industries offers the global community a variety of environment-friendly technologies, including reverse-osmosis membranes, which are being used to create 14 million tons of clean water everyday for 60 million people, and carbon fiber composite materials used for building aircraft that is 20 percent lighter than conventional aircraft and will use less fuel and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.—Toray Plastics (America), Inc. has been named the 2007 “Supplier of the Year” by Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo. It is the second time in three years that Frito-Lay has honored Toray Plastics (America), Inc., with this award. Toray Plastics (America) works with Frito-Lay to develop snack and convenience food packaging that helps keep food fresh and grow business. Customized barrier packaging films developed for Frito-Lay include clear and metallized OPP. “At Frito-Lay we expect excellence,” said Michael Hogan, senior group manager, Frito-Lay North America. “The Toray Plastics (America) team is committed to outstanding service and in 2007 they excelled on a

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.—Toray Plastics (America), Inc., North America’s only manufacturer of precision-performance polyester (PET) and polypropylene (PP) films, is taking a leading role in Toray Industries, Inc.’s decision to grow its packaging film business in Europe. Toray Industries, Inc., headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, will establish Toray Films Europe S.A.S, (also known as TFE), in Rhône-Alpes, France in Feb. 2008, for the production of Torayfan bi-axially oriented polypropylene high-barrier metallized film. Toray Plastics (America), Inc. will drive the development and commercialization of the new business’s Torayfan film technology and help establish TFE as a core production base in Europe. Toray Plastics (America), Inc. will then

Food packaging runs the gamut of methods and techniques, some tried and true and some pushing the envelope of contemporary packaging. Pouches fall into this latter category, with an even more targeted segment dealing with retort packaging. With retort pouches, the food is processed (cooked) in the actual package. Therefore, the pouch construction must withstand the rigors of high temperatures and pressure, testing the robustness of all aspects of the package—seals, closures, inks, laminations, and adhesives. All this means is that retort pouches fit the age-old adage, “you don’t get something for nothing.” The “something” you get is fairly substantial. Tobin Hass,

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.—Toray Plastics America, Inc., North American manufacturer of precision-performance, value-added polypropylene and polyester films, announces the appointment of Richard Schloesser to the position of executive vice president. Schloesser, a 17-year veteran with Toray Plastics America, Inc., is the first American in the Japanese company’s history to be appointed to that position. In his new role as executive vice president, and as part of Toray Industries’ new Localization Program, a global growth strategy that calls for locally based management, Schloesser will provide unified American leadership to Toray Plastics America, Inc., which includes the Torayfan Division (polypropylene) and Lumirror Division (polyester), and to the