MOLYMER MATEX is a general FRP manufacturing company.

Message from the President

Our history brings us a long way back to 1938. We have ever since been supplying a wide range of fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) with light weight, non-corrosion, yet great strength, and excellent durability, and providing valuable solutions to various industries from infrastructure, communications, high-quality architecture to corrosion-resistant plant.

In April 2021, our new history started as part of Nippon Molymer Group, who has vast experiences in supplying plastic materials, parts and products to living life, industrial materials, automotive, electronics, medical and healthcare markets globally, and this transformation has added new dimensions to the values we can offer.

Together with the technical expertise we have built over the years, we will do our utmost to exceed our valued customers’ expectations and would like to grow together for a long time to come.

Toshiyuki Yasuda
President

Corporate Operating Policy

Corporate Vision

We strive to create safe, secure, and comfortable living environments by widening the use of environmentally friendly FRP materials.

Operating Style

As professionals in the field of resin composite materials, we continually evolve to pursue the most advanced technologies and supply the best solutions to customers in various fields.

Improving the Quality of Our Service

Our company executives are responsible for the continued improvement of our service quality, supported by the efforts of our employees.

Continual Improvement in the Quality of Our Service

1. We strive to ensure that our value to customers is continually being improved. This involves developing value in new areas and refining our organizational structure.
2. One strategy for doing the above is for all workers to be aware of customer satisfaction in their daily duties. This principle permeates and continues to improve our company.

Corporate Aim: To ensure customer satisfaction.

Corporate Policy: To use customer satisfaction as an gauge by which to improve our operations.

1. MOLYMER MATEX nurtures our organization’s ability to make refinements in order to better achieve our corporate aim and improve performance. We strive to continuously create and instill a corporate climate that emphasizes excellence.
2. To improve our level of service, all staff are trained to be conscious of customer satisfaction. We also strive to create a customer-oriented corporate structure and support organizational modifications for this purpose.

» MOLYMER MATEX embraces reform in order to achieve our corporate vision.

Company Information

Company History

1938	Dainippon Glass Co., Ltd. a corrugated glass manufacturer, was established. Production begins at a plant in Osaka, with a plant in Yokohama established the following year.
1948	Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. invests in the company, which it is to become its 100% subsidiary by 1957.
1955	Production of corrugated sheets of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) beings at the Yokohama plant.
1957	A plant in Nagoya is established through absorption of the reinforced plastics molding division of the FRP-producing Tokai Special Glass Co., Ltd.
1959	Space shortages at the Yokohama and Nagoya plants result in a shift of operations to a new single plant in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Equipment is upgraded, and production capacity expanded for wide-ranging manufacture of FRP products.	New Plant at Sagamihara
1960	Sales begin under the product name ARMOLITE
1964	Manufacture and sales commence of PLALLOYTM ,a material made using our own unique continuous pultrusion technology. The company supervises the production of yachts for the Finn Class sailing event at the Tokyo Olympics.	Finn Flyer Yachts
1968	Installation of a 860 ton hydraulic press which, combined with the 1500 ton press installed the following year, make possible the manufacture and marketing of large-scale FRP hydraulic press products.
1970	Installation of large filament winding molding equipment for production of corrosion-resistant FRP.
1973	Development and installation of a continuous press molding equipment for production of FRP troughs for electrical systems.
1976	Manufacture of BMC precision molded product ROSITETM using technology from Rostone Co., USA.
1977	Continuous pultrusion equipment is upgraded for a greater range of PLALLOYTMand the manufacture of large-scale products.	PLALLOYTM
1979	Computerized machines are introduced for accounting.
1984	Rolltech Co.,Ltd. was established to manufacture and market highly corrosion-resistant ridged rolls. FRP Helipad wins the Industrial Technology Award at CON-EX ’84.	FRP Helipad
1987	Nefcom Co., Ltd. was established for sales of such products as the FRP grating (an alternative to steel grating).
1989	Installation of continuous production equipment for our steel-grating alternative, FRP Reinforcing Fiber Mesh for Concrete Our embankment-reinforcing FRP grating, NEFTEM, wins the Reinforced Plastic Association Award.
1992	Company name was changed to Asahi Glass Matex Co., Ltd. as part of an effort to build corporate identity and create a thriving 21st century company.
1993	Our NEFTEM material passes the Ministry of Construction’s civil engineering evaluation assessment.
1994	Our sensor-integrated FRP Reinforcing Fiber Mesh for Concrete product wins the Industrial Technology Award at CON-EX ’94.	Steel-Grating Alternative FRP Reinforcing Fiber Mesh for Concrete
1995	Integrated office was built in factory to promote operational efficiency.
1996	Manufacture of optical fibers.
1999	All company sites attain ISO9001 certification
2000	Nefcom Co., Ltd. was dissolved due to completion of its corporate objective. Manufacture of an FRP pedestrian bridge to be installed in Okinawa. The FRP pedestrian bridge wins the Reinforced Plastic Association Award at CON-EX 2000.	FRP Pedestrian Bridge
2001	Our open-space FRP Truss product wins the Best Paper Award at CON-EX 2001 All company sites attain ISO14001 certification
2002	Our industry paper, “Evaluation of the Flexural Properties of Pultruded Square Tubes”, wins the Best Paper Award at CON-EX 2002.
2003	Launch of AG1000, a heat resistant sheet used on bridges to house electric cables.
2005	Our open-space FRP panel product wins the Japan SAMPE Award for Technology. Our industry paper,”Construction Plans and Analysis of Built-Up Bridge Girders”, wins the Best Paper Award. HIKARIKABE, jointly developed with Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., a load-bearing wall for wood frame houses, is approved by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, the first such endorsement of any plastic material.	HIKARIKABE
2006	Our earthquake-resistant wall that uses GFRP earthquake-resistant blocks wins the Japan SAMPE Award for Technology. Our BMC product ROSITETM 290 passes an incombustibility test for railway rolling stock materials.
2007	Our company name was changed to AGC Matex Co., Ltd. from June 1, as part of Asahi Glass Group’s global brand unification strategy. Development of an enhanced-security FRP airport fence in response to the Civil Aviation Bureau’s toughening of safety rules. The first products are installed domestically at the Hakodate and Sendai Airports. Installation in Hokkaido of the Shiraoi district’s first polycarbonate folded-plate translucent fencing, jointly developed with the Hokkaido Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Regions.
2008	Installation of a large quantity of HIKARI PASARTM louvers on the Kumanomae Station building of the Nippori-Toneri Liner train line.
	FRP grating is used as metal protection eaves in the Urban Renaissance Agency East Japan’s Toyosu Danchi in Koto-city, Tokyo.	Protection Eaves
2009	Energy-saving HIKARI PASAR louvers are used on the roof of a conference center in the Otemachi Redevelopment Zone, which includes the Keidanren Building. The world’s first big-wave style barriers are used at Oita Airport.	HIKARI PASAR Louvers
	Milky-white GS3030 coloring is used widely in illuminated screens at Zounohana (Elephant Trunk) Park,a monument commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama Port.	Zounohana (Elephant Trunk) Park, Yokohama Port
	FRP composite floor slabs are used in revamping the Kanmon Tunnel (undersea distance of 780 m; 3,000 m2 area), which also comprises the ceiling of the walkway section.	Kanmon Tunnel
2010	Launch and marketing of LUMITERIOR, our new transparent FRP-molded flat-plate product.
2011	Establishment of our Thai subsidiary, AGC Matex (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. as our base of sales and production in the burgeoning Southeast Asia market.
2013	AGC Matex (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. extended the second plant.
2014	The FRP frame for photovoltaic array receives a Good Design Award.
2021.4.1	Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Molymer Co.,Ltd.
2021.6.1	Changed company’s name to MOLYMER MATEX CO.,LTD.