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Kuala Lumpur, 6 December 2016:<\/strong> The 18th<\/sup> Malaysia-Japan International Institute Of Technology (MJIIT), Leadership Lecture Series by Dato\u2019 Akihiro Nikkaku, President of Toray Industries Inc. Japan was held today at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur. YB Dato\u2019 Seri Idris Jusoh, Minister of Higher Education was among the distinguished guests.\u00a0Dato\u2019 Akihiro Nikkaku obtained his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree in engineering from the University of Tokyo.\u00a0 Joined Toray Industries, Inc. as an engineer in 1973, Officer of Toray Industries, and later serve as Toray\u2019s Chief Executive Officer from June, 2011.<\/p>\n Under Dato\u2019 Nikkaku\u2019s leadership, he developed the long-term corporate vision, \u201cAP-Growth TORAY 2020 (Action Program for Growth of Toray towards year 2020)\u201d, in line with Toray\u2019s Corporate Philosophy, \u201cContributing to society through the creation of new value with innovative ideas, technologies and products<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Consequently, Toray group has shown significant growth globally, contributing to the advancement of business, industry and technological advancement in the twenty-six (26) countries and regions.\u00a0 To date, Toray is a top global company in advanced materials, offering products that broadly and intimately impact our daily lives, such as high functional fibers\/textiles, engineered plastics\/films, carbon fibers, pharmaceuticals, water treatment membranes, etc.\u00a0Toray makes substantial investments worldwide, including in the ASEAN countries.<\/p>\n In Malaysia, Toray has injected some RM5 billion worth of investments into Toray Malaysia since 1972.\u00a0 It operates eight (8) manufacturing plants in Penang under Penfabric, Penfibre and Toray Plastics (Malaysia), and one (1) joint-venture company, Toray BASF PBT Resin, in Kuantan, Pahang.\u00a0In line with the Group\u2019s CSR initiatives, Toray established the Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) with an endowment of RM4.0 million from Toray in 1993, to further promote the development of science and technology in Malaysia.\u00a0 Supported by yearly cash contributions from Toray Malaysia, MTSF has awarded some RM14.5 million in cash awards, research grants and prizes to over five hundred (500) Malaysian scientists, researchers and science teachers over the last twenty-three (23) years.<\/p>\n Toray Malaysia collaborates closely with local Malaysian universities onacademic, industrial and R&D engagements. In 2013, Dato\u2019 Nikkaku consented to the construction of the four-storey \u201cTORAY-USM Knowledge Transfer Centre\u201d at USM for\u00a0 graduate research and networking to preserveand promote the local knowledge, culture, tradition, heritage, environment and other related matters.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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