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Toray Michael Brandmeier has retired as President and

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CEO of Toray Plastics (America), Inc. and is now Deputy Chief Rep- resentative and Executive Vice Pres- ident of Toray Industries America. In his new role Brandmeier will provide support to the presidents of the ten companies that comprise the Toray Group US, which includes Toray Plastics (America). In addition, Brandmeier will lead several Toray America’s Center of

Michael Brandmeier

Excellence projects in purchasing, IT, and corpo- rate marketing. He has been president and CEO of Toray Plastics (America) since July 1, 2014, and will remain a Senior Director of Toray Industries. Ken Kurokawa is now Chairman and CEO of Toray Plastics (America). Kurokawa has 38 years of experience within the Toray organization, includ- ing assignments as the Executive Vice President of Toray Films Europe and the president of Penfibre in Malaysia. Kurokawa’s new role is his third overseas assign- ment at Toray Plastics (America), Inc., where he has served as Chief Technology Officer and executive vice president since 2018. As Toray Plastics (America)’s new chairman and

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CEO, Kurokawa is responsible for determining the company’s over- all strategic direction and manage- ment philosophy. He will also over- see capital investments. Christopher Roy is Toray Plastics (America), Inc.’s new president and COO. In his new role, Roy will be responsible for the man- agement of Toray Plastics (Amer- ica)’s three operating divisions—

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Torayfan and Lumirrorfilms and PEF foams—as well as the company’s finance, human resources, environmental health and safety, IS, purchasing, engineering and maintenance, R&D, and market- ing support functions. Prior to his new appointment, he was Executive Vice President for the company’s Torayfan and Lu- mirror divisions. He has also been the Torayfan Di- vision’s Senior Vice President and General Manag- er and Senior Director of Sales and Marketing. He joined Toray in 1998 as a Director of Sales.

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