Greetings from the President

AION, having begun in December 1999 as a member of the SOFT 99 group, saw the passing of its twenty-year anniversary in December of 2019. Over the span of more than 60 years from the era of AION 's predecessor, the former Kanebo Ltd., our core PVA sponge products have been valued by our customers for their performance. As a manufacturer of porous articles (sponge articles) utilizing resin polymers including polyurethanes and olefins, we have provided products for industrial materials applications and lifestyle applications in answer to the wishes and requirements of our clients.

The SOFT 99 group's 6th midterm plan "Overtake: Stay Abreast of Customer Changes."will end this fiscal year. During the period of the plan, our business performance remained strong, we extended our reach in both industrial-materials and lifestyle-materials sectors. In addition, the construction of the third plant, which had been a long-cherished dream of ours, went smoothly and was successfully completed.

From April 2023, the 7th midterm plan "Evolve!” will begin, the management vision is "to develop human resources who create inspiring analog value through the use of digital technology, and to contribute to solving social issues through such value. We are focusing on strengthening the competitiveness of core businesses and promoting "New-Demand (Novel-Agenda) Acquisition Activities—New Demand Creation (NDC)." In addition to growth of our existing business units, by these NDC activities, with the proprietary technology and knowhow that AION has cultivated to date as the hub, we aim for the creation of new demand through a perpendicular-development/horizontal-development vertical–lateral approach. Specifically, setting medical fields and environmental spheres as the objectives for our next mainstay business units, we will be offering new products and services.

AION's operating principles our corporate mission statement:

  • Sense of autonomous, righteous mission: Seeking a sense of presence in the 21st-century world, conduct ourselves assertively, boldly.
  • Merchandise manufacture that connects with the world: With perspective directed globally, go forward developing products that are appreciated by customers worldwide.
  • Harmonization, by all of us at AION, with both society (at large) and the environment: Foster a spirit of appreciating people and cherishing the environment.

AION's entire personnel are committed production, development, and sales activities under the banner of "Win Customer's Peace of Mind and Trust." Responding to the various needs of diverse customers worldwide, our place at AION is to aspire to grow as an enterprise that communicates to the world at large.

We look forward to your continued support.

Toshiyuki Konishi
Representative Director
AION Co., Ltd.