President’s Message

Since the founding of our company in 1878, amid nearly 150 years of history, we have applied our superior development capabilities and technical expertise to bring numerous new products to the world and to expand our operations.

From our founding until the early part of the 20th century, we fostered our technical capabilities in the braiding and weaving necessary for producing ropes. After that, we applied the core technologies of our original business area of textiles and the technologies for resin processing, winding/fastening, and inflating to the development of fire hoses, seatbelts, airbags, and the PALTEM underground pipeline rehabilitation system for sewerage and other applications.

At the foundation of our business expansion is the spirit of our company creed of “Be creative and contribute to society through our business activities.”

For fire hoses, we have continued development of lightweight products with superb operability and minimal leakage so that we can contribute to prompt and reliable firefighting activities. For seatbelts and airbags, which protect the lives of automobile passengers, we are developing technologies and tackling quality improvements to satisfy the various needs of automobile manufacturers and respond to changes in automobiles. PALTEM pipeline rehabilitation is a method that has a shorter work period and lower environmental impact than the conventional method of digging trenches, and it plays a major role in the renovation of aging pipelines. We also develop and supply various products, such as emergency drainage hoses for cases of flood damage, large-diameter hoses that are effective in the event of a large-scale disaster, and products that yield major streamlining to the work of loading trucks in the logistics industry.
Our mission is to provide products that protect lives and livelihoods.

While carefully cultivating and maintaining ties with numerous industries, such as automotive, construction, firefighting, textiles, and logistics, we are developing new products and systems by pushing ourselves to meet ever higher technological standards.
While fulfilling our responsibility of a social institution by contributing to solving social issues like environmental problems and automobile safety and maintaining social capital, we will continue—as we have for 150 years since our founding and while approaching 200 years—as a company that works together with our stakeholders, including customers, shareholders, and suppliers.

I am grateful for the trust you’ve placed in Ashimori and for your support as we pursue our mission.