Company Name TAIHEI CHEMICALS LIMITED. 　 　 Head Office 4-5-19 Ryoke, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama Prefecture, 〒332-0004 TEL: (048) 222-1122 (Switchboard) FAX: (048) 225-3690 E-mail:soukatu@taihei-chemicals.co.jp Factories Kawaguchi Factory （Chemicals Division Specialties Division R&D Department ） 4-5-19 Ryoke, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama Prefecture, 〒332-0004 TEL: (048) 224-3141 (Switchboard) TEL: (048) 224-3148 (Direct line to Chemicals Division ) FAX: (048) 225-3690 FAX: (048) 224-6767 (Chemicals Division) ISO 9001 Certified Factory E-mail: soukatu@taihei-chemicals.co.jp Souka Factory（Plastics Division） 1-2-15 Aoyagi, Souka-shi, Saitama Prefecture, 〒340-0002 TEL: (048) 935-3141 (Switchboard) Resin Operations Film Sales Section TEL: (048) 936-1101 (Direct) Sheet/Plate Sales Section TEL: (048) 936-1102 (Direct), TEL: (048) 936-1103 (Direct) FAX: (048) 931-2384 ISO 9001 Certified Factory E-mail: sohka-gyohmu@taihei-chemicals.co.jp Established February 28, 1938 Capital 1,222.6 million yen Main Shareholders Tosoh Corporation Executive Members Representative president Teruhiro Setoguchi 　 Managing Director Shigehiko Hayashi (General Manager, Souka Factory) Managing Director Hiroshi Imai (Member of Business Management Department) Director Toshiro Nemoto (General Manager, Plastic Division) Director Eisuke Kanazawa (General Manager, Kawaguchi Factory) Director Setsuo Iwabuchi (President of Lonseal Corporation) Director Osamu Kuchiishi (President of Plas-Tech Corporation) Director Yutaka Monden (Director of Taiyo Vinyl Corporation) Full Time Auditor Yoshikatsu Ito 　 Auditor Kazuo Izaki (Managing Director of Lonseal Corporation) Auditor Kouichi Matsumoto (The financial department of Tosoh Corporation) No. of Employees 137 (as of the end of March 2006) Accounting Term March 31 every year (annually) No. of Shareholders 550 (as of the end of March 2006) 1938 February Established Tajima Chemicals with 100,000 yen capital, began production of Nitrocellulose 1945 August Changed name to Taihei Industrial Limited 1947 February Changed name to Taihei Chemicals Limited 1956 September Began production of color chips 1960 October Began production of hard polyvinyl chloride sheet with the trademark of Ebilon 1969 September Completion of the Souka Factory 1970 March Began production of hard polyvinyl chloride film 1970 December 300 million yen capital 1973 February Began production of Cabroid 1950 September Began production of Qron 1985 February Began production of TAICLEAR 1989 February 470 million yen capital 1992 October Began production of hot-melt paste, adhesive coated products 2004 August 1,222.6 million yen capital