TOYOBO Europe GmbH was founded in July 2011 as an affiliated company of the Japanese TOYOBO Corporation, whose history can be traced back to 1882 when it started business as a spinning company. Today TOYOBO Corporation is one of Japan's leading manufacturers of fibers and textiles with core technologies in polymerization, modification, processing and biotechnology. These have been organized into following specialty business segments, in which growth is prioritized: films and functional polymers, industrial materials, fibers and textiles as well as life science. With 53 subsidiaries TOYOBO has representations in 14 countries. As the European head office TOYOBO Europe GmbH is located in Düsseldorf, Germany. The production site, where the cushion material BREATHAIR® is produced, was officially inaugurated in September 2013 in Obernburg near Frankfurt am Main. Besides BREATHAIR® TOYOBO also sells industrial films, functional polymers and life science products in Europe.