- Business
- Toa Road Corporation engages primarily in civil engineering construction, manufacturing and sale of pavement materials, landscaping and sports facility construction, environmental remediation, and consulting services in Japan. The company constructs road networks and transportation infrastructure including expressways and national roads; manufactures and sells asphalt emulsion for roads, railways, landscape and sports facilities, asphalt mixtures, polymer modified asphalt for heavy traffic roads, porous asphalt pavements, bridge deck pavements and cold regions, as well as pavement materials for garages, bridges, historical places, parks, running tracks, baseball stadiums, tennis courts and bicycle racetracks; provides soil pollution surveying and cleaning, design and construction of underground reservoirs, demolition of buildings, factories and chimneys for redevelopment, and road maintenance plans integrating pavement maintenance techniques with asset management; and offers consulting on road asset management. Founded in 1930 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Toa Road Corporation operates through 35 offices, 24 production factories and 44 asphalt mixing plants across Japan, with branches in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chushikoku and Kyushu, and maintains group companies including TOA-TONE BORING CO., LTD., MARUKENDOURO CORPORATION, FUJIKENSETSU CORPORATION, FUJI GREEN TECH CO., LTD. and UMETSUGUMI CORPORATION. In recent developments under its medium-term management plan toward the 2030 centennial vision, the company pursues aggressive business investments totaling 15 billion yen over three years focused on facility renewal and growth areas such as thin-layer surface treatment materials for large-scale works and asphalt substitute binders; advances integrated business strategies with portfolio management and response to improvement drivers; and continues international technology-sharing activities in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, El Salvador and Madagascar.