- CEO
- Koji Sawada
- Full Time Employees
- 1,786
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: major diversified
- Address
- 19-19, Chaya-machi Toyonaka OS Japan 530-0013
- IPO Date
- Feb 6, 1987
- Business
- Tigers Polymer Corporation manufactures and sells rubber hoses, sheets, molded products, extrusion products, and electrical facility materials primarily for automotive, home appliances, air conditioning, civil engineering, construction, and industrial machinery applications; its core offerings include home appliance hoses for vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and air conditioners, industrial hoses such as TIFLEX and SR series for water, steam, air, powder, mortar, chemicals, oil, and general purposes with features like pressure resistance, abrasion resistance, antistatic properties, flexibility, and flame retardancy, natural, synthetic, special, and urethane rubber sheets for packing, cushioning, mats, silicone moldings, and fluoro rubber stoppers, rubber and resin molded products, and additional extrusion and electrical components. The company operates through geographic segments including Japan, the United States, Southeast Asia, and China, targeting markets in automotive, electrics, construction, housing, and industrial materials. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, it changed its name from Tigers Rubber Inc. to Tigers Polymer Corporation in June 1973. In recent developments, the company revised its fiscal year ending March 2025 forecasts upward to revenue of 49.34 billion yen and operating profit of 2.83 billion yen, supported by steady domestic sales in the second half, while its half-year results to September 30, 2025, showed net profit of 1.31 billion yen versus 795 million yen prior year; its rubber sheet business reported higher revenue but lower profit for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.