- CEO
- Kazushi Asano
- Full Time Employees
- 1,292
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Textiles
- Address
- 1-4, Nakadori Kurashiki OK Japan 712-8502
- IPO Date
- Jun 1, 2000
- Business
- Hagihara Industries Inc. Hagihara Industries Inc. manufactures and sells flat yarn plastic fiber products made from polyethylene and polypropylene, along with related industrial machinery such as slitters, rewinders, yarn winders, plastic recycled pellet manufacturing equipment, extruder-related equipment, and GX Line systems for horizontal recycling; its plastics offerings include blue and nagomi sheets, mesh and soundproof sheets, sunlight reflective sheets, disaster prevention sheets and weather-resistant sandbags, flexible container bags and adhesive tapes, carpets and meltac packaging bags, synthetic resin threads, cleaning mops, artificial grass, concrete reinforcing fiber via its BarChip brand, PET bottle films, liquid crystal films, winders, and pallets, serving markets in living and leisure, agriculture and fishery, packaging and distribution, industrial materials, and construction and civil engineering. The company, founded in 1962 and headquartered in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operates factories and bases domestically with subsidiaries including Toyo Heisei Polymer Co., Ltd. in Japan, PT. Hagihara Westjava Industries in Indonesia, Hagihara Industries McAllen Corporation in Texas, USA, Hagihara Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China, Hagihara Industries (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and multiple BarChip entities across Asia, North America, South America, and Europe, enabling global reach in Asia, North America, and other regions. Recent developments encompass full-scale operation of a recycled pellet production line for blue tarp horizontal recycling, a strategic partnership with Ai Home for blue cloth recycling signed in August 2025, joint technology development with Mitsui Chemicals for homogenizing viscosity in heterogeneous recycled plastics, a collaboration agreement with Takasago City for disaster relief supplies, and agreements on J-Credits for forest management in Niimi City and primary industry solutions with The Norinchukin Bank.