{"id":177,"date":"2017-04-17T17:01:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T08:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:53:16","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/company","title":{"rendered":"Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>PBI Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6624 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/da16f3ad2772950f150ffbf080cfdf4f-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/da16f3ad2772950f150ffbf080cfdf4f-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/da16f3ad2772950f150ffbf080cfdf4f-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/da16f3ad2772950f150ffbf080cfdf4f.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>PBI Advanced Materials (PBi-am) is a manufacturing company of ultra high performance plastics stock shapes. PBi-am dedicates efforts to the development of unique compounded materials which indicate several functional properties based on adding special fillers, e.g., carbon nanotubes, ceramics, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>PBi-am is a member of SATO Group. In cooperate with the group companies, PBi-am also offers total solution of plastics processings: developing materials, designing molds, molding parts, and assembling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Company profile<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Company<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">PBI Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Address<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tokyo Headquarters<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> 1-30-10 Nihombashi-Kakigaracho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0014, Japan (<a href=\"https:\/\/g.page\/PBi-am?share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Maps<\/a>)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> Mie Headquarters<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> 2768-2 Geinocho-Mukumoto, Tsu, Mie 514-2211, Japan<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Anotsu-dai Factory, Sato Light Industrial Co., Ltd.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> 5-1-1 Anotsu-dai, Tsu, Mie 514-0131, Japan<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Subsidiary<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">PBI Advanced Materials (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Rm5, 7F, 41 Nanjing W. rd., Datong dist., Taipei 10353, Taiwan (ROC)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Established<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">July 8, 2008<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Capital<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">JPY80,000,000. &#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Stockholder<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">100% Sato Light Industrial Co., Ltd.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Board members<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Chief Executive Officer: Yosuke Sato<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> Senior Managing Director: Tatsuhito Ishii<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> Director: Yoshisato Sasaki<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Business<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sales and development of high performance plastics stock shapes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Applications<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Semiconductor manufacturing process, Flat panel display manufacturing process, Photovoltaic battery manufacturing process, Automotive, Aerospace, etc.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>SATO Group<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SATO Group specializes in plastics processing and dedicates to R&amp;D of unique component technologies to satisfy customer\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n<p>SATO Group offers total solutions to customers on processing of wide range of plastics: materials development, compounds, molds designing, various moldings, and assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Sato Light Industrial Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><span style=\"color: transparent; display: none;\">icon-external-link<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sato-gr.co.jp\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.sato-gr.co.jp\/en\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-left-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/corp_sato_mie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Group holding company<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">2768-2 Geinocho-Mukumoto,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Tsu, Mie<br \/>\n514-2211, Japan<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Tokai Denka Industrial Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"arconix-column-one-third\">\n<div style=\"border-left-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/corp_tokai_kameyama.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Mie factory\/Kameyama<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">1685-1 Sekicho-Kozaki,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Kameyama, Mie<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">519-1107, Japan<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"arconix-column-one-third\">\n<div style=\"border-left-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/corp_tokai_tsu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Mie factory\/Tsu<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">2768-2 Geinocho-Mukumoto,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Tsu, Mie<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">514-2211, Japan<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"arconix-column-one-third arconix-column-last\">\n<div style=\"border-left-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/corp_tokai_oita.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Oita factory<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">1995-6 Akimachi-Shioya,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Kunisaki, Oita<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">873-0212, Japan<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Sato Light Mold Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Satomold.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Shizuoka factory<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">3-6-33 Toyoda, Suruga-ku<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Shizuoka city, Shizuoka<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">422-8027, Japan<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Koyama Kako Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6406 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/corp_koyama_tochigi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Tochigi factory<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">2199 Shimokoyama,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Shimotsuke, Tochigi<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">329-0502, Japan<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Qingdao Sato Light Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><span style=\"color: transparent; display: none;\">icon-external-link<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/qdsatolight.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/qdsatolight.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-left-style: dotted; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6408 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/corp_sato_qingdao.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Qingdao Sato Light Co., Ltd.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">No. 321, Keyun road, High-tech industrial development zone, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Qingdao, Shandong 266109, China (PRC)<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a id=\"pbi-history\"><\/a>History of PBI business<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read_text\">PBI has a long history and many companies have involved in its development.<br \/>\nPBI Advanced Materials is a sole distributor of PBI polymer in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1983<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Hoechst Celanese (US) commercialized polybenzimidazole fiber.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1989<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Hoechst Japan started importing polybenzimidazole in Japan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1994<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Hoechst Japan and Sato Group succeeded in molding of polybenzimidazole in Japan.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1997<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The PBI business was transferred to Clariant (Japan).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2004<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The PBI business was transferred to AZ Electronic Materials (Japan).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2008<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The PBI business was transferred to PBI Advanced Materials (SATO Group), and PBi-am set up the business not only PBI but also several high performance plastics.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">2011<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>PBI Advanced Materials (Taiwan) was established as our sales base in Taiwan.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">2016<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Anotsu-dai factory completed (Sato Light): Machining and injection molding of PBi-am products.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">2018<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Anotsu-dai 2nd factory completed (Sato Light): Compression molding and extrusion compounding of PBi-am products.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #0076be; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">2021<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/th>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Tokyo office relocated (PBI Advanced Materials).<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBI Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. &nbsp; PBI Advanced Materials (PBi-am) is a manufacturing company of ultra high performance plastics stock shapes. PBi-am dedicates efforts to the development of unique compounded materials which indicate several functional properties based on adding special fillers, e.g., carbon nanotubes, ceramics, and so on. PBi-am is a member of SATO Group. In cooperate with the group companies, PBi-am also offers total solution of plastics processings: developing materials, designing molds, molding parts, and assembling. &nbsp; Company profile Company PBI Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. Address Tokyo Headquarters 1-30-10 Nihombashi-Kakigaracho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0014, Japan (Google Maps) Mie Headquarters 2768-2 Geinocho-Mukumoto, Tsu, Mie 514-2211, Japan Anotsu-dai Factory, Sato Light Industrial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":178,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-177","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7179,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/7179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbi-am.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}