# Toray sells 25% stake in Japan Vilene to Freudenberg for ¥17 billion

Toray Industries has agreed to divest its entire 25% stake in Japan Vilene Company to Freudenberg SE for approximately ¥17 billion. The share sale agreement is expected to be signed on December 15, 2025, with closing in February 2026.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2025-11-13
- Where: Tokyo, Japan
- Value: $113.0M (17.0B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Products: nonwovens
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Toray Industries](https://endata.com/companies/4565.md)
- [Toray](https://endata.com/companies/29633.md)
- [Toray Industries](https://endata.com/companies/4565.md) (partner)
- [Freudenberg Group](https://endata.com/companies/15958.md) (acquirer)
- [Japan Vilene Company](https://endata.com/companies/29916.md) (target)

## Sources

- [chemxplore.com](https://chemxplore.com/news/toray-to-divest-japan-vilene-stake), 2025-11-12: "Toray sells its 25% stake in Japan Vilene to Freudenberg for ¥17 billion."
- [freudenberg.com](https://www.freudenberg.com/en/company/press-media/news-detail/freudenberg-acquires-all-remaining-shares-in-japan-vilene-company), 2025-11-14: "The Freudenberg Group is strengthening its technical textiles and filtration businesses."
- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC145VB0U5A111C2000000/), 2025-11-14: "東レは14日、不織布を製造・販売する日本バイリーンの株式の全保有分にあたる25%を、共同出資相手のドイツのフロイデンベルグ社に売却すると発表した。"
- [marklines.com](https://www.marklines.com/en/news/336002), 2025-11-18: "Freudenberg SE announced that it will acquire the remaining 25% of shares in Japan Vilene Co., Ltd. (JVC) from its joint venture partner Toray Industries, Inc. (Toray) for approximately EUR 100 million."
- [nonwovens-industry.com](https://www.nonwovens-industry.com/breaking-news/toray-sells-stake-in-japan-vilene/), 2025-11-28: "Toray Industries, Inc., has agreed to divest its entire 25% stake in Japan Vilene Company, Ltd., to Germany’s Freudenberg SE for around ¥17 billion ($110 million)."
- [fjhaina.com](https://www.fjhaina.com/automatic_diaper_machinery_news/1258.html), 2025-12-03: "Toray announced it will sell its 25% stake in Japan Vilene Company to Germany's Freudenberg SE for approximately ¥17 billion"
- [rubberworld.com](https://rubberworld.com/freudenberg-acquires-all-remaining-shares-in-japan-vilene-company/), 2025-12-26: "The purchase price for the shares is roughly 100 million euros."

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