Azuma Kogyo

Japanese: 東工業 - あずまこうぎょう
Azuma Kogyo


[Development of the rayon industry]
The third area where capital accumulated during the war was invested was the rayon industry (see the entry for "rayon"). Rayon thread production in Japan began in 1916 at the Yonezawa Artificial Silk Thread Factory, a branch of Tou Leather (renamed Tou Kogyo the following year) which was part of Suzuki Shoten in Yonezawa. In 1918, the factory became independent as Teikoku Artificial Silk Thread (now Teijin).

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Tohkogyo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[レーヨン工業の発達]
 大戦中に蓄積された資本の第3の投下先はレーヨン工業(〈レーヨン〉の項参照)の分野であった。日本におけるレーヨン糸製造は1916年,米沢の鈴木商店系の東レザー(翌年,東工業と改称)の分工場,米沢人造絹糸製造所において始まった。18年同製造所は帝国人造絹糸(現,帝人)として独立した。…

※「東工業」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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