Notice of Exhibition at the 3rd SUSTAINABLE FASHION EXPO -Spring-

Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) announced today that Toyota Tsusho and Toyota Tsusho Fashion Express Ltd. (“TFE”) will exhibit as the Toyota Tsusho Group at the 3rd SUSTAINABLE FASHION EXPO -Spring- to be held from April 5 to April 7, 2023.

The concept of the PATCHWORKS brand represents the apparel circular economy project promoted by Toyota Tsusho, and the exhibition will feature TFE’s original recycling-based materials, such as nylon materials made from airbags and waste fishing nets and polyester materials made from recycled marine PET bottles.

In addition, during the same period, on April 6 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Toyota Tsusho will also participate in a PR seminar jointly with Nakano Co., Ltd. (“Nakano”), where we will discuss the challenges and future of realizing a circular economy with Nakano, a textile recycling company.

【Overview】
Event: The 3rd SUSTAINABLE FASHION EXPO -Spring-
Period: April 5 to April 7, 2023
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight (West Exhibition Halls)
E-ticket URL: https://www.fashion-tokyo.jp/spring/ja-jp/to-visit/e-ticket-ex/sus.org-17c6f4de-4c93-44bf-a828-90e318f0770e.html?rf=23sp_srp_sus
*Details on the exhibited materials are available in the above URL.

【PR Seminar】
Period: April 6 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Speakers: Yasufumi Kubota, Vice President, Nakano Co., Ltd.
Tomohide Onigata, Assistant Manager, Textile Planning Group, Textile Department, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Theme: Challenges and future of realizing a circular economy with Nakano, a textile recycling company
Summary: Vice President Yasufumi Kubota of Nakano Co., Ltd., which has been engaged in textile recycling since a time when the word “recycling” did not exist, will join the seminar to discuss the challenges and prospects of realizing a circular economy of clothing, including an introduction to a business project to build a circular system.
Seminar URL: https://biz.q-pass.jp/f/6424/faw_haru23_seminar/seminar_register?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsK6q5dHQ_QIV4VoPAh2i4AgKEAAYASACEgL_YfD_BwE