Toray Industries, through a string of some 255 subsidiaries and affiliates, sews together a diversified enterprise producing a swath of advanced materials. Its chemists create a slew of fibers, textiles, films, resins, chemicals, plastics, and other engineered components. Business is divided among six segments: Fibers & Textiles, Plastics & Chemicals, IT-related Products, Carbon Fiber Composite Materials, Environment & Engineering, and Life Science & Other. Core businesses, Fibers & Textiles and Plastics & Chemicals, churn out materials for apparel to parts for vehicles and aircraft. Other offerings include contact lenses and semiconductor circuit materials.