2018/08/31
TBM raises capital from DIP Corporation and ITOCHU Corporation
to accelerate business operation overseas
TBM has conducted rights offering to DIP Corporation and ITOCHU Corporation.
This capital raising accelerates sales and licensing of LIMEX overseas.
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2018/08/17
TBM welcomed new COO and R&D leader
Sakamoto (former CEO of YJAmerica, Inc.) as COO and Mizuno (former ASEAN account manager at 3M) as R&D leader will accelerate global business expansion and R&D for LIMEX products.
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2018/05/23
TBM made partnership with ‘Brussels SDG Summit 2018’ held with ‘European Business Summit’.
TBM is now planning to release a biodegradable LIMEX at home and abroad. By 2030 EU aims to achieve the society where single-use plastic packages will no longer be used in EU and people reuse and recycle all of the plastic materials. This movements led by EU Commission had great impact on the world demands for biodegradable materials and plastic alternatives.
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2018/05/22
TBM is now considering a biodegradable LIMEX
TBM is now planning to release a biodegradable LIMEX at home and abroad. By 2030 EU aims to achieve the society where single-use plastic packages will no longer be used in EU and people reuse and recycle all of the plastic materials. This movements led by EU Commission had great impact on the world demands for biodegradable materials and plastic alternatives.
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2018/05/22
TBM is now considering a furniture laminate sheet with LIMEX.
TBM is now planning to launch a furniture laminate sheet at home and abroad to meet the growing demands for ecological materials.
2018/05/21
LIMEX received Red Dot Award
LIMEX received the “Red Dot Award: product design 2018” ( Sponsored by North Rhine Westphalia Design Center, Germany)
2017/11/27
Won COOL JAPAN AWARD 2017
TBM has won “COOL JAPAN AWARD”(held by: COOLJAPAN Association) at COOL JAPAN AWARD 2017 Awards ceremony. 26 products out of 104 have been nominated to COOL JAPAN 2017, selected by 100 foreign jury members.
2017/11/06
TBM and Ricoh have collaborated in the distribution of a new material, LIMEX sheets
TBM and Ricoh have collaborated in the distribution of LIMEX sheets for POD (Print On Demand) market.
2017/11/01
LIMEX business card received a special award “Production” for Good Design Award 2017
Following “Good Design Award 2017 Good Design Best 100”. We would like to announce that LIMEX business card received a special award “Production”
2017/10/25
TBM and CDP have agreed on a service partnership
Based on this service partnership, The Japanese version of CDP report of this year (Climate Change/Water) are made using a new material LIMEX. These reports have been distributed at 2017 CDP Japan report conference held at U Thant International Hall.
2017/10/04
LIMEX Business Card Received “Good Design Award for 2017 Good Design Best 100”
LIMEX Business Card Received “Good Design Award for 2017 Good Design Best 100” TBM’s LIMEX business card has been awarded “Good Design Best 100” (Sponsored by Japan Institute of Design Promotion). LIMEX business card has been highly evaluated as a result of pursing innovative environmental performance and its design.
2017/07/28
TBM has been selected as one of the five top companies to participate in the innovation showcase of Japan US Innovation Awards program in 2017
TBM has been selected as one of the five top companies to participate in the Innovation Showcase of Japan US Innovation Awards Program in 2017.
The event will be held at Stanford University on the 28th of July. Japan US-Innovation Awards are aiming for revitalization of innovation activities by selecting the innovational pioneering venture companies in Japan and US.
Successful and growing startup companies such as Tesla Motors Inc., Mercari, Inc. and LINE Corporation won the awards or was selected as Innovation Showcase companies previously. TBM will continue to strengthen our business by increasing business cases internally and internationally, receiving such honorable recognition.
2017/05/19
The Asia-Pacific Stevie AwardsDouble Gold Awards of Product Design and Development and Corporate Innovation
TBM Co., Ltd. would like to announce that our company was named the winner of Energy & Sustainability Stevie® Award in the Product Design and Development category and Manufacturing Industries Stevie® Award in the Corporate Innovation category in the fourth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards today.
The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are the only business
Stevie Awards (Based in Washington D.C. in the U.S.) are conferred in seven programs, and the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are one of them.
Stevie Awards were founded in 2002. The Stevie Awards are widely considered to be the world’s premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement in programs such as The International Business Awards for fifteen years.
2017/04/28
Appearance on NIKEI CNBC TV series – Evening Express
TBM/LIMEX is to be featured in the “Evening Express” section of NIKKEI express program, scheduled for broadcast as a series on Economy cannel on the 28th of April from 21:00 ~.
2017/03/14
TBM intends to establish cooperation agreement to explore manufacturing of LIMEX in Saudi Arabia with JGC and NICDP
TBM, JGC Corporation and National Industrial Clusters Development Program have reached a basic agreement on March 14, 2017 to explore the possibility of expanding LIMEX business into Saudi Arabia.
In accordance with this basic agreement, TBM will conduct a feasibility study of manufacturing LIMEX products in Saudi Arabia. And to begin with this agreement, TBM will strive to expand the LIMEX business globally.
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2017/03/14
Appearance on TV Tokyo Series WBS
TBM is to be featured in the “The king of Saudi Arabia, Salmon” section of World Business satellite program, will be broadcasted about a cooperation agreement manufacturing with JGC Corporation and NICDP (Saudi Arabia), schedule for broadcast on TV Tokyo on the 14th of March.
2016/11/28
TBM and Kingsoft Sign Sales Distribution Agreement
TBM and Kingsoft Inc. have signed a sales distribution agreement. From today, November 28th (Mon), users of Kingsoft’s cloud-based business card management system, CamCard Business, will be able to access special promotion pages and purchase LIMEX cards at promotional prices, directly from CamCard Business’s card data management screen. In this way, both companies aim to provide a completely integrated business card ordering service to CamCard Business users, encompassing the
2016/11/25
Joint Development by TBM and Toppan Printing Using New Material LIMEX
TBM and Toppan Printing have signed a basic agreement for joint development work aimed at the expansion of applications of the environmental material LIMEX. Up until now, the companies have been looking into the potential business opportunities provided by LIMEX, by combining the technology behind TBM’s new material, with the printing technology, plus the marketing and sales power of Toppan Printing.
Going forward, based on this basic agreement, the two
In addition, with agreement from both companies, any manufacturing technology, or finished products or materials, such as glues, etc. that are born out of this joint development, shall be considered for widespread manufacturing and sales. Please refer to the press release below for more details.
2016/11/07
Featured on Nikkei Newspaper “New Discovery! Japanese Unicorn TBM Creates a New Material from Limestone— No Need for Paper, Plastic Substitute, or Water”
An article about our company has been featured on Japan’s Nikkei newspaper (morning edition) under the title of “New discovery! Japanese Unicorn TBM Creates a New Material from Limestone—No Need for Paper, Plastic Substitute, or Water”
The article covers the development of our new material LIMEX, including our future plans for factory development and overseas expansion. Please feel free to read the article!
2016/10/28
First Winner of the Social Impact Award for Companies Achieving the Biggest Social Impact in the World, Granted by Plug and Play in Silicon Valley, United States
We are pleased to announce that our company has been selected as the first annual winner of the Social Impact Award for Companies Achieving the Biggest Social Impact in the World (“Plug and play awards LIMEX the first annual Social Impact Award”), by one of the three biggest accelerators in Silicon Valley, United States, specializing in the growth and development of startup companies. We are also pleased to announce that LIMEX was awarded second prize, under the New Materials and Packaging Category, at the pitch event Plug and Play Expo, held on October 27th (US time). TBM was also awarded top position at the pitch event held by Plug and Play in July this year “Batch 2: Plug
