Integrated Report 2019

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Overview6LINTEC INTEGRATED REPORT 2019LINTEC’s StrengthsLeveraging technologies in the fields of adhesive applications, surface improvement, and specialty papers and release materials production, LINTEC has achieved integrated production of adhesive products, from the manufacturing of release base paper to the development and coating of release agents, development and coating of adhesives, and facestock improvement processing. In addition, through the use of technologies in the field of system development, we are also conducting the development and production of related equipment that fully draws out the special characteristics of adhesive products. In this way, we realize total solutions that include materials and equipment.Two Major Strengths that Support Stable GrowthLINTEC has four core technologies, including adhesive applications, and an earnings structure based on balanced business portfolio that does not depend on any single field. These two major strengths have supported the Company’s stable growth.Four Core TechnologiesFacestock(papers and films)Surface improvement layerAdhesive layerRelease papers and filmsSemiconductor-related equipment and labeling machinesSurface improvementThrough the chemical and physical processing of the surfaces of paper and film, we are enhancing their characteristics and adding new functionality.Adhesive applicationsThrough the development of adhesives and substrates and the combination of related technologies, we are expanding the range of fields in which the basic functions of adhesive products, primarily adhesion and release, are utilized.Specialty papers and release materials productionWe use original papermaking technologies and coating, impregnation, and laminating technologies to develop special function papers and high-value-added materials that transcend traditional concepts of paper.System developmentThrough the systemization of machinery and equipment and building high-level systems that draw on the distinctive characteristics of materials, we are providing advanced solutions.Realizing Total Solutions with Materials and EquipmentMaterialsEquipmentIntegrated production system for adhesive productsDevelopment of equipment that draws out the characteristics of materials