LINTEC CORPORATION
23-23, Honcho, Itabashi-ku,
Tokyo 173-0001, Japan
http://www.lintec-global.com/

LINTEC

Annual Report 2012
For the year ended March 31, 2012

Printed in Japan

Leveraging Technical Strengths
in Challenging Markets

Linking your dreams
to the future through technologies.
We are LINTEC.
Reflected in our company name, LINTEC—formed from “linkage” and“technology”—our entire workforce is strongly committed to linking
people with technologies to create innovative, high-value-added
products and solutions.
As the leading company in the fields of adhesive products and specialtypapers, LINTEC Corporation has developed and launched a vast range ofnew products. Going forward, we will continue to create products andtechnologies our customers have never seen before by advancing andlinking the original core technologies that we have cultivated over many
years of research. In this way, we will enable our customers to turn their
dreams into reality. Further, in addition to expanding operations, our goal
is to implement management that is firmly based on ideals that emphasize good corporate social responsibility (CSR) to further develop as acompany that is highly regarded and trusted by all of its stakeholders.

Contents
1 LINTEC’s Core Strengths
4 Our Business
8 Financial Highlights
9 From the President
16 R&D Activities and Intellectual Property
20 Corporate Officers
21 Financial Section
48 Investor Information
LINTEC’s Annual Report and other information are available at:
http://www.lintec-global.com/

LINTEC’s Core Strengths

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Integrated Production System for Adhesive Products
and Provision of Comprehensive Solutions

One of LINTEC’s core strengths lies in its integrated production system, which is not only contained completely withinthe Group, but also covers all aspects of producing our mainstay adhesive products. Capable of conducting such pro-Surface Improvement
Processing

Surface
Improvement
Surface
Substrate

cesses as the production of base paper for release papers, thedevelopment and coating of release agents, surface improvement processing of substrates such as papers and films, andthe development and coating of adhesive agents and thebonding of such items, LINTEC’s integrated production system for adhesive products spans from the upstream areas ofadhesive product manufacturing to the downstream areas.
Further, by applying and combining various technologies
throughout all of these processes, we are able to create a

Aiming to improve the durability, water resistance, printability,design, and other characteristics of our products, we apply
various surface coating processes to the papers and films thatare used as surface substrates. We possess a number ofsophisticated surface improvement technologies, including
antiglare hard coat processing that makes LCDs more resistant to scratches and reduces reflectivity.

truly diverse lineup of products.

Papermaking

2Base Paper

Release Agent
Development and Coating

Release Agent
Base Paper / Film

LINTEC produces and sells a wide range of papers, including

By developing a wide variety of release agents compatible

base paper for release papers as well as specialty papers, suchwith various adhesive agents and attaching them to baseas color papers for envelopes, industrial-use special function

papers or films using precision coating processes, we are able

papers, and high-grade printing papers. Our papermaking

to supply high-quality release papers and films both insidetechnologies are the source of the technological edge present

and outside of the Company. However, these items are notin our production system for adhesive products that the

only used for adhesive products. Utilizing our “release” tech-competition is unable to imitate. At the same time, increased

nologies, we also produce and sell casting papers used as

production of downstream adhesive products boosts thepatterning papers for synthetic leather and mounts for car-productivity of our papermaking facilities, thus enhancing thebon fiber composite materials as well as coated films forcost-competitiveness of our specialty paper products.

multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) production.

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Adhesive Agent Development
and Coating, and Bonding
In making adhesive products, it is common for release papers or films to be coated in an adhesive agent and then for the surface substrates to be applied on top after the adhesive has
dried. At LINTEC, however, we have developed a wide range of adhesive agents suited for aSurface
Improvement
Surface
Substrate
Adhesive Agent

number of different usage conditions. These conditions take into account how the product will
be used as well as the usage environment, the material and shape of the items to be attached,
and the period of time over which adhesion must be maintained. Further, utilizing our precision coating technologies, we conduct precision thin-film coating on such mediums as thefilms used for LCDs.

Release Agent
Base Paper / Film

Comprehensive Solutions
By developing and proposing solutions that incorporate
our high-quality adhesive products as well as equipment
optimized for processing, applying, and removing theseEquipment

SystemDevelopment

products, we are able to provide fine-tuned responses thatprecisely match customer needs. The ability to provide
such comprehensive solutions that include both soft andhard elements is yet another one of LINTEC’s strengths.

LINTEC develops various systems that help maximize the potential of ouradhesive products. These include label printing machines, printers, labelingmachines that automatically apply labels to packages or other mediums,
and equipment for applying or removing semiconductor-related tapes.

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