message The industrial structure of Ehime Prefecture is defined by a balance rarely seen anywhere else in Japan, with each prefectural region having its own unique industrial concentrations: secondary industry is abundant in the Toyo Region (eastern area of the prefecture), tertiary industry thrives in the Chuyo Region (the central area of the prefecture around ota aue of Manufacture Goos Sippe Matsuyama City), and primary industry is dominant in the Nanyo Region (southwestern area of the prefecture). for Maor Cities in Eime refecture Tokihiro Nakamura, There is a wide array of industrial cities in the Toyo Region, Governor of Ehime Prefecture which are home to numerous manufacturing companies boasting advanced technology unparalleled elsewhere in Japan and producing top-quality products. In the field of manufacturing, a number of papermakers and paper processing companies have been around since long ago in Shikokuchuo City, its shipment value of the pulp / paper and paperproducts is the greatest in Japan. Following the opening of the Besshi copper mine in the Edo Period (1600–1868), Niihama City grew into the Sumitomo Group ’s“corporate castle town,” becoming active in fields such as chemicals, aa machinery and nonferrous metals. Saijo City, on the other hand, provides an excellent Shimanami Kaido location for steel industry operations, as well as companies operating in fields such as Shipbuilding/towels/textiles/ to Onomichi, Hiroshima petroleum, etc. beverages, chemicals and shipbuilding. Imabari City is home to a number of world-renowned Omishima Interchange llon olla Kamijima shipbuilding and shipping companies. Hakatajima Interhchage Imabari-kita Interchange Population Oshima-kita Interchange If we turn our attention to the Chuyo and Nanyo Regions, we encounter a rich tapestry 160,000 Oshima-minami Interchange of locally rooted, promising manufacturing companies that masterfully utilize the resources Matsuyama Port Imabari Interchange Imabari Imabari Port unique to their regions. Matsuyama Airport Matsuyama In 2011, the prefecture publicly sought data on manufacturing companies in Ehime Masaki Imabari-yunoura Interchange possessing“SUGOWAZA”: leading-edge technologies and sophisticated techniques.For the Matsuyama Interchange Ikata Toon Iyo Toyo-tanbara Interchange 2019 edition, we have added some companies and “SUGOWAZA” to the enhanced database, Iyo Interchange Iyo-komatsu-kita Interchange Toyo Port 〈Expressway〉 which now contains information on a total of 189 companies and 248“SUGOWAZA.” Yawatahama Ozu Kawauchi Interchange Interchange Iyo-komatsu We hope to use this database to widely promote, inside and outside of the prefecture, the Tobe Interchange Niihama Port Iyo-saijyo Mt.Ishizuchi Interchange appealing companies and industries that together form the“underlying strength” of Ehime Uchiko-ikazaki Interchange Saijo Niihama Ozu-kitatada Uchiko Interchange Mishima-Kawanoe Port Prefecture, with the goal of both extending their markets and providing cross-industry Interchange Kumakogen Doi Interchange to Kagawa matching services. Seiyo-uwa Interchange Ozu Niihama Mishima-kawanoe prefecture If you work at one of the companies that strive to achieve innovation on a day-to-day basis, Interchange Seiyo Shikokuchuo and you have interest in any of the companies included in our database, we encourage you to Uwajima-kita Interchange Shingu Interchange contact our prefectural office. It is our hope that this database can be actively utilized as a Uwajima Port tool to expand business opportunities. Kihoku Tsushima-takada Interchange Uwajima Matsuno Inustr of Eime refecture Ehime Prefecture has an estimated population of approx. 1,,000, and gross prefectural ataa Ainan product (nominal) accounts for approx. 9,1million dollars (201), with an approx. 1,2million dollars (201) total alue for manufactured goods shipped. Chemicals/general machinery/ foodstuffs, etc. The prefecture’s industrial structure (based on production output) is, primary industry 1.9, secondary industry 29, and tertiary industry 8.. llon olla Population In addition, the industry of nonferrous metals has the highest product shipment alue (1.) 510,000 and paperpulp (1.), petroleum and coal (1.), and shipbuildingother transport-related machinery (9.) follow. Ehime is a uniue industrial prefecture in that it accounts for .8 of the total shipment alue of manufactured goods in Shikoku. No in apan ntal poct an o n Japan oct Statistical Surey of Industry, 201 Component ratio of four prefectures in Siou owl oo ct aawa ct pap tn llon olla llon olla on t nlop tc ap o pap cn pap o callap 0% 10%20% 30%40% 50%60% 70%80% 90%100% Statistical Survey of Industry, 2018 oa ct oc ct llon olla llon olla opuation of eac prefecture Ehime about 1,0,000 agawa about 90,000 Tokushima about 0,000 ochi about 00,000 Ehime's Amazing Techniques egiona Concentrations of Inustr oo aa oco aa ao Shikokuchuo City is a distinguished paper manufacturing center catering to eerything from traditional miuhiki paper to adanced state-of-the-art fields, and home to companies such as the aio Paper Corporation, operating a large plant for paper and pulp. The city also boasts the greatest alue for manufactured goods shipped in Japan for the paper manufacturing and processing industry. long with papermakers, a large number of paper processing companies such as Unicharm ota aue of Manufacture Goos Sippe Corporation and intec Corporation are located in Shikokuchuo, making for wide-ranging production capabilities coering any type of paper product aside from stamps and banknotes. ollowing the opening of the esshi copper mine in the Edo Period (100–188), Niihama City for Maor Cities in Eime refecture eentually became known as Sumitomo roup’s corporate castle town, home to Sumitomo Statistical Survey of Industry, 2018 etal ining Co., td., Sumitomo Chemical Co., td. and Sumitomo eay Industries, td. The city’s industrial area is a concentration of small and medium-sied industrial machine companies that take adantage of the group’s high-class technology, operating in nonferrous metals, aa chemicals and other such fields. There is also a company producing euipment of an asteroid people( substance is extracted). Chemicals/non-ferrous metals/ Saijo City has become one of the most actie areas for industrial location. The cluster of general machinery, etc. Population major manufacturers’ facilities located here includes Nisshin Steel Co., td. Toyo orks, which llon olla 120,000 is a deelopment and manufacturing base for highly corrosion-resistant coated steel The Saijo actory of enesas Semiconductor anufacturing, which manufactures system SI products and Shimanami Kaido other products The Saijo actory of uraray Co., td., a leading company in C polarier films to Onomichi, Hiroshima the sahi reweries Co., td. Shikoku rewery and others. Omishima Interchange Kamijima Hakatajima Interhchage Imabari-kita Interchange Oshima-kita Interchange oo Oshima-minami Interchange aa aa aa Matsuyama Port Imabari Interchange Imabari Port The country’s largest towel production area, accounting for more than 0 of the domestic share, Matsuyama Airport Imabari Matsuyama and home to the Imabari towel brand. lso a large number of companies inoled in clothing and Masaki Imabari-yunoura Interchange Matsuyama Interchange textile companies are concentrated in this area. urthermore, the area has been inoled in shipping Ikata Toon since ancient times thanks to its roots as an important marine transport hub: with shipbuilding Iyo Toyo-tanbara Interchange Iyo Interchange Iyo-komatsu-kita Interchange Toyo Port 〈Expressway〉 companies such as Imabari Shipbuilding Co., td. and Shin urushima ockyard Co., td., as well as Yawatahama Ozu Kawauchi Interchange EC Co., td. which undertakes shipbuilding-related processing and assembly, the Imabari area Interchange Iyo-komatsu Tobe Interchange Niihama Port has deeloped into one of Japan’s leading shipbuilding industry regions, accounting for approx. 21 Iyo-saijyo Mt.Ishizuchi Interchange Uchiko-ikazaki Interchange of new ships manufactured domestically. There is also a wide ariety of other production operations Saijo Niihama Ozu-kitatada Uchiko Interchange Mishima-Kawanoe Port Interchange in the region, including local industries making use of regional resources to manufacture building Kumakogen Ozu Doi Interchange to Kagawa stone, roof tiles, lacuer ware and other products, as well as major food flaoring maker Nihon Seiyo-uwa Interchange prefecture Niihama Mishima-kawanoe Shokken oldings Co., td., high-uality petroleum product manufacturer Taiyo il Co.,td. Interchange Seiyo Shikokuchuo Uwajima-kita Interchange Shingu Interchange Uwajima Port ao o Kihoku aa o aa cntn on ataa Tsushima-takada Interchange Non-ferrous metals/electric Uwajima Chuyo region has approx. 0 of the prefectural population and many mainstay facilities of Matsuno machinery/steels/beverages, etc. goernments are located especially in atsuyama, the capital of Ehime. There is also known as llon olla Population famous sightseeing spot including ogo ot Springs, atsuyama Castle. urthermore, the tertiary 110,000 industries such as commerce, tourism and serice industry are accumulated there. Ainan long with the Toyo egion, the Chuyo egion is a leading industrial one of the prefecture. oco number of top-class corporations, as well as medium and small-sied corporations with adanced technical capabilities that support them, can be found here: These include Toray’s Industries, Inc.’ Paper/pulp/plastic products, etc. s Ehime Plant, a