On 26 October 2026, Japan’s Rengo announced the start of operations at the second plant of Takigawa Corporation Vietnam (TCV). The announcement date is distinct from the operating date: Rengo gives 5 October 2026 for the latter. The operator is TCV, a subsidiary of Takigawa Corporation Japan (TCJ), which is in turn a consolidated Rengo subsidiary. This is a flexible-packaging facility, not a corrugated plant directly operated by Rengo.
The new site is near TCV’s existing plant in Ho Chi Minh City. Rengo says it was built to support growth in flexible-packaging products, including those associated with pet food. That identifies an example market and the reason for expansion. It does not show that every product will be a pet-food pack. The announcement gives no product mix or destination breakdown.
Disclosed footprint and equipment
Rengo lists approximately 21,000 m² of land, 11,000 m² of total floor area and three blown-film extrusion units as the plant’s main equipment. Blown-film extrusion forms film by inflating extruded polymer; it is an upstream stage in many flexible-packaging supply chains. The company says TCV is consolidating film production equipment at the second plant, including newly introduced machinery. Its listing of three units does not establish that all three were newly purchased.
Land and floor areas describe physical scale, not annual film output. The release does not state machine specifications, operating hours, film gauges and widths, changeover time or yield. There is therefore no sound basis to calculate tonnage or finished-pack sales. Rengo states an aim to increase capacity and efficiency but does not publish measured results for either.
Questions for flexible-packaging buyers
Consolidating film production could change how substrate supply is scheduled with downstream printing, lamination and pouch making. The announcement does not establish which converting steps occur at the new site or whether a particular pack is completed there. Buyers still need specifications for a pouch’s structure, materials, barrier performance, print and sealing. A film plant opening alone is no proof that any finished pack meets recyclability or mono-material criteria.
Rengo also mentions that TCJ began operating a new automated warehouse building the previous September, placing the Vietnam plant within its wider flexible-packaging supply strategy. It gives no figures that would let readers combine the warehouse and plant into a quantified service improvement. A Nikkei link was supplied as secondary reporting, but its body could not be independently accessed; the figures and corporate relationships here therefore follow Rengo’s release.
The confirmed change is that TCV’s second plant began operating on 5 October and consolidates film production equipment. Assessing supply reliability will require product-specific specifications, actual lead times, quality approval and output data.
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References
- Rengo, Takigawa Corporation Vietnam second plant announcement (26 October 2026, company release).
- Nikkei related article (secondary link; body access was restricted and it was not used to verify figures).