About Us
History and Vision
Polytech America was established as a joint venture company in 2016. In 2020, Polytech America introduced a new strategic initiative and management scheme and moved our operations to our new facility in Canton, Ohio. The Canton facility is approximately 100,000 square feet and contains a new laminating line completed in early 2021.
Our Mission
To develop and provide to our customers the most reliable solutions and innovative technologies to enhance the laminate materials for metal packaging industry.
Our Vision
Powered by innovation and guided by corporate group’s experience we will always be the leader in technology; we will deliver high-speed precise and safe materials for metal packaging that promote the brand experience through sustainability, optimize the supply chain. We will “shrink the world” by being seen as a local provider in each market we serve.
Our Values
We will treat everyone we meet with respect and transact each piece of business at the highest ethical standard.
We will drive speed, quality and efficiency in value chain.
We will add value by focusing on products and service that drive a higher return for the customers.
We will never leave a customer with a problem.
Safety, Quality, Sustainability, Technology and Customer Happiness represent our guiding principal.
Our Shareholders
Toyo Kohan manufactures and sells tinplate, sheet metal, and different types of surface-treated steel sheets as well as a variety of functional materials. Our company began as a maker of tinplate. By extending our technologies to the precision machining of materials such as nonferrous metals and plastics, we seek to achieve a business model unlike any in the global steel industry.
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) pursues productive trade, marketing and investment partnership opportunities with businesses throughout the region. We have offices in North, Central and South America and full access to Sumitomo Corporation’s immense global network of business enterprises in more than 65 countries.
Toyota Tsusho America (TAI) is a multi-market, multi-business enterprise which has been operating in North America for over 50 years. Based on both the heritage and the vision of our parent company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, the trading affiliate of the Toyota Group companies, we have greatly enlarged upon our traditional trading business model by developing new manufacturing, intermediate goods processing and logistics activities in United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
We are Toyo Seikan Group
The Toyo Seikan Group is a business group comprising Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. and its 88 subsidiaries and 12 affiliates (as of March 31, 2019) and is primarily engaged in manufacturing packaging containers by processing various materials such as metal, plastic, paper and glass. It has also developed its operations in steel plate related and functional materials related segments, which have derived from its core packaging business. The Group provides its products for a wide range of customers from beverage and food companies to household products manufacturers.
Toyo Seikan was founded in 1917. Two years later, we started manufacturing metal cans using automated can making equipment for the first time in Japan.
Stolle is the world’s leading supplier of two piece can and end-making machinery for the canmaking industry. Stolle provides complete solutions at any level – from individual machines, line modules, and rapid service with OEM parts, to the design, build and commissioning of a complete facility.