Overview
- .toray is a brand generic top-level domain (gTLD) representing Toray Industries, Inc.
- The TLD was applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program and is intended as a corporate/branded namespace for Toray.
- Registry operator: ARI Registry Services. Manager/Registry owner: Toray Industries, Inc.
History
- Application and reveal: the applied-for string was revealed on 13 June 2012 during ICANN's New gTLD process.
- Delegation: .toray was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 01 May 2015.
- TLD subtype: brand gTLD; status: delegated.
Usage and Audience
- Intended audience: Toray's customers, employees, affiliates and other stakeholders.
- Intended uses:
- Communicate and interact with customers and stakeholders via websites, email and other online services under the .toray space.
- Serve as a branding, technology and services platform for Toray's businesses.
- Promotional and navigational purposes related to the company and its goods and services.
- Toray described a global corporate footprint during application: founded in 1926, the company operates in multiple businesses (fibers, textiles, plastics, chemicals, carbon fiber composites, environment and engineering, life sciences) and maintains an existing portfolio of over 350 domains.
Registration Rules
- Controlled/closed model: Toray indicated an initial intent to reserve all names within the TLD for itself and to primarily use registered names for company-related purposes.
- Management and services: the registry may provide ancillary services related to domain registrations, such as website hosting, SEO, marketing and consulting, under the control of Toray.
SEO and Brand Impact
- Purpose-built for branding: the .toray gTLD is explicitly intended to reinforce Toray's corporate brand online and provide a dedicated namespace for the company's communications and services.
- Trademark and brand reach: Toray stated the TORAY brand has been registered in over 140 countries/territorial jurisdictions and that the brand serves to recall the company's goods and services; the TLD is intended to support that brand presence.
Operator
Toray Industries, Inc.
Whois
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domain: TORAY
organisation: Toray Industries, Inc.
address: Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, 1-1
address: Nihonbashi-Muromachi 2-chome
address: Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8666
address: Japan
contact: administrative
name: Chief Operating Officer
organisation: GMO BRAND SECURITY Inc.
address: Cerulean Tower 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho
address: Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8512
address: Japan
phone: +81.357841069
fax-no: +81.334625040
e-mail: registry@brightsconsulting.com
contact: technical
name: Director
organisation: GMO Registry, Inc.
address: Cerulean Tower
address: 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho
address: Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8512
address: Japan
phone: +81.354561601
fax-no: +81.337805239
e-mail: newgtld@gmoregistry.com
nserver: A.GMOREGISTRY.NET 2001:dcd:1:0:0:0:0:4 37.209.192.4
nserver: B.GMOREGISTRY.NET 2001:dcd:2:0:0:0:0:4 37.209.194.4
nserver: K.GMOREGISTRY.NET 37.209.196.4
nserver: L.GMOREGISTRY.NET 2001:dcd:4:0:0:0:0:4 37.209.198.4
ds-rdata: 53057 8 2 940a6f87f2d2482fc5541e20e646f38bb0535e7700d3317690bb42030c822d2c
whois: whois.nic.toray
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://www.toray.com
created: 2015-04-16
changed: 2023-06-20
source: IANA
