Type Public KK Headquarters Tokyo, Japan | Industry Chemicals Founded 11 February 1935 | |
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Traded as TYO: 4042
Nikkei 225 Component Products Bioscience systems
Chemicals
Petrochemicals
Specialty materials
Water treatment technologies Revenue $ 7.107 billion USD (FY 2012)
(¥ 668.494 billion JPY) (FY 2012) Net income $ 179.341 million USD (FY 2012)
(¥ 16.867 billion JPY) (FY 2012) Stock price 4042 (TYO) JP¥ 987 +9.00 (+0.92%)3 Apr, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer Number of employees 11,268 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2012) Key people Kenichi Udagawa, (CEO and President) Subsidiaries Taihei Chemicals Limited | ||
Tosoh corporation the chemistry of innovation
Tosoh Corporation (東ソー株式会社, Tōsō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a global chemical and specialty materials company. The company was founded in 1935 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, as Toyo Soda Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and in 1987 changed its name to Tosoh Corporation. Today, its corporate headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Tosoh corporation the chemistry of innovation
- Tosoh corporation introductory movie english
- Business groups and products
- References
It began as a manufacturer of chlor-alkali and petrochemical commodities and feedstocks. Today it produces other kinds of products including electrolytic managenese dioxide (EMD), specialty polymers, fine chemicals, scientific instrumentation, thin-film materials (sputtering targets (sputtering deposition) and silica glass (quartz)), fabricated silica glass and water treatment technologies.
The Tosoh Group globally comprises more than 130 companies, which include manufacturing facilities and sales/marketing offices in Japan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, the UK, Greece, Switzerland and the United States.
The company is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.
Tosoh's Nanyo complex is capable of making a total 1.2 million tonnes per year of vinyl chloride monomer, a material used in making plastic.
Tosoh is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.
Tosoh corporation introductory movie english
Business groups and products
Tosoh Corporation is divided into 13 business divisions that are organized in five groups: Petrochemical, Chlor-alkali, Speciality and Engineering. A fifth group, Other, primarily comprises logistics, construction, engineering support, and other services. Below are the five groups including some of the products they produce: