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| Native name | 株式会社トクヤマ |
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| Company type | Public (K.K) |
| Traded as | TYO: 4043 Nikkei 225 Component |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi (February 16, 1918; 106 years ago (1918-02-16)) |
| Founder | Katsujiro Iwai |
| Headquarters | Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower, 2-1, Kasumigaseki 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8983, Japan |
| Key people | Kazuhisa Kogo (President) |
| Products | |
| Services | Recycling |
| Revenue |  US$ 2.78 billion (FY 2013)
(JPY 287.33 billion) (FY 2013) |
| Net income | US$ 99.20 million (FY 2013)
(JPY 10.21 billion) (FY 2013) |
| Number of employees | 5,756 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references | |
Tokuyama Corporation (株式会社トクヤマ, Kabushiki-gaisha Tokuyama) is a Japanese, Tokyo-based chemical company and the world's fourth largest silicon manufacturer.
The company was founded as Nihon Soda Kogyo Co., Ltd., a producer of soda ash in 1918 by Katsujiro Iwai. It changed name in 1936 to Tokuyama Soda Co., Ltd. and in 1994 to its present name. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of the Nikkei 225 stock index.
The company operates across Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, United States, and Germany.
Business segments and products
Chemicals business
- Soda ash and calcium chloride
- Chlor-alkali and vinyl chloride products: caustic soda (liquid, flake), propylene oxide, vinyl chloride monomer
- New organic chemicals: isopropyl alcohol
Cement business
- Portland cement: ordinary, early-strength, medium-heat
- Recycling services
- Fresco Giclee
Specialty products business
- Electronic materials: polycrystalline silicon
- Fumed silica
- SHAPAL products: aluminum nitride (powder, granules)
- IC chemicals and the cleaning system: high purity chemicals for electronics manufacturing, positive-type photoresist
Life and amenity business
- Fine Chemicals: photochromic dye materials, hard coating solutions for plastic lenses, pharmaceutical bulk ingredients, amino radical protectants
- Microporous film: polyethylene porous film
- Dental materials
Gallery
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The headquarters of the company (left hand-side building)
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The company's research facility in Tsukuba, Ibaraki
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Chemical plant in Shūnan seen from the Sanyō Shinkansen
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A Tokuyama cement ship
References
- "Company Overview". Tokuyama Corporation. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- "Company Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- "1366 Technologies and Tokuyama Corporation form strategic partnership". 1366 Technologies. May 7, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- "About Us". World of Chemicals. Kimberlite Softwares Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- "Company Overview". Energy Business Review. Progressive Digital Media Group.
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External links
- Official global website (in English)
