Tokuyama Corporation

Tokuyama Corporation (株式会社トクヤマ, Kabushiki-gaisha Tokuyama) is a Japanese, Tokyo-based chemical company[2] and the world's fourth largest silicon manufacturer.[3]

Tokuyama Corporation
Native name
株式会社トクヤマ
Public (K.K)
Traded asTYO: 4043
Nikkei 225 Component
ISINJP3625000009 
IndustryChemicals
FoundedTokuyama, Yamaguchi (February 16, 1918 (1918-02-16))
FounderKatsujiro Iwai
HeadquartersKasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower, 2-1, Kasumigaseki 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8983, Japan
Key people
Kazuhisa Kogo
(President)
Products
  • Basic chemicals
  • Electronic materials
  • IC chemicals
  • Fine chemicals
  • Cement
ServicesRecycling
Revenue US$ 2.78 billion (FY 2013) (JPY 287.33 billion) (FY 2013)
US$ 99.20 million (FY 2013) (JPY 10.21 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees
5,756 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1]

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.[4] It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[5]

The company operates across Japan, Taiwan ,China, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, United States, and Germany.[6]

Business segments and products

Chemicals business

Cement business

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

Source

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gollark: It took lots of people complaining and several weeks to change the rules of the hub to something remotely sane, and they're still broken and you don't even get told why you're banned.
gollark: I suspect it was just accidentally mistyping a number.
gollark: I'd also like to note the fact that the original trade hub was the minimum viable product and didn't even have proper rules.

References

  1. "Company Overview". Tokuyama Corporation. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  2. "Company Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. "1366 Technologies and Tokuyama Corporation form strategic partnership". 1366 Technologies. May 7, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  4. "About Us". World of Chemicals. Kimberlite Softwares Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  5. "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  6. "Company Overview". Energy Business Review. Progressive Digital Media Group. Missing or empty |url= (help)
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