Tokuyama Corporation

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

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

  • 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

Source

  • Fine Chemicals: photochromic dye materials, hard coating solutions for plastic lenses, pharmaceutical bulk ingredients, amino radical protectants
  • Microporous film: polyethylene porous film
  • Dental materials

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^