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
- 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
External links
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^