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Tosoh
Tosoh Corporation (東ソー株式会社, Tōsō Kabushiki-gaisha) Tosoh Corporation
is a global chemical and specialty materials company. The
company was founded in 1935 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, as Toyo
Soda Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,[3] and in 1987 changed its name to
Tosoh Corporation. Today, its corporate headquarters are in
Tokyo, Japan.

It began as a manufacturer of chlor-alkali and petrochemical

commodities and feedstocks. Today it produces other kinds of
products including electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD),
specialty polymers, fine chemicals, scientific instruments, and
thin-film materials.

The Tosoh Group globally comprises more than 130 companies

and includes manufacturing and marketing facilities in East Asia,
Europe and the United States.
Native name 東ソー株式会社
The company is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock
Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[4][5] Type Public (K.K)
Traded as TYO: 4042 (https://
Tosoh's Nanyo complex has an annual vinyl chloride monomer www2.jpx.co.jp/tse
production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes, the primary chemical HpFront/StockSear
intermediate of vinyl plastic.[6] ch.do?callJorEFlg=
1&method=topsear
Tosoh is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu. ch&topSearchStr=4
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Tosoh acquired Nippon Polyurethane Industry in 2006[7] and Nikkei 225
absorbed into Tosoh in 2014.[8] Component
Industry Chemicals
Business groups and products Founded February 11, 1935
Headquarters 3-8-2, Shiba,
Tosoh Corporation is divided into 13 business divisions that are
Minato-Ku, Tokyo
organized into five groups: Petrochemical, Chlor-Alkali,
105-8623, Japan
Speciality, and Engineering. The fifth group is composed of
support services, including logistics, construction, engineering Key people Kenichi Udagawa,
support, and other support activities. Listed below are the five (CEO and
groups and their primary products:[9] President)
Products Bioscience systems
Petrochemical Group Chemicals
Olefins: ethylene, propylene and polypropylene, tert- Petrochemicals
Butanol, and aromatics. Specialty materials
Polymers: LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, synthetic rubber, Water treatment
polychloroprene rubber, etc. technologies

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Chlor-Alkali Group Revenue $ 7.107 billion

USD (FY 2012) (¥
Basic Chemicals: calcium hypochlorite, sodium hydroxide,
668.494 billion
chlorinated paraffins, sodium bicarb, vinyl chloride
JPY) (FY 2012)
monomer, and[6] polyvinylchloride.
Net income $ 179.341 million
Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).
USD (FY 2012) (¥
Cement: Portland cement, blast-furnace slag cement, and 16.867 billion JPY)
fly ash cement.
(FY 2012)
Specialty Group
Number of 11,268
Organic Chemicals: organic intermediates, employees (consolidated) (as
ethyleneamines, flame retardants, polyurethane catalysts, of March 31, 2012)
benzyl alcohol, hydrocarbon based solvents, piperazine, Website Official website (htt
sodium styrene sulfonate, and bromochloropropane(BCP). p://www.tosoh.com/
Advanced Materials: silica glass, sputtering deposition home)
targets, zeolites, zirconia injection mold and grinding
Footnotes / references
media, battery materials, and silica. [1][2]
Bio-science: automated immunoassay and
glycohemoglobin analyzers, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), molecular
analyzers, chromatographic resins, size-exclusion chromatography instruments, laboratory
automation solutions and services, and reagents.

The Specialty Group focuses on products for high-tech industries such as semiconductors,
consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.

Engineering Group
Water Treatment
Other Services Group
Analytical Services
Information Technology
Personnel Management
Logistics

References
1. "Tosoh at a Glance" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160519192642/http://www.tosoh.com/investor
s/at-a-glance). Archived from the original (http://www.tosoh.com/investors/at-a-glance) on May 19,
2016. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
2. "Annual Report 2013" (http://www.tosoh.com/File%20Library/Tosoh/Investors/Annual%20Reports/
Tosoh-Corporation-Annual-Report-2013.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved March 25, 2014.
3. "History of Tosoh" (http://www.tosoh.com/about/history). Retrieved March 25, 2014.
4. "Components:Nikkei Stock Average" (http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=n
k225#07). Nikkei Inc. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
5. Kitanaka, Anna (6 July 2015). "Japan Stocks Fall, Yen Rises After Greece Votes No to Austerity"
(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-06/japan-stocks-fall-yen-rises-after-greece-vot
es-no-to-austerity). Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
6. Tsukimori, Osamu (13 November 2011). "UPDATE 1-Tosoh's monomer plant caught fire after
explosion" (https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-tosoh-idUSL3E7MD03U20111113). Reuters.

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Retrieved 10 September 2015.

7. "Nippon Polyurethane Industry Becomes Tosoh Subsidiary" (https://www.chemeurope.com/en/new
s/54075/nippon-polyurethane-industry-becomes-tosoh-subsidiary.html).
8. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20200116094825/https://www.tosoh.com/news-pres
s/news-releases/2014/tosoh-moving-forward-on-merger-with-nippon-polyurethane-industry-co--ltd
-). Archived from the original (https://www.tosoh.com/news-press/news-releases/2014/tosoh-movin
g-forward-on-merger-with-nippon-polyurethane-industry-co--ltd-) on 2020-01-16. Retrieved
2020-01-16.
9. "Business Groups" (http://www.tosoh.com/about/business-groups). Retrieved March 26, 2014.

External links
Japan portal

Chemistry portal

Engineering portal

Companies portal

Official website (http://www.tosoh.com/home) (in English)

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