Asahi Glass Co.

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Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
Public KK
Traded as TYO: 5201
Nikkei 225 Component
Industry
Founded Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan (September 8, 1907 (1907-09-08))
Headquarters 1-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405, Japan
Key people
 Takuya Shimamura (CEO and President)
Products
RevenueDecrease2.svg ¥ 1,282.570 billion (2016) [1]
Increase2.svg ¥ 96.292 billion (2016) [1]
Increase2.svg ¥ 53.362 billion (2016) [1]
Total assets Decrease2.svg ¥ 1,981.451 billion (2016) [1]
Total equity Increase2.svg ¥ 1,168.743 billion) (2016) [1]
Number of employees
 6,269 (non-consolidated)
51,500 (consolidated) (as of December 31, 2013)
Subsidiaries AGC Glass Europe
AGC America
AGC Automotive Glass Mexico
AGC Micro Glass
Asahi India Glass
Website Official website
Footnotes /references
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Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.(旭硝子株式会社,Asahi Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha), more commonly known as AGC, is a Japanese global glass manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. It is the largest glass company in the world and one of the core Mitsubishi companies.

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The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX [4] and Nikkei 225 [5] stock indices.

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Overview

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Products

Its main areas of production are:

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Subsidiaries and affiliates

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AIS India Glass Ltd

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PT Asahimas Flat Glass Tbk

In 1970s, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. was searching for a new overseas production base after Thailand. In Indonesia, it found a joint partner PT Rodamas, a merchant company turned consumer and industrial product manufacturer. Both established Asahimas Flat Glass in April 1973. It produced simple clear glass using the traditional Fourcault Process. The company product line was quickly diversified to include products such as Specialty Glass, History Safety Glass, Reflective Glass and Mirror. These days, Asahimas increases an aggregate installed production capacity of 570,000 tons for Flat Glass, 4,500,000 square meters for Safety Glass and 2,400,000 square meters for mirror. This annual capacity ranks Asahimas as the largest glass manufacturer in both Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Ownership (2014): [10]

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Asahi India Glass Limited, known as AIS, is a glass solutions and manufacturing company in India. It was established in 1984. It manufactures automotive safety glass, float glass, architectural processed glass, and glass products. It also provides consumer glass offerings in the form of Glasxperts and Windshield Experts. AIS was established as a Joint Venture agreement between the Labroo family, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd., Japan, and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. In the Indian passenger car glass segment, AIS has 77.1% market share as of 2017. AIS also holds 20% market share in India’s architectural glass segment as of 2017.

References

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  2. ↑ "Corporate Profile". Asahi Glass. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Financial Statements". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "TOPIX Core30 Components" (PDF). Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Top 100 Global Innovators 2013". Thomson Reuters . Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ "R.D. Hubbard". NTRA. 2010. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  8. ↑ Antitrust: Commission fines flat glass producers € 486.9 million for price fixing cartel
  9. ↑ Neelie Kroes says that EU will not tolerate companies cheating consumers and business customers by fixing prices
  10. ↑ "PT Asahimas Flat Glass Tbk Company History". PT Asahimas Flat Glass Tbk. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
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