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Asahi Glass Company, Limited |
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PROFILE |
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Asahi Glass, a part of the Mitsubishi Group, is Japan's #1 glass producer and one of the largest glassmakers in the world. The company's glass products account for almost 60% of sales and include flat glass, glass bulbs for cathode ray tubes, and fabricated glass for the automotive industry. Its chemical operations produce soda ash (used in making glass), caustic soda (used in producing chemical fibers and pulp), and other specialty chemicals. Asahi Glass' electronics division makes high-purity silicon carbide and synthetic quartz glass for semiconductors and glass substrates for such products as liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used in computers and mobile phones.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 11,914.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 10.8%
Employees: 43,217
Revenue per employee: $275,685.49
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Shinya Ishizu
CEO
CONTACT INFO |
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12-1, Yurakucho 1-chrome
Tokyo 100-8405, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3218-5408
Fax: 81-3-3201-5390
Online: Web Site
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