improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message tosoh corporation type public kk traded as tyo 4042 nikkei 225 component industry chemicals founded february 11 1935 1935 02 11 headquarters 3 8 2 shiba minato ku tokyo 105 8623 japan key people kenichi udagawa ceo and president products bioscience systems chemicals petrochemicals specialty materials water treatment technologies revenue 7.107 billion usd fy 2012 668.494 billion jpy fy 2012 net income 179.341 million usd fy 2012 16.867 billion jpy fy 2012 number of employees 11 268 consolidated as of march 31 2012 website official website footnotes references 1 2 tosoh corporation t s kabushiki gaisha 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 managenese dioxide emd specialty polymers fine chemicals scientific instrumentation thin film materials sputtering targets sputtering deposition and silica glass quartz fabricated silica glass and water treatment technologies . the tosoh group globally comprises more than 130 companies which include manufacturing facilities and sales marketing offices in japan china the philippines indonesia singapore taiwan south korea germany belgium the netherlands italy the uk greece switzerland and the united states . 2 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 tosoh s nanyo complex is capable of making a total 1.2 million tonnes per year of vinyl chloride monomer a material used in making plastic . 6 tosoh is a member of the mizuho keiretsu . business groups and products edit tosoh corporation is divided into 13 business divisions that are organized in five groups petrochemical chlor alkali speciality and engineering . a fifth group other primarily comprises logistics construction engineering support and other services . below are the five groups including some of the products they produce 7 petrochemical group olefins ethylene propylene and polypropylene tert butanol aromatics polymers ldpe lldpe hpde synthetic rubber polychloroprene rubber etc. chlor alkali group basic chemicals calcium hypochlorite caustic soda sodium hydroxide chlorinated paraffins sodium bicarb vinyl chloride monomer 6 polyvinylchloride methylene diphenyl diisocyanate mdi cement portland cement blast furnace slag cement fly ash cement specialty group organic chemicals organic intermediates ethyleneamines flame retardants polyurethane catalysts benzyl alcohol hydrocarbon based solvents piperazine sodium styrene sulfonate bromochloropropane bcp advanced materials silica glass sputtering deposition targets zeolites zirconia injection mold and grinding media battery materials silica bioscience automated immunoassay and glycohemoglobin analyzers high performance liquid chromatography hplc molecular analyzers chromatographic resins size exclusion chromatography instruments laboratory automation solutions and services reagents the specialty group focuses on products for high technology industries including semiconductors consumer electronics pharmaceuticals and health care . engineering group water treatment other services group analytical services information technology personnel management logistics references edit tosoh at a glance . retrieved march 25 2014 . a b annual report 2013 pdf . retrieved march 25 2014 . history of tosoh . retrieved march 25 2014 . components nikkei stock average . nikkei inc. retrieved march 25 2014 . kitanaka anna 6 july 2015 . japan stocks fall yen rises after greece votes no to austerity . bloomberg . retrieved 10 september 2015 . a b tsukimori osamu 13 november 2011 . update 1 tosoh s monomer plant caught fire after explosion . reuters . retrieved 10 september 2015 . business groups . retrieved march 26 2014 . external links edit japan portal chemistry portal engineering portal companies portal official website english v t e nikkei 225 companies of japan 7 & i advantest on agc ajinomoto alps ana amada aozora bank asahi breweries asahi kasei astellas bridgestone canon casio chiba bank chiyoda chuden chugai citizen comsys concordia financial credit 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