ltd. type public kk traded as tyo 5726 industry non ferrous metals chemicals founded osaka japan november 26 1952 1952 11 26 headquarters 1 higashihama cho amagasaki hyogo 660 8533 japan key people shozo nishizawa ceo and president products titanium sponge and ingot polycrystalline silicon high performance materials revenue 594 million fy 2012 55.876 billion fy 2012 net income 22 million fy 2012 2.075 billion fy 2012 number of employees 752 as of march 31 2013 167 temporary staff website official website footnotes references 1 2 3 osaka titanium technologies co. ltd. saka chitaniumu tekunoroj zu kabushiki gaisha is a japanese non ferrous metal manufacturing company based in amagasaki hy go prefecture japan . it is the world s second largest producer of titanium sponge 4 after vsmpo avisma . 5 it produces titanium products using the kroll process 6 and also produces silicon products . 7 in 2010 increased demand for titanium led to increased supply capacity 8 but osaka titanium technologies was still able to raise prices due to continuing strong demand from the aviation industry . 9 the company is part of the sumitomo group one of the largest japanese keiretsu . contents 1 history 2 business segments and products 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1937 as osaka special steel manufacturing . sumitomo metal industries took a stake in 1952 and work began on titanium . also in 1952 the company changed its name to osaka titanium co. ltd. kobe steel took an equity stake in the company in 1953 . in 2002 the company was named sumitomo titanium corporation and was listed on the first section of tokyo stock exchange and in 2007 it was renamed osaka titanium technologies . 10 business segments and products edit titanium titanium sponge titanium ingot titanium tetrachloride and titanium tetrachloride aqueous solution ferro titanium polycrystalline silicon high performance materials high purity titanium silicon monoxide tilop gas atomized titanium powder titanium powder photocatalysts 11 references edit company outline . retrieved march 28 2014 . corporate profile pdf . retrieved march 28 2014 . annual report 2013 pdf . retrieved march 28 2014 . osaka titanium to increase prices on aviation demand . mining journal . october 26 2010 . retrieved august 15 2011 . hartle geoff june 23 2009 . russian aerospace and titanium markets . p. 18 . retrieved october 18 2011 . titanium manufacturing process and products . osaka titanium technologies . retrieved august 15 2011 . osaka titanium technologies co. ltd . marketresearch.com . february 18 2009 . retrieved august 15 2011 . titanium 2010 global titanium sponge supply growing roskill . metal pages . october 7 2010 . retrieved august 15 2011 . osaka titanium to increase contract prices on rebounding aerospace demand . bloomberg news . october 26 2010 . retrieved august 15 2011 . key events . october 2 2009 . retrieved october 31 2010 . products . retrieved march 28 2014 . external links edit official website english osaka titanium technologies on google finance ft.com profile japan portal companies portal this article about a japanese corporation or company related topic is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title osaka titanium technologies & oldid 705736579 categories companies of japancompanies based in hy go prefecturemetal companiescompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangecompanies established in 1952sumitomo group1952 establishments in japanjapanese company stubshidden categories articles containing japanese language textall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 february 2016 at 07 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view