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Asahi Glass Co.

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
Public KK
Traded as :
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
Kazuhiko Ishimura, (CEO and President)
Products
Revenue

Increase$ 12.843 billion (FY 2013)

(¥ 1,320 billion) (FY 2013)

Decrease $ 157 million (FY 2013)

(¥ 16.139 billion) (FY 2013)
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

Increase$ 12.843 billion (FY 2013)

Decrease $ 157 million (FY 2013)

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.

The company is listed on the and is a constituent of the TOPIX and Nikkei 225.

Asahi Glass was named one of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2013.

Asahi Glass was founded on 8 September 1907 by Toshiya Iwasaki, the second son of the second president of the original Mitsubishi zaibatsu. It was the first Japanese producer of sheet glass. Asahi Glass Co. is one of the largest flat glass producing companies in the world, owning Glaverbel glass plants across Europe and AFG Industries in North America. It purchased AFG Industries in 1992.


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