Asahi Glass
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Asahi Glass headquarters building
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| Traded as | : Nikkei 225 Component |
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| Founded | Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan (September 8, 1907) |
| Headquarters | 1-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405, Japan |
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Key people
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Kazuhiko Ishimura, (CEO and President) |
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| Revenue | (¥ 1,320 billion) (FY 2013) |
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Number of employees
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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 |
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Footnotes / references |
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$ 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.
Its main areas of production are:
AGC Flat Glass Europe was one of the four flat-glass manufacturers involved in the 2007 price fixing scandal uncovered by the EU Competition Commission. The European Commission said that the firms had raised or stabilised prices in 2004 and 2005 through illicit contacts. Neelie Kroes, the EU's competition commissioner, said that the EU would "not tolerate companies cheating consumers and business customers by fixing prices and depriving them of the benefits of the single market".
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