Tokuyama Corporation

Tokuyama Corporation was established in Tokuyama-cho (today's Shunan City), Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1918. The Company's principal function at that time was to engage in the domestic production of soda ash in order to alleviate the dependence on imports. In tune with the growth in Japan's chemical industry, Tokuyama has gone to produce and supply a wide range of chemical products. Building on this foundation, the Company is today active across a broad cross-section of fields including the information and electronics sector, which markets semiconductor-related products, the life and healthcare sector, which includes eyeglass lens-related, dental, and other materials, and the environment and energy sector, which handles polycrystalline silicon for solar cells as well as recycling and environment-related operations.