Logistics
As a chemical manufacturer, Tosoh depends on safe, efficient logistics operations. Tosoh Logistics Corporation enhances safety by raising awareness among employees. And it is prudently expanding overseas to provide its services to the Tosoh Group worldwide. It is performing a strategic, phased upgrading of the Tosoh Group’s logistics-related infrastructure, from the group’s marine fleet to warehouses and other facilities and structures.
General Services
Tosoh’s operations are diverse and require considerable administration. Tosoh General Services Co. Ltd. provides the required capabilities. This subsidiary is charged with conducting general services in human resources management, in disaster prevention, in the health and safety of Tosoh Group employees, and in operating the Tosoh Group salary administration system.
Analysis and Research
Tosoh Analysis and Research Center Co., Ltd., provides invaluable support to Tosoh’s operations. It utilizes advanced technology in the analysis of inorganic and organic materials, polymer chemistry, and a myriad of other fields with the aim of contributing to the expansion of Tosoh’s product lineup and cultivation of new applications.
The company conducts most of its analysis and research operations at the Nanyo and Yokkaichi Complexes. But it also receives support from a number of regional offices and conducts operations at its Tokyo office, which opened in June 2017.
Tosoh provides considerable support for its group companies worldwide, ensuring that they have all necessary equipment and systems and that maintenance and upgrades are conducted regularly. The company’s analysis and research business, Tosoh Analysis and Research Center, serves a crucial function within the Tosoh Group and in recent years has become a profit-generating business.
Information Systems
Tosoh Information Systems Co., Ltd., provides a wide variety of information and communication-related services. They range from system proposal, design, construction, and operation to the provision of general office and specialized equipment, education, and technological expertise.
In the coming years, the success of a company may well depend on its adoption of AI and its management of the big data supporting AI. Tosoh Information Systems is transitioning the parent company’s manufacturing facilities into the new era through IoT technologies, such as analysis instrument remote monitoring capabilities. This other business is applying its planning, proposal, and implementation capabilities in powerful information and communication solutions to resolve the Tosoh Group’s needs in and issues with information management.
Additional Functions
Tosoh Nikkemi Corporation undertakes sales activities for Tosoh’s petrochemical products and industrial chemicals and is also a source for raw material procurement. Toho Acetylene Co., Ltd., is involved in the manufacture and sales of products such as oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. And Kasumi Kyodo Jigyo Co., Ltd., owns, maintains, and manages industrial complex common facilities.