NEWS/PRESS

2019

Tosoh Quartz Corporation to Establish Subsidiary Corporation and Production Facility in South Korea

- Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Quartz Corporation, a group company of Tosoh Corporation that is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, will establish a subsidiary corporation and a quartzware production facility in South Korea. It plans to have the subsidiary corporatio...

Tosoh’s Revised Full-Year Fiscal 2020 Consolidated Results Forecast

- Tokyo, Japan— Tosoh Corporation has revised the full-year fiscal 2020 consolidated financial results it forecasted on May 9, 2019. Revised full-year consolidated financial results for fiscal year 2020 (April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020)   Net S...

Tosoh Reports on Its First-Half Consolidated Results for Fiscal 2020

- Tokyo, Japan— Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its consolidated results for the first half of fiscal 2020, from April 1, 2019, to September 30, 2019. The company’s consolidated net sales amounted to ¥396.4 billion (US$ 3.6 billion), down ¥28....

Tosoh Announces Capacity Increase for Chloroprene Rubber (CR)

- Tokyo, Japan— Tosoh announced its decision to increase its production capacity for chloroprene rubber (Skyprene®), part of the functional polymer product lineup of its Specialty business that the company manufactures, at its Nanyo Complex in Shunan C...

Tosoh Reports on First-Quarter Consolidated Results for Fiscal 2020

- Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its consolidated results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020, from April 1, 2019, to June 30, 2019. The company’s consolidated net sales totaled ¥192.8 billion (US$1.7 billion), down ¥11.6 billio...

Tosoh Launches Contract Business for Abnormal Cell Analysis in Blood

- Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Corporation has established analysis technologies for the detection of abnormal cells in the blood and the analysis of cancer-related gene mutations in such cells. In June 2019, Tosoh Analysis and Research Center Co., Ltd. headquar...

Tosoh Develops High-performance Catalyst for Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) Production

- Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce the development and application of its proprietary oxycatalyst. Tosoh uses the oxycatalyst in the oxychlorination process that synthesizes ethylene dichloride (EDC) from ethylene, hydrogen chlorid...

Notice Concerning the Establishment of the Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee

- Tokyo, Japan—At the Board of Directors meeting held on May 9, 2019, the Company resolved to establish a Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee today as follows. 1.   Purpose of establishing the Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee A...

Tosoh Reports Its Consolidated Results for Fiscal 2019

- Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its full-year consolidated results for the 2019 fiscal year from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019. Consolidated net sales for the year under review were ¥861.5 billion (US$7.8 billion), up ¥38.6 b...

Tosoh Signs United Nations Global Compact

- Tokyo, Japan—On April 22, Tosoh Corporation signed the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). This voluntary social initiative was launched by the United Nations to garner the participation of companies and other organizations in the formation of a gl...

Tosoh Quartz Completes a New Manufacturing Facility in Taiwan

- Tokyo, Japan— Tosoh Quartz Co., Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tosoh Quartz Corporation (Yamagata, Japan), is pleased to announce that it has completed construction of a new manufacturing facility in Taiwan. It features three lev...