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AGC Inc. (AGC株式会社, AGC kabushiki gaisha), formerly Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.'(旭硝子株式会社), 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.
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Native name | AGC株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Eijīshī kabushiki gaisha |
Formerly | Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. |
Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 5201 Nikkei 225 Component | |
Industry | |
Founded | Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan (September 8, 1907; 116 years ago (1907-09-08)) |
Headquarters | Shin-Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405, Japan |
Key people | Yoshinori Hirai [jp][1] (President and CEO) |
Products | |
Revenue | ¥1,282.570 billion (2016)[2] |
¥96.292 billion (2016)[2] | |
¥53.362 billion (2016)[2] | |
Total assets | ¥1,981.451 billion (2016)[2] |
Total equity | ¥1,168.743 billion) (2016)[2] |
Owner | Mitsubishi Group |
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 Limited |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references [3][4] |
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The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX[5] and Nikkei 225[6] stock indices.
Asahi Glass was named one of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2013.[7]
On July 1, 2018, it was renamed to AGC Inc.[8]