AGC Inc.
Native name | AGC株式会社 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Eijīshī kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. |
| Company type | Public |
| TYO: 5201 Nikkei 225 Component | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | September 8, 1907, in Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Headquarters | Shin-Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405, Japan |
Key people | Yoshinori Hirai (president and CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | ¥1,282.570 billion (2016) |
| ¥96.292 billion (2016) | |
| ¥53.362 billion (2016) | |
| Total assets | ¥1,981.451 billion (2016) |
| Total equity | ¥1,168.743 billion) (2016) |
| 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 | www |
| Footnotes / references | |
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.
The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX and Nikkei 225 stock indices.
Asahi Glass was named one of Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2013.
On July 1, 2018, it was renamed to AGC Inc.