AGC Inc.

AGC Inc.
Native name
AGC株式会社
Eijīshī kabushiki gaisha
FormerlyAsahi Glass Company, Ltd.
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 5201
Nikkei 225 Component
Industry
FoundedAmagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan (September 8, 1907; 117 years ago (1907-09-08))
HeadquartersShin-Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405, Japan
Key people
Yoshinori Hirai [jp][1]
(President and CEO)
Products
RevenueDecrease ¥1,282.570 billion (2016)[2]
Increase ¥96.292 billion (2016)[2]
Increase ¥53.362 billion (2016)[2]
Total assetsDecrease ¥1,981.451 billion (2016)[2]
Total equityIncrease ¥1,168.743 billion) (2016)[2]
OwnerMitsubishi Group
Number of employees
6,269 (non-consolidated)
51,500 (consolidated) (as of December 31, 2013)
SubsidiariesAGC Glass Europe
AGC America
AGC Automotive Glass Mexico
AGC Micro Glass
Asahi India Glass Limited
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
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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.

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]

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  4. ^ "Financial Statements". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
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  6. ^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  7. ^ "Top 100 Global Innovators 2013". Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  8. ^ "AGC REPORT 2018" (PDF). AGC Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2020.