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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 |
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| Founded | September 8, 1907; 118 years ago (1907-09-08), inAmagasaki,Hyōgo, Japan |
| Headquarters | Shin-Marunouchi Building,Marunouchi,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405, Japan |
Key people | Yoshinori Hirai [jp][1] (president andCEO) |
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| 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 | www |
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AGC Inc. (AGC株式会社,AGC kabushiki gaisha), formerlyAsahi Glass Co., Ltd.'(旭硝子株式会社), is a Japanese globalglass manufacturing company, headquartered inTokyo. It is the largest glass company in the world and one of the coreMitsubishi companies.
The company is listed on theTokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of theTOPIX[5] andNikkei 225[6]stock indices.
Asahi Glass was named one ofThomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators in 2013.[7]
On July 1, 2018, it was renamed toAGC Inc.[8]
Asahi Glass was founded on 8 September 1907 by Toshiya Iwasaki, the second son of the second president of the original Mitsubishizaibatsu. It was the first Japanese producer of sheet glass. Asahi Glass Co. is one of the largest flat glass producing companies in the world, owningGlaverbel glass plants acrossEurope andAFG Industries inNorth America.[9] It purchased AFG Industries in 1992.[10]
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Its main areas of production are:
AGC Flat Glass Europe was one of the four flat-glass manufacturers involved in the 2007, price fixing scandal uncovered by the EU Competition Commission. The European Commission said that the firms had raised or stabilised prices in 2004, and 2005, through illicit contacts.[11] Neelie Kroes, the EU's competition commissioner, said that the EU would "not tolerate companies cheating consumers and business customers by fixing prices and depriving them of the benefits of the single market".[12]
Asahi India Glass Ltd. (AIS) was incorporated in the year 1984.[13] The company was formed by a JV agreement between the Labroo family, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (AGC), Japan, and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. It is the largest Automotive glass manufacturing company inIndia and manufactures a wide spectrum of glass products including automotive safety glass, float glass, and architectural processed glass.[14][15][16] As of 2017, Asahi India Glass Ltd. has 77.1% market share in the passenger car glass segment in India.[17][18]
Asahi India Glass Ltd has 3 Strategic Business Units (SBUs) – Automotive Glass, Architectural Glass, and Consumer Glass.[15] Asahi India Glass Ltd also manufactures uPVC, aluminium and wooden profile windows.[19][20]
(IDX: AMFG) is one of the largest automobile glass makers in Indonesia.In 1970s, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. went into a joint venture with PT Rodamas, a merchant company turned consumer and industrial product manufacturer. Both established Asahimas Flat Glass in April 1973. It produced simple clear glass using the traditionalFourcault Process. Ownership (2014):[21]
One of the largestPolish manufacturers of windshields for the repair of passenger cars and trucks, working machines, railways, ships, construction and military (armored glass), NordGlass was acquired by AGC in 2015.[22][23][24][25] 2 plants, inKoszalin and inSłupsk, with annual production exceeding one million panes, NordGlass employs over 1000 employees.[26][25] NordGlass has a nationwide network of repair and replacement of car windows.[27]The recipients of the main NordGlass product – windshields for motor vehicles, are the companies dealing with professional car glass replacement are all over Europe, as well as inSouth America (Brazil) andNorth Africa. Among them, a prominent position is held by Belron, theBelgian operator of Europe's largest international glass replacement network. NordGlass is one of the main windscreen suppliers for this customer.[28][29]
In 2014, NordGlass manufactured the set of bulletproof windows forCadillac 355D Fleetwood Special made in 1934, in theUSA on the special order for MarshalJózef Piłsudski. The completion of the vehicle glazing constituted the essential part of the thorough vehicle renovation project. The original windows showed traces of bullets, most probably fired in the post-war period by theCommunist Security Service officers who were testing the resistance of glass. It is currently possible to see the renovated vehicle in theRoyal Baths Park (Polish: Łazienki Królewskie) inWarsaw.[30]
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