Company Profile & History
Company Profile
| Name |
AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd. |
Established
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April 1, 2002 |
| Capital |
3.5 billion yen |
| Shareholder |
AGC Inc. (100%) |
| Employees |
Approximately 270 people (as of 2023) |
Company History
| 2022 |
- Established CERAWEI TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD, a joint venture (Jingdezhen, China)
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| 2019 |
- Changed the names of three subsidiaries in China to ; Zibo AGC Alumina Materials Co., Ltd., AGC Ceramics (Yixing) Co., Ltd., AGC Plibrico (Dalian) Industries Inc.
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| 2017 |
- Launched BRIGHTORB™ business
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| 2016 |
- The ceramics business 100th anniversary
- High thermal insulating ceramic wall called "THERMOTECT WALL™", won the Director General Prize of Agency of Natural Resources and Energy at the Energy Conservation Grand Prize.
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| 2013 |
- Established AGC Ceramics Singapore Pte.Ltd.
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| 2011 |
- Established Yixing AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu, China)
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| 2007 |
- Asahi Glass Ceramics Co., Ltd. changed the company name to AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd.
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| 2002 |
- Asahi Glass Company's ceramics division and Asahi Furnace Systems Co., Ltd. merged and became Asahi Glass Ceramics Co., Ltd.
- Established Shanghai Asahi Furnace Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai China)
- Acquired capital in Zibo GT Industrial Ceramics Co., Ltd. (Shandong, China)
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| 2000 |
- Established Zibo Asahi Glass Alumina Materials Co., Ltd. (Shandong, China)
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| 1999 |
- Obtained ISO 14001 certification.
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| 1996 |
- Obtained ISO 9001 certification.
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| 1993 |
- Established Zibo Asahi Glass Fused Materials Co., Ltd. (Shandong, China)
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| 1991 |
- Established Asahi Furnace Systems Co., Ltd.
- Purchased Plibrico Japan Co., Ltd.
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| 1983 |
- Production of fine ceramics began in Takasago plant.
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| 1969 |
- Purchased the New installation method for monolithic refractories division from NKK Corp. and started intensive production of fused/bonded/New installation method for monolithic refractories in Takasago plant.
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| 1932 |
- Japan's first fused cast refractories began in Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Amagasaki Plant.
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| 1916 |
- Production of bonded refractories began in Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Amagasaki Plant.
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