AGC Inc.
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1907 | Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. was established to manufacture flat glasses at its factory in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. |
| 1914 | The company's first shipment of sheet glass was exported to England. |
| 1916 | The company started in-house production of soda ash, a critical raw material for glass in Japan. |
| 1925 | Shoko Glass Co., Ltd. was established in China as Asahi Glass’ first business outside Japan. |
| 1933 | The company established the Asahi Foundation for Chemical Industry Promotion (now the Asahi Glass Foundation) to commemorate its 25th anniversary. |
| 1956 | The company established an automotive glass business to respond to the growing demand, and the glass manufacturing subsidiary was established in India. |
| 1961 | The company started the production of propylene oxide and propylene glycol. |
| 1981 | AGC Inc. acquired Glaverbel S.A. and MaasGlas B.V., glass companies in Belgium and the Netherlands. |
| 2013 | AGC established its regional headquarters in Singapore in 2013. The company's regional headquarters is AGC Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (AAP). |
| 2018 | AGC Inc. collaborated with NTT DOCOMO, INC. to create a product that adds cellular base station functions to Windows. |
| 2019 | The company completed the acquisition of US-based Taconic's Advanced Dielectric Division (ADD) and a portion of its Industrial Products Division (IPD). |
| 2020 | AGC acquired a biopharmaceutical commercial manufacturing facility formerly owned by AstraZeneca in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| 2023 | AGC built and launched ChatAGC, an in-house conversational AI tool developed by Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, to enable employees to use chat AI safely and securely. |
| 2024 | The company partnered with MEDINET Co., Ltd. for the Cell Therapy CDMO business. |
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