
Supplying solutions based on ceramic materials, AGC Ceramics wants to contribute to the creation of a better society with an emphasis on environmental conservation and to be a corporation that can win the trust of customers—a corporation that employees and their families are happy with and proud of.
The company provides customers with two solutions, mainly in the glass engineering field, in which the company's know-how of ceramic product glass-melting furnaces plays a pivotal role and the environment and energy field, in which the company's melting furnace, incineration furnace and fine ceramic expertise provides the driving force.
Location: Head office/ Shiba 4-1-23, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014, Japan
Takasago plant/ Umei 5-6-1, Takasago City, Hyogo, 676-8566, Japan(Located in the Asahi Glass Takasago plant )
Capital: ¥3,500 million
Representative: Akinobu Shimao
Employees: 229 (as of December 2010)
Main business activities: Production and sale of refractories and fine ceramics; design and installation of glass kilns and other industrial furnaces; and sale of accessories for these
Environmental Performance Data
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air | CO2 (1,000 of tons) | 19 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 11 |
| NOx (tons) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SOx (tons) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soot and dust (tons) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Water | Wastewater (1,000 m3) | 445 | 388 | 416 | 370 | 196 |
| COD (tons) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Waste | Waste finally sent to landfill (tons) | 491 | 553 | 271 | 179 | 310 |
Frequency Ratio of Accidents Requiring Leave
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.39 |
* The data cover all employees at the operating site (including business partners).