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Tosoh Corporation

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Year Founded & Workforce

1934-12-31

13,858 Employees

Industry

Chemicals & Materials

Services

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Tosoh Corporation Overview

Company Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan

Founded: 1935

Workforce: ~ 13,858

Company Working: Tosoh Corporation (Tosoh) manufactures and sells basic chemicals, specialty goods, petrochemicals, and fine chemicals for industry, as well as specialist products and materials for high technology and niche markets. Olefins, polyethylene, functional polymers, cement, caustic soda, inorganic and organic fine chemicals, measuring and diagnostic goods, functional materials, and urethane materials are among the products offered by the company. It also provides services including product delivery and logistics, insurance, equipment repair, and product sale and purchase. Agriculture, chemical, petrochemical, building and construction, diagnostics, automotive, consumer electronics, information technology, bioscience, textile and clothing, transportation, packaging, medical, photovoltaics, personal care, and semiconductors are among the industries it services. Petrochemical, chlor-alkali, specialty, engineering, and other are the company's five main segments. Additional activities include transportation and warehousing, inspection and analysis, and data processing. It operates in the United States, Europe, Asia, and China.

Strategy

Tosoh Corporation's key strategy is to expand the company's production capacity to meet the growing demand. It is focused on developing and manufacturing instruments and reagents to expand the business and broaden its market presence. To achieve this goal, the company is working on the existing product lineup by increasing the number of diagnostic products and expanding the analytical column and separating media products mainly for biotechnology. Also, the company is expanding the lineup of existing products, developing products for peripheral businesses that generate synergistic effects and creating new businesses through joint research and M&A to increase sales. Furthermore, it has introduced the concept of intellectual property landscape as a method of searching for new technologies and is building its search tools, which will lay the groundwork for future growth.

Company Snapshot

$6,736.9M

Revenue

13,858

Employees

1934-12-31

Founded

Tokyo, Japan

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

  • Improved profitability
  • Strong R&D capabilities
  • Diversification into petrochemical and chlor-alkali business
  • Brand reputation
  • Diversified business
  • Strong competency in acquisitions
  • Integration of products and services
  • Strong presence in Asia-Pacific
  • Large revenue generation from the chlor-alkali segment
  • Diverse revenue base
  • High investment for financial growth
  • Creation of new technologies through organic synthesis technology
  • Global sales bases
  • Significant industry experience
  • Operational resilience strategy
  • Wide geographical presence
  • Complementary business segments

Weaknesses

  • Concentrated operations in Japan and nearby Asian countriesS
  • Focuses mainly on large enterprises
  • Dependence on domestic market for majority of the revenue
  • Decrease in profit margin
  • Dependent on raw material suppliers
  • Smaller business scale compared with major global corporations
  • Time spent from new business launch to market release
  • High dependence on Asian markets
  • Investment in research and development is below the fastest growing players in the industry
  • Limited success outside core business

Opportunities

  • Strong focus on maximizing production and sales of high-value-added Methylene
  • Investments in enhancing R&D facilities
  • Enhancing the product portfolio by mounting new services and software divisions
  • Collaborations to expand the geographical reach
  • Strategic mergers and acquisitions to strengthen global presence
  • New product launches
  • Lowering the cost of the products may attract new customers
  • Few bromine and ethylene amines manufacturers in Asia
  • Collaboration across manufacturing, sales, and research departments
  • Leveraging digital technologies
  • Harnessing reconfiguration of the global supply chains
  • Using analytics as competitive advantage

Threats

  • Fluctuation in raw material prices
  • Chinese market risks
  • Competitive market with innovative technology
  • Fluctuations in economies
  • Stringent environmental laws
  • Stiff competition
  • Decrease in demand due to global economic slowdown
  • New plant expansion by competitors
  • Changing consumer buying behavior from online channel
  • Stagnating economy with rate increase
  • Backlash against dominant players

Key Developments

DateApproachDevelopment
June 2018ExpansionTosoh Logistics Corporation, a subsidiary of Tosoh Corporation announced plans to develop a specialized chemical logistics warehouse offering cooling, freezing, and heating capabilities in Shunan’s harbor district, Japan. The development of the new warehouse enabled the company to strengthen its chemical supply chain network.

Product Offering

  • Tosoh Corporation
    • Zeolites
    • Sodium Bicarbonate

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