Company Profile

Name	Kashima Chemical Co.,LTD.
Location	30 Towada, Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki 314-0102 JAPAN
Products	Manufacturing and sales of Epichlorohydrin(ECH), Allyl Chloride(ALC), and various propylene derivatives
Capital	1billion yen
Board members	President and Representative Director :Kousuke Kawada Director :Yoshihisa Horibe Director :Yoshihiro Nakagawa Director :Masaki Takahashi Director :Hiroyuki Sadamura Director : Takanori Wada Inspector :Teppei Umeda
Date of Foundation	November 27, 1968
Factory area	67,000㎡

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History

1968	Kashima Chemical established as a joint venture of Asahi Denka Kogyo (currently ADEKA Corporation) and Asahi Glass.
1970	Started commercial production of ECH (Epichlorohydrin) and ALC (Allyl Chloride).
1972	Mitsubishi Petrochemical (currently Mitsubishi Chemical) and Mitsubishi Corporation made an equity investment in the company.
1988	Started a specialty chemicals business, beginning with the mass production of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol.
2000	Registered with ISO9002/1994 (migrated to ISO9001/2015 as of 2018)
2012	Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. took over the business of ADEKA Corporation.
2018	Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. changed its name to AGC Inc.
2018	Celebrated our 50th anniversary

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Access

By car

Approx. 30 minutes from the Itako interchange on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway

By highway bus

At Tokyo Station’s Yaesu Exit, board a highway bus bound for Kashima Jingu Shrine. Get off at Kashima Central Hotel. From the hotel, it’s about 20 minutes by taxi.