Toagosei

{{Short description|Japanese chemical manufacturer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Toagosei Co., Ltd.

| native_name = 東亞合成株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| logo = Toagosei company logo.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| image = Toagosei head office.jpg

| image_size = 180px

| image_caption = Toagosei headquarters building in Tokyo

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{Tyo|4045}}

| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|JP3556400004}}

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1942|03|31}}

| founder = Momosuke Fukuzawa

| hq_location_city = Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8419

| hq_location_country = Japan

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Mikishi Takamura (president and CEO)

| industry = Chemicals

| products = {{unbulleted list|Adhesives|Acrylic polymers|Inorganic high-purity chemicals|Plastic products|Caustic soda|Sulfuric acid}}

| revenue = {{decrease}} JPY 135.3 (FY 2016)

(US$ 1.2 billion) (FY 2016)

| net_income = {{increase}} JPY 13.8 billion (FY 2016)

(US$ 127 million) (FY 2016)

| num_employees = 2,411 (as of December 31, 2016)

| homepage = {{Official website|http://www.toagosei.co.jp/english/}}

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.toagosei.co.jp/english/company/about/outline.html |title=Company Profile |publisher=Toagosei |accessdate=January 11, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Company/05HZQW-E |title=Company Profile |work=Nikkei Asian Review |publisher=Nikkei Inc. |accessdate=January 11, 2018}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Toagosei Co., Ltd.|東亞合成株式会社|Toagosei Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a Japanese chemical company, producing cyanoacrylate adhesives since 1963. Other chemical products of the company include high purity gases, soda and chlorine products, and instant glue, which is sold in Japan as Aron Alpha and marketed in the United States as Krazy Glue.{{cite book |first=David J. |last=Dunn |title=Adhesives and Sealants: Technology, Applications and Markets |year=2003 |publisher=iSmithers Rapra Publishing |isbn=978-1-85957-365-5 |page=108}}{{cite book |author=Dow Jones & Co |title=The Dow Jones Guide to the World Stock Market |date=March 1995 |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=978-0-13-342296-2 |page=289}}{{cite book |author=COMLINE International Corp. |title=Advanced Materials in Japan: Source |date=October 22, 2013 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-1-4832-9402-5 |page=414}}

The company was originally named Yahagi Kogyo and was founded by Momosuke Fukuzawa in 1933 with the manufacturing of ammonium sulfate, sulfuric acid, and nitric acid as its products. The present company was formed when Yahagi Kogyo merged with three other chemical companies in 1944.{{cite web |url=http://www.toagosei.co.jp/english/company/about/history.html|title=Company History |publisher=Toagosei |accessdate=January 11, 2018}}