Organic Chemicals
■ Business Strategy
Expand and strengthen profit base by increasing production capacity and commercializing new products
■ Key Measures
Amines
- Stabilize profits by focusing on high-margin ethyleneamines
- Promote sales by diversifying grades of RZETA®, our low-emission polyurethane catalyst
Bromine and Bromine-Based Flame Retardants
- Expand profit base through capacity increases. Tosoh will increase the efficiency of bromine production by renewing and expanding facilities for flame retardants.
New Products
Commercialize new conductive polymer materials, aldehyde scavengers, and other products
Bioscience
■ Business Strategy
- Expand business fields and sales in emerging markets through the integration of Tosoh and external technologies
■ Key Measures
Analyzers
- Expand product lineup of columns and separation media for biopharmaceuticals
Diagnostics Systems
- Develop and market new diagnostic markers
- Expand sales in China and India
Liquid Chromatography
- Increase production capacity for columns and reagents for HPLC-based glycohemoglobin analyzers.
Advanced Materials
High-silica Zeolite
■ Business Strategy
- Develop and expand sales of high-performance automotive applications
- Expand petrochemical and environmental businesses in molded products by cultivating high-end niche demand
■ Key Measures
- Continue to introduce differentiated grades into market
- Establish new plant, and ensure stable production
- Expand molded grades for use especially in environmental remediation
Zirconia
■ Business Strategy
- Maintain majority share in high-end markets by introducing differentiated grades
■ Key Measures
- Offer new functionality and added translucency in dental materials
- Decorative: Expand decorative applications by ascertaining customer needs
Silica Glass
■ Business Strategy
- Identify demand trends, and invest further as opportunity appears
■ Key Measures
- Increase production capacity for silica glass materials and fabricated quartzware