Toagosei

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.^[3][4][5]

Toagosei Co., Ltd.

Toagosei headquarters building in Tokyo
Native name	東亞合成株式会社
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 4045
ISIN	JP3556400004
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	March 31, 1942; 83 years ago (1942-03-31)
Founder	Momosuke Fukuzawa
Headquarters	Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8419 , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mikishi Takamura (president and CEO)
Products	Adhesives Acrylic polymers Inorganic high-purity chemicals Plastic products Caustic soda Sulfuric acid
Revenue	JPY 135.3 (FY 2016) (US$ 1.2 billion) (FY 2016)
Net income	JPY 13.8 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 127 million) (FY 2016)
Number of employees	2,411 (as of December 31, 2016)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references [1][2]

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.^[6]