Tosoh

Tosoh Corporation is a global chemical and specialty materials company. The company was founded in 1935 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, as Toyo Soda Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and in 1987 changed its name to Tosoh Corporation. It began as a manufacturer of chlor-alkali and petrochemical commodities and feedstocks. Today it produces other kinds of products including electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD), specialty polymers, fine chemicals, scientific instruments, and thin-film materials.

Total score

8 / 48

Grade summary

With just eight points, Tosoh ends up in the bottom ten of this year’s ChemScore as well. Even though 93 percent of the company’s chemical production is unknown to us since sales take place…