is a Japanese company. The company is a developer and stockist of

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material for use in

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, particularly

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, high temperature, and mechanical applications. The company was founded in 1918 as Tokai Electrode Mfg. Co. Ltd. with a plant in Nagoya and the head office in Tokyo. In 1975 it changed to its present name, Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. It is listed on the first section of the

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and is a constituent of the

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Company locations

In Japan Tokai Carbon has: *

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Ishinomaki, Miyagi is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 138,538, and a population density of 250 persons per km2 in 61,919 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Ishinomaki is in northeastern Miya ...

Chigasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 242,798 and a population density of 6800 people per km². The total area of the city is . Geography The city is located on the eastern bank of the Sagami ...

Taketoyo, Aichi is a town located in Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 43,147 in 18,392 households, and a population density of 1,636 persons per km2. The total area of the town was . Geography Taketoyo is locate ...

, Ōmihachiman, Shiga, Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Kitakyushu and

Ashikita, Kumamoto is a town located in Ashikita District (葦北郡, ''Ashikita-gun''), Kumamoto, Japan. Ashikita is situated on the south west coast of the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan, and it is known for its attractive coastlines, beaches and its produ ...

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Oyama, Shizuoka is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Suntō District, Shizuoka, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 18,458 in 7516 households and a population density of 140 persons per km2. The total ...

, Taketoyo (Aichi), Hōfu (Yamaguchi), Ashikita (Kumamoto) and Chigasaki (Kanagawa) * Branch offices in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...

and

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...

As of the end of 2012 it has 24 subsidiaries and 6 affiliated companies in Japan,

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, the UK, Sweden,

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, China,

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and the US.

Acquisitions

In 2014 the company acquired Cancarb, a Canadian thermal carbon black producer, from

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. In June 2018 Tokai announced the acquisition of Sid Richardson Carbon, the largest manufacturer of furnace black in the US. Sid Richardson counts Bridgestone, Michelin, Goodyear and Continental AG among its customers.

Business segments and products

Carbon black Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and thermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of coal and coal tar, vegetable matter, or petroleum products, including fuel oil, fluid ...

for use in the tire (as a pigment and reinforcing agent for tires) and rubber industry * Carbon and ceramics **

Graphite Graphite () is a crystalline form of the element carbon. It consists of stacked layers of graphene. Graphite occurs naturally and is the most stable form of carbon under standard conditions. Synthetic and natural graphite are consumed on lar ...

s, which are used for recycling steel in electric furnaces ** Fine carbon, which is used in solar cell and semi-conductor industry * Industrial furnaces and related products for fine ceramic, glass and electronic parts industry * Other operations ** Friction materials for use in the motorcycle, construction machinery and automobile industries (in brake and clutch systems) ** Property leasing and operation of golf practice centers Source
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Tokai Carbon Europe (subsidiary)

Tokai ERFTCARBON GmbH (subsidiary)

Tokai Carbon USA (subsidiary)

Tokai Carbon Korea (joint venture)

Tokai Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (subsidiary)
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