The Tokuyama Group leverages its highly advanced chemical technologies to provide society with a wide range of materials for products that are useful in people's lives. Tokuyama Corporation was established in 1918. In tune with the growth in Japan’s chemical industry, the Company has gone on to produce and supply a wide range of chemical products. Building on this foundation, Tokuyama is currently expanding its main businesses globally, with a special focus on its information and electronics business, which markets semiconductor-related products, the life and healthcare business, which includes eyeglass lens materials, dental materials and other products, and the environment and energy business, which handles polycrystalline silicon for solar cells as well as cement, recycling and environment-related businesses.