Toho Zinc

Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.
Native name	東邦?鉛株式?社
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO : 5707
ISIN	JP3599000001
Industry	Non-ferrous metals
Founded	February 27, 1937 ; 87 years ago
Headquarters	Marunouchi , Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8207 , Japan
Key people	Kimiyasu Marusaki ; ( President )
Products	Zinc ; Lead ; Silver ; Sulfur ; Electronic components ; Machine parts ;
Services	Exploration and development of non-ferrous metal resources ; Recycling services ;
Revenue	JPY 114 billion ( FY 2016) ( US$ 1 billion) (FY 2016)
Net income	JPY 8.8 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 81 million) (FY 2016)
Number of employees	1,089 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2017)
Website	Official website
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Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. ( 東邦?鉛株式?社 , T?h? Aen Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese manufacturer of zinc related products. Established in 1937, it smelts nonferrous metals such as lead and zinc and produces electronic components . There are seven branches in Japan and two branches in China, in Hong Kong and Shanghai . The company was responsible for cadmium poisoning on Tsushima Island in the late twentieth century.

The company is Japan’s third-biggest producer of zinc . ^[3]

Operations [ edit ]

Toho Zinc has four manufacturing sites in Japan:

Annaka smelter and refinery with zinc smelting and refining operations ^[4]
Chigirishima smelter and refinery with lead smelting and refining operations ^[4]
Toho Zonc smelting plant on Chigirishima island
Onahama smelter and refinery recycling operations ^[5]
Fujioka Works at which electronic components and materials are produced