September, 2021

Opening Ceremony Held at AGC Yokohama Technical Center

Start of a new R&D structure for seamless internal and external collaboration -

Tokyo, June 24, 2021—AGC Inc.(AGC), a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech

materials, has completed the integration of its R&D bases, which were previously split between the Research

Center (Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama) and the former Keihin Plant (Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama), and will start a new R&D

structure today as the AGC Yokohama Technical Center (Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama).

AGC held a commemorative event to celebrate the center's opening with distinguished guests, including Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi and Tokyo University Executive Vice President Tatsuya Okubo.

Picture 1: Exterior view of the AGC Yokohama Technical Center

As the speed of social change becomes faster and faster, materials development also needs to accelerate to keep

pace. Against this backdrop, in April 2018, AGC began construction of the new research building based on a concept

of “a place for seamless internal and external integration, response, and collaboration." In November 2020, a

collaborative creation space called AO (AO/AGC OPEN SQUARE) was opened to accelerate internal and external

collaboration. In June 2021, the relocation and integration of the dispersed R&D organizations was completed, and

AGC's new R&D structure has been launched today.

Picture 2 : A scene from the ceremony

In his address to open the event, AGC Group CEO Yoshinori Hirai commented, "The facility was named the AGC

Yokohama Technical Center after 'Yokohama' because the port has always actively embraced and developed new

culture since its opening. AGC will contribute to the further development of Japan's manufacturing industry by

developing cutting-edge technologies while integrating internal and external technologies in Yokohama, where a

number of development bases are being successively established."

The AGC Group will promote technological innovation to provide products and solutions that satisfy customers

and add new value through internal and external collaboration under its "AGC plus 2.0" management policy.