- CEO
- Tsuyoshi Okamoto
- Full Time Employees
- 232
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Industrial specialties
- Address
- 380, Toyofuta Kashiwa CH Japan 277-0872
- IPO Date
- Dec 1, 2003
- Business
- Okamoto Glass Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells special-purpose glass for industrial use and multi-layer thin-film evaporation products; its core offerings include new glass for optical devices such as multi-lenses (with approximately 65.9% global market share), reflecting mirrors (approximately 92.7% global market share), and dental mirrors (approximately 72% global market share), alongside glass materials, molded glass items, optical and functional coatings, glass bulbs, glass frit, crystallized glass reflectors, high-durable glass spheres for deep-sea applications like the Edokko series, functional thin films including Hi-Silver, Cloud-cut, and Hi-UVC high-reflective white ink, and glass polarizers for digital transformation uses. The company, founded in 1928 and headquartered at 380 Toyofuta, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan, operates glass manufacturing and thin-film coating plants in Kashiwa, an Osaka sales office, and serves global markets in optical devices, industrial, medical, electronics, power semiconductors, and deep-sea exploration sectors through proprietary New Glass and Thin Film technologies; it holds certifications including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Recent developments encompass a November 2024 capital and business alliance with U-MAP Co., Ltd. to mass-produce aluminum nitride (AlN) ceramic substrates at 30,000 units per month using Thermalnite technology for thermal management in LEDs, laser diodes, power electronics, data centers, 5G/6G modules, and renewable energy applications, building on three years of collaboration; in 2022, it transitioned from the JASDAQ to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market; and it continues expansions from prior moves like the 2020 acquisition of Niko Optics Co., Ltd. and advancements in glass frit for 5G LTCC and low-temperature glazes.