Central Glass
About
Central Glass is a Japanese chemical and glass company, founded in 1936 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market, with about 3,200 employees in the group.
Its businesses span chemical products, architectural and automotive glass, electronic materials, energy materials, medical chemicals, glass fibre and fertilizer. In energy materials it uses its fluorination technology to make electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries in EVs, plug-in hybrids and energy storage, customised for each customer and supplied from plants in Japan and abroad. It also develops its own electrolyte additives to improve battery output and life.
The 2025 Battery Report lists Central Glass among large-cap electrolyte producers.
From the Battery Report
Battery Report 2025 · chapterSupply Chain: Upstream and MidstreamVolta Foundation's annual report on this part of the battery industry.Supply Chain Segments
Location Info
- HQ
- Tokyo, Japan
Sources
Where the details on this profile come from.
What they do: Materials & Chemicals
- Battery Report 2025, p.22 (Industry Value Chain, large-cap companies: Electrolyte) · Battery Report · checked Oct 2026
Quick Facts
- Last Updated
- Oct 16, 2026
