(Billions of yen) 53.4 ■ Sales 55.1 5.0 5.6 07 08 ■ Operating inome (Billions of yen) 48.6 ■ Sales 51.0 1.6 1.3 07 08 ■ Operating inome 4 Annual Report 2008 Business Segment Sales and Operating income Description Toagosei manufactures a wide variety of inorganic industrial chemicals, notably caustic soda, as well as fertilizers, metal degreasing and cleaning agents, and ultra-pure chemicals for the semiconductor industry. The Toagosei Group produces the whole range of acrylic monomers, including acrylic esters, which we were the first to produce commercially in Japan, and their derivatives such as acrylic polymers. Acrylic polymer flocculants have proven effective in the purification of sewage and industrial wastewater. In the civil engineering and construction fields, acrylic polymer resins make ideal waterresistant coatings for roofs, external walls and so on. The Toagosei Group offers an integrated service from material production to on-site application. Toagosei’s Business Domains Net sales \162.6 billion Sales by segment Commodity Chemicals ● Commodity Chemicals 33.9% \55.1 billion ● Acrylic Products 31.4% \51.0 billion ● Specialty Chemicals 15.0% \24.3 billion ● Plastics 18.8% \30.5 billion ● Other Businesses 0.9% \1.4 billion Acrylic Products P. 6 P. 8