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Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. or AGC (旭硝子株式会社, Asahi Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 5201) is a Japanese manufacturing company. It is one of the core Mitsubishi companies.

Founded in 1907 by Toshiya Iwasaki, the second son of the second president of the original Mitsubishi Zaibatsu. It was the first Japanese producer of sheet glass. Asahi Glass Co. is one of the largest flat glass producing companies in the world, owning Glaverbel glass plants across Europe and AFG Industries in North America, and influences the industry as a whole.

Its main areas of production are:

• Automotive glass and industrial material
• Bio-technology and environment
• Commodity and performance chemicals
  • Among performance chemicals, Asahi makes fluoropolymer films, including Fluon ETFE laminate, famous for its use as the external surface of the Allianz Arena football stadium, built in 2005 and the world's largest structure made out of ETFE.
• Display glass
• Electronic materials and products
• Flat glass and construction material
• Optics and telecommunication

Subsidiaries and affiliates[link]

• AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc.
• AGC Chemicals Europe Ltd.
• AIS Glass India. Pty. Ltd.
• Asahi Fiber Glass Co., Ltd.
• Asahi Techno Glass Corp.
• Ise Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
• Optrex Corp.
• Asahi Glass Foundation
• AGC Flat Glass Europe (formerly known as Glaverbel)

Price-Fixing Scandal in Europe[link]

AGC Flat Glass Europe was one of the four flat-glass manufacturers involved in the 2007 price fixing scandal uncovered by the EU Competition Commission. The European Commission said that the firms had raised or stabilised prices in 2004 and 2005 through illicit contacts.^[1] Neelie Kroes, the EU's competition commissioner, said that the EU would "not tolerate companies cheating consumers and business customers by fixing prices and depriving them of the benefits of the single market".^[2]

See also[link]

• Luc Willame
• AGC Glass Europe

References[link]

External links[link]

• Company website (in English)

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Yoko Kanno
Background information
Born	(1964-03-19) March 19, 1964 (age 48) Miyagi, Japan
Genres	Jazz, classical, orchestral, electronic, new age, blues, folk rock, electronic rock, pop, art rock
Occupations	Composer, musician, conductor, Producer
Instruments	Keyboard, piano, accordion
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Victor Entertainment (flying DOG)
Associated acts	Maaya Sakamoto, Nakajima Megumi, May'n TETSU100%, The Seatbelts, Samply Red, ORIGA

Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子, Kanno Yōko^?, born March 19, 1964) is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements. She was born in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She has written scores for famous animated works, including Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, The Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, and is the most trusted composer by veteran and new-wave directors such as Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichiro Watanabe and Shoji Kawamori.^[1] Kanno has also composed music for pop artists, the most notable being Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She is also a skilled keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for The Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions on the various original soundtracks for which she is responsible.

Biography[link]

Professional life[link]

Some of Yoko Kanno's most famous soundtrack themes include "Kiseki no Umi" (Lodoss War), "Voices" (Macross Plus), "Tank!" (Cowboy Bebop), "Yakusoku wa Iranai" (Escaflowne), "Gravity" (Wolf's Rain), "Inner Universe" (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. In regards to making the Stand Alone Complex soundtrack she said:

Having composed in various genres, including blues, classical, jazz, techno, and J-pop, she was once asked if she favored a particular genre:

Since she works in the animation industry, she only receives instructions and storyboards from directors which helps her with composing. However, it is uncertain if all of her works are to be included in the finished project. She once said that this is a way she likes to work, for she does not have to deal with rules during composing.^[4] In reference to this, she once stated:

She was the lead member of the project band called The Seatbelts, which regrouped in the year of 2004 to compose the soundtrack of the PlayStation 2 Cowboy Bebop video game, released in Japan in 2005.

She has composed for many Koei games released during the late 1980s to early 1990s and for Napple Tale, a Dreamcast game. Due to her close involvement in the Cowboy Bebop anime, the game released by Bandai also features her work.

Apart from anime and games, Kanno also composes for live-action films and television commercials. Some popular brands she has composed for are Canon, DoCoMo, Fuji Xerox, Seven-Eleven, Microsoft, Nissan, Toyota, Shiseido, Avon, and Master Card to name a few. Grand Funk Inc. is her recording studio of choice in producing for these two media. Contributions to films started in the 90s but only since 2002 has there been a trend towards the medium. Most of the latter were shown in international film festivals.

She has attended Otakon and Anime Expo in 1999, as well as Anime Expo New York in 2002. In 2010, she made a surprise appearance at Anime Expo.

Personal life[link]

She was married to fellow composer Hajime Mizoguchi, with whom she collaborated on the soundtracks for Please Save My Earth and The Vision of Escaflowne. They divorced in 2007. In addition to Japanese, she speaks very little English and some French, but claims that her English is "poor" and she needs translation help to converse in French.^[3] In regards to spirituality and religion, she said:

Gabriela Robin is a pseudonym that Kanno occasionally uses when she performs vocals. For a long time, the fact that Robin and Kanno were the same person was an unproven rumor. But, on July 7, 2009, Yoko Kanno performed as Gabriela Robin on her stage, proving the rumor to be true.^[6]

Besides music, Kanno also enjoys photography and writing. She has written a number of journals for Newtype magazine of which photos for illustrations are done by Kanno herself as well,^[7] and a selection of photos taken by Kanno of her protegé and former production partner Maaya Sakamoto were featured in the special event program for Sakamoto's 2010 thirtieth birthday concert at Nippon Budokan.

In 2011, Kanno expressed her support and wishes to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, composing a song titled "Kimi de Ite, Buji de Ite".

Discography[link]

Solo studio albums[link]

Anime works[link]

Video games[link]

Movie works[link]

TV work[link]

Works for associated acts[link]

Works for pop albums[link]

(In Order of Starting Year of Affiliation)

Commercial music[link]

This is a list of companies that have commissioned Kanno for commercial music.^[8]

Hired vocalists[link]