May 30th, 2011

AGC selected the research themes for “the Seventh AGC Research Collaboration Program (Publicly-solicited Industry-Academia Joint Study Program)”

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) introduced in 2004 a joint study program (AGC Research Collaboration Program) to collaborate with bodies such as universities or public research institutions, which are solicited publicly based on the Company’s own needs and seeds. In 2010, AGC made public solicitation with 6 topics related to the environment, glass and fluorine chemical fields and selected one theme among 29 entries as joint research themes related to “Research on next-generation battery-related materials and components” for the Seventh AGC Research Collaboration Program. In addition, we chose six themes as research support themes from among those which were not selected as joint research themes.

1. Joint Research Theme

“Development of precise structure control system using the characteristics of fluorinated organic chemicals” by Ph. D. Takashi Yamazaki, Professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Ph. D. Toshio Kubota, Professor of Ibaragi University and Ph. D. Tomoko Yajima, Associate Professor of Ochanomizu University.
To support the above-mentioned joint research theme, AGC will provide the research materials, as well as research funding of about 20 million yen annually for up to three years.

2. Research Support Themes

In addition to the above, AGC selected research support themes among those which were not chosen as a joint research theme. The details of research support and the names of organizations, which the relevant applicants belong to, are as follows:
・Provision of research fund (1 million to 2 million yen per project as scholarship endowment; research materials may be provided separately)
Yamagata University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Osaka University, Kansai University, Kyoto University,
Shimane University

AGC will leverage the outcome of joint research internally and continuously create new businesses and products. We will continue this program in 2011 for the purposes of extensively promoting the creation of new value through collaboration between industry and academia.

・For the guidelines of application for the AGC Research Collaboration Program for 2010, please access
Referencehttp://www.agc.com/collaboration/index_2010.html
・Guidelines of application for the AGC Research Collaboration Program for 2011 will be released after July 2011. (Japanese Only)

◎For further inquiries from the media, please contact Toshihiro Ueda, GM of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Direct inquiries to: Yasuo Sugiyama, Telephone: +81-3-3218-5259, Email: info-pr@agc.com)

◎For further inquiries from research institutions, please contact Hiromi Sakurai, Office of the President, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Telephone: +81-3-3218-5395, Email: asahi-collaboration@agc.com)