Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells carbon-related products in Japan. Its offerings include graphite electrodes for electric furnaces, carbon black for rubber reinforcement and pigments, fine carbon products such as special graphite and furnace materials, industrial furnaces and related products, carbon and graphite solutions for smelting, friction materials, and anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as Tokai Electrode Mfg. Co. Ltd. and changed its name to Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. in 1975. It was incorporated in 1918 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.