Asahi Kasei to Team Up with Nissan Motor, Omron to Develop Power Storage System
Asahi Kasei will team up with Nissan Motor and Omron to develop an inexpensive power storage system made by recycled electric-vehicle batteries, the Nikkei business daily reported. The firm will...
View ArticleJapan's Asahi Kasei to buy U.S. Zoll for $2.2 Billion
Japan's Asahi Kasei will buy U.S. medical equipment maker Zoll Medical for $2.21 billion as it looks to build a globally competitive healthcare business and reduce its reliance on its chemicals and...
View ArticleMitsubishi and Asahi Kasei in Cracker JV
Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi Chemical plan to merge their two 500,000 t/y crackers at the Mizushiman site operated by Nishi Nippon Ethylene in Japan's Okayama prefecture. To operate the larger facility,...
View ArticleAsahi Kasei Seeks European Expansion
Japan’s Asahi Kasei has set up a German subsidiary based in Düsseldorf as a springboard for further expansion in Europe. Asahi Kasei Europe will start trading on Apr. 1 with a market capitalization of...
View ArticleAsahi Kasei: Lower Power Consumption Technology for the Chlor-Alkali Industry
In 1975, Asahi Kasei began the first commercial chlor-alkali production using the membrane electrolysis process. This industrial process for the electrolysis of sodium chloride, used to manufacture...
View ArticleAsahi Kasei and Bluestar Studying mPPE
Japan’s Asahi Kasei and China’s Bluestar, a ChemChina subsidiary, have agreed to study the economics of building production facilities for producing a modified polyphenylene ether (mPPE) in China. The...
View ArticleAsahi Develops CO2 Route to Diphenyl Carbonate
Japan’s Asahi Kasei has developed a new and safer route to produce diphenyl carbonate (DPC), using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock instead of phosgene, which is highly toxic. DPC is a feedstock...
View ArticleMaterial Solutions for the Automotive Industry
Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has built on its...
View ArticleMarine Litter, Tighter Regulations, Progressive Digitalization
The world plastics production, according to the PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG)/Conversio Market & Strategy, almost reached 350 million tons in 2017. China is the largest producer of...
View ArticleCreating for Tomorrow - a New Concept Car
Asahi Kasei and GLM, an electric vehicle manufacturer, have completed a jointly developed concept car called AKXY showcasing a wide array of automotive-related materials and technologies from various...
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