Asahi Kasei Corporation is a Japan-based diversified chemical manufacturer with businesses spanning materials, homes, and health care. In the materials domain, it supplies engineering plastics and elastomers (including LEONA polyamide 66, XYRON modified PPE, AZP transparent polymer, and SEBS), specialty films and fibers, and functional foams such as SunForce. The company is a leading global supplier of battery separators for lithium-ion and lead–acid batteries and serves automotive, electronics, industrial, and consumer markets worldwide.
In life-science-related materials, Asahi Kasei provides bioprocessing membranes (Planova), pharmaceutical excipients and formulation polymers, and medical devices such as components for dialysis. It also offers process technologies and catalysts—notably for acrylonitrile—and production support solutions including Asaclean purging compounds for plastics processing. The company invests in R&D on advanced polymers, sustainable materials, and recycling technologies, and operates manufacturing, sales, and R&D sites across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
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Asahi Kasei Battery Separator America, LLC, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Asahi Kasei Corp., and Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd..
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