Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. announced that it has formed an agreement to acquire the pellicle business of Asahi Kasei Corporation, said the company. According to Mitsui Chemical’s Long-Term Business plan VISION 2030, it is aiming with creating and growing a “unique” ICT Solutions business to grow products that will let it create and grow operations here … Read more
Asahi Kasei has decided to discontinue its business for the styrenic resins SAN (Styrene-acrylonitrile resin), ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene), and ACS. According to the company, the operations of SAN plant at Kawasaki Works will be closed in March 2021. The business to be discontinued began with the 1962 start-up of the SAN plant in Kawasaki, … Read more
Asahi Kasei announced on 29 Januray that naphtha cracker of Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp. in Mizushima which was suspended on January 14, 2020, was restarted on January 28, 2020. Initially, the suspension of operations was a result of refrigerant-related equipment issues. The restart was delayed from the previously announced schedule of January 24, … Read more
Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene, a joint venture of Asahi Kasei Corp and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp, said it will restart operation at its naphtha cracker in Mizushima, Okayama prefecture on 24 January, after completing planned repair of the unit’s troubled refrigeration system. The naphtha cracker automatically shut down on 14 January after it detected a … Read more
Asahi Kasei will expand its Li-ion battery (LIB) separator manufacturing infrastructure with completion planned for the first half of fiscal 2021. The company is investing around $270 million on this project. LIB is a thin polyolefin microporous film placed between the cathode and the lithium – ion battery anode. It prevents contact between the electrodes … Read more