name asahi kasei kabushiki gaisha type public kk traded as tyo 3407 topix 100 component nikkei 225 component industry chemical industry founded may 21 1931 ; 85 years ago 1931 05 21 headquarters jinbocho mitsui buildings kanda jinbocho 1 105 chiyoda tokyo 101 8101 japan key people ichiro ito chairman of the board toshio asano president products chemicals fibers construction materials pharmaceuticals medical devices electronic devices and materials revenue 18.5 billion fy 2014 1 897 billion fy 2014 net income 989.7 million fy 2014 101.29 billion fy 2014 number of employees 29 127 consolidated as of march 31 2014 website official website footnotes references 1 2 asahi kasei corporation asahi kasei kabushiki gaisha is a global japanese chemical company . its main products are chemicals and materials science . it was founded in may 1931 using the paid in capital of nobeoka ammonia fiber co. ltd a nobeoka miyazaki based producer of ammonia nitric acid and other chemicals . now headquartered in tokyo with offices and plants across japan as well as china singapore thailand u.s.a. and germany . the company is listed on the first section of tokyo stock exchange and is a constituent of the topix 100 3 and nikkei 225 4 stock market indices . asahi kasei is a member of the mizuho keiretsu . contents 1 history 2 statistics 3 achievements 4 locations 5 business segments and products 6 major contributions of xyron 7 references 8 external links history edit the company asahi kasei began in the year 1931 with the production of chemicals that included ammonia and nitric acids . in 1949 exchanges between stocks started up between tokyo osaka and nagoya . asahi kasei entered into a joint petrochemical venture with dow chemical . a production of polystyrene and saran wrap began in 1952 . diversification into acrylonitrile construction materials petrochemicals glass fabrics ethylene housing medical devices electronics engineered resins semiconductors pharmaceuticals and liquors began in the 1960s and 1990s . net sales exceeded 10 billion globally in the years 2000 2003 . finally in the years 2008 2009 there was further diversification into medical devices . statistics edit the company makes about 18 billion dollars globally in annual net sales . their core operating segments include chemicals 43.4 % homes 27.2 % healthcare 7.95 % fibers 7 % electronics 10 % construction materials 3.3 % services engineering and others 1.2 % achievements edit asahi kasei has won many awards over the years of being a company . these awards include the 2013 spe automotive innovation awards most innovative use of plastics in the materials category for their sunvieo ultrahigh mfr tpv nissan sentra instrument panel skin . other awards include the 2012 spe automotive innovation awards for being the most innovative use of plastics again for the materials category for their leona 60 % gf pa 66 6i with class a surface for register vanes lincoln mkz ford fusion ford escape . they won another award in 2011 at the spe automotive innovation awards for the most innovative use of plastics of body exterior category thermylene gf pp for largest injection molded & twin sheet thermoformed cargo box ram truck . http www.asahi kasei.co.jp asahi en aboutasahi profile locations edit they currently employ 25 000 people and have a total of 54 manufacturing facilities found in different areas all over the world . some of these places include north america europe south asia east asia and japan . their operations in north america are located in michigan new york new jersey and mexico . in europe it has its site in brussels milan . the sites in japan are located in tokyo kawasaki nobeoka and mizushima . the sites in south and east asia are operate in suzhou shanghai thailand and singapore . business segments and products edit the main operations of the company are divided into the following four business sectors 5 chemicals & fibers chemicals polymer products specialty chemicals fibers homes & construction materials foundation systems insulation materials aac related products structural materials order built homes real estate related operations building remodeling electronics lsis hall elements and hall ics clean energy materials optical and printing materials electronic materials health care blood transfusion devices blood purification devices bioprocess products leukocyte reduction filters virus removal filters orthopedics and urology pharmaceuticals critical care devices defibrillators wearable defibrillators automated cpr systems temperature management systems data solutions diagnostic reagents nutritional products major contributions of xyron edit asahi kasei s product xyron contributes several major advantages and contributions to the company . for instance xyron is a halogen free flame retardancy . it has low mold shrinkage paired with dimensional accuracy and stability . xyron resists acid and alkalis and is created for electrical property . not only does it have processability and workability but contributes a low water absorption hot water resistance and hydrolytic stability . xyron has a low specific gravity of 1.06 1.10 eep ps non fill . finally it has a heat resistance of up to 85 170 degrees celsius . references edit corporate profile . retrieved august 6 2014 . asahi kasei financial statements . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved august 6 2014 . topix large70 components pdf . japan exchange group . retrieved august 6 2014 . components nikkei stock average . nikkei inc. retrieved august 6 2014 . asahi kasei products . retrieved august 6 2014 . external links edit japan portal chemistry portal engineering portal companies portal asahi kasei corporation website english company history books shashi . shashi interest group . april 2016 . wiki collection of bibliographic works on asahi kasei v t e topix 100 companies of japan core 30 7 & i astellas canon denso fanuc hitachi honda jr central jr east jt kddi mitsubishi corporation mitsubishi estate mitsui & co. mitsui fudosan mizuho mufg murata nissan nomura ntt ntt docomo panasonic shin etsu softbank sony sumitomo mitsui financial takeda tokio marine toyota large 70 on ajinomoto ana asahi breweries asahi kasei bank of yokohama bridgestone chubu electric power dai ichi life daiichi sankyo daikin daito trust construction daiwa house daiwa securities eisai fast retailing fujifilm fuji heavy industries fujitsu hoya inpex isuzu itochu japan airlines jr west jfe jx kao kepco keyence kirin komatsu kubota kyocera marubeni mazda mitsubishi chemical mitsubishi electric mitsubishi heavy industries ms & ad nidec nintendo nitto denko nssmc ono pharmaceutical oriental land orix osaka gas otsuka pharmaceutical rakuten resona secom sekisui house shionogi shiseido smc sompo holdings sumitomo corporation sumitomo electric sumitomo metal mining sumitomo mitsui trust sumitomo realty suzuki t & d holdings tokyo electron tokyo gas toray toshiba unicharm yamato transport v t e nikkei 225 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