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Business Description
Asahi Kasei Corp (Asahi Kasei) manufactures and markets chemical products.
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R&D Overview
Asahi Kasei R&D activities focus on developing various core technologies through technical synergy. It achieves such synergy by combining human resources, various technologies, and businesses. The company's focus is on the development of new business which includes medium- to long-term corporate R&D. It collaborates with industry, academia, and government, investing in many joint R&D projects, and outsourcing technological developments to various companies, universities, and public research institutes in Japan and globally. The company has a strong capacity to develop a cycle by utilization and application of core technologies and generation of further technical synergy. The Corporate Research & Development of the company operates a stage-gate system to allocate management resources to research projects in stages ranging from the discovery stage to the commercialization stage. With this stage-gate system, the company operates in applicable divisions in the development process from an initial stage to promote the commercialization of new technologies. In FY2023, the company spent JPY105,000 million on its R&D activities, which increased by 6.38% YoY and stood at 3.8% of its total revenue.
Business Segments
Overview
Includes pharmaceuticals, medical care and acute critical care business units. Pharmaceuticals: Provides a wide range of prescription drugs and diagnostic reagents. It also provides innovative therapeutic solutions in the fields of critical/intensive care, urology, orthopedics, immune system, and central nervous system. Medical Care: It provides medical devices for neurological diseases, chronic and acute renal diseases and other intractable conditions, filters for improving the quality of blood transfusion, and products for safe and efficient production of biotherapeutics and other medicines. Acute critical care: Provides professional defibrillators, wearable defibrillators, intravascular systems, portable ventilators, automated external defibrillators and data management systems for care providers. The company markets these products under LifeVest and RescueNet brands.
Performance
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Overview
Includes homes and construction materials business units. Homes: Offers order-built homes, real estate-related operations and remodeling services. It markets houses under Hebel Haus and Hebel Maison brands. Real estate-related operations offer residential development businesses including series condominium buildings and pre-built unit homes under the Atlas brand. Its remodeling services include repainting, reroofing and innovative proposals for renovation to adapt to lifestyle changes. Construction materials: It offers autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) panels, high-performance foam insulation panels, foundation systems, and steel-frame structural components. Markets AAC products under the Hebel brand and they are used in unit homes to large development projects. Markets high performance foam insulation panels under the Neoma Foam brand name. Foundation systems offer piling systems under the Eazet brand and they are used in home construction in urban areas to civil engineering works. Markets steel-frame structural components under the BasePack brand and provide they exceptional earthquake resistance.
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Overview
Includes basic materials, performance products, specialty solutions and electronics business units. Basic materials: Its major products include polystyrene, chlorine, acrylonitrile, styrene, methyl methacrylate, caustic soda, adipic acid, polyethylene, polystyrene, and other petrochemicals. Performance products: It provides various materials for apparel, automotive, kitchen & household products. Its major products include a variety of fibers & textiles, performance plastics, and S-SBR for fuel-efficient tires. Specialty solutions: It includes a range of high value-added products such as electronic and functional materials, Li-ion battery separators, chlor-alkali electrolysis systems, coating materials for vehicles and electronics, additives for pharmaceuticals and foods, and industrial explosives and explosion-bonded metal clads. Electronics: It provides highly functional electronic devices including energy-efficient and eco-friendly UVC LEDs for the sterilization of water and air, LSIs with unique mixed-signal technology, a range of sensors such as magnetic sensors, electric current sensors, and infrared sensors.
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Geographical Segments
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