Asahi Kasei

Asahi Kasei K. K. (Japanese旭 化成 株式会社, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki - gaisha, Eng. Asahi Kasei Corporation), listed on the Nikkei 225, ISIN JP3111200006, is a Japanese company. The company provides chemical products and manufacture products from materials science. The company employs around 25,000 people. The conversion is about 10 Mrd.Dollar ( 2005).

The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Osaka, with offices in Tokyo, China, United States and Germany.