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• Japanese chemical major Asahi Kasei Chemicals and Thai gas company PTT are to build a $750m complex, including a 200 000t/year acrylonitrile plant and 70 000t/year methyl methacrylate unit, in MapTa Phut, Thailand, for completion by end-2010

  - 2008-04-07

  Japanese chemical major Asahi Kasei Chemicals and Thai gas company PTT are to build a $750m complex, including a 200 000t/year acrylonitrile ACN plant and 70 000t/year methyl methacrylate MMA unit, in MapTa Phut, Thailand, for completion by end-2010. The ACN facility will use propane feedstock in an Asahi-developed process,...

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• Get a Deep Insight into the World Artificial Organs Market

  - 2008-03-26

  Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical devices industry is available in its catalogue. World Artificial Organs Market This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Artificial Organs in US$ Million. The major product segments analyzed are Artificial Heart, Artificial Kidneys, Artificial...

  Tags: ABIOMED Inc., Asahi Kasei Corp., FDA

• Get a Deep Insight into the World Artificial Organs Market.

  - 2008-03-26

  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Mar 26, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Medical devices industry is available in its catalogue. World Artificial Organs Market This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Artificial Organs...

  Tags: Asahi Kasei Corp., Baxter International Inc., FDA

• Luminit Announces Strategic Alliance Agreement with Asahi Kasei Corporation for Holographically Mastered Light Diffusers

  - 2008-02-20

  TORRANCE, Calif. -- Luminit LLC, a worldwide leader in technical innovation in shaping and diffusing light, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Asahi Kasei Corporation to transfer patented holographically mastered light diffusion technology. The alliance includes a technology transfer agreement and development agreements as well...

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• Japanese company Asahi Kasei Chemicals won the ICIS best process innovation award for its sustainable approach to producing an aromatic polycarbonate

  - 2007-11-12

  * Japanese company Asahi Kasei Chemicals won the ICIS best process innovation award for its sustainable approach to producing an aromatic polycarbonate. The process uses carbon dioxide, instead of carbon monoxide, and cuts out phosgene and methylene chloride to produce a polymer free from chlorine.

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• ICIS Innovation Awards 2007.

  - 2007-10-15

  LONDON, October 15 /PRNewswire/ -- ICIS, the leading global publisher of chemicals information, today (Monday 15 October 2007) announced the winners in the ICIS Innovation Awards 2007, sponsored by Dow Corning. The winner in each of the four categories is:...

  Tags: Asahi Kasei Corp., Corning Inc., The Dow Chemical Co.

• Asahi Kasei Reports Consolidated Results for 1st Quarter Fiscal 2007

  - 2007-08-01

  Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2007 - JCN Newswire - Asahi Kasei's consolidated net sales for the quarter were JPY 385.2 billion, an increase of JPY 36.7 billion (10.5%) from a year ago, with product prices for chemicals rising to compensate for increased feedstock costs. Operating profit was JPY 25.9 billion,...

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• Asahi Kasei Establishes Chinese Subsidiary to Serve as Regional

  - 2007-02-23

  Tokyo, Feb 23, 2007 - JCN - Asahi Kasei Corp. announced on Feruary 15 that it established Asahi Kasei Business Management Shanghai Co., Ltd. BMS to serve as a regional headquarters for Asahi Kasei Group operations in China. BMS will begin operation on April 1, 2007, incorporated...

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• Asahi Kasei Announces Commercial Start-up of Propane-process Acrylonitrile Line

  - 2007-02-03

  Tokyo, Japan, Feb 2, 2007 - JCN Newswire - Asahi Kasei Corporation (TSE:3407) has announced that Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. AKC, a full subsidiary, has begun commercial operation of the world's first propane process for acrylonitrile AN production, with the start-up and validation of a propane-process line at the...

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• Asahi Kasei Reports Consolidated Third Quarter Results; Net Sales Rise 8.8%, Net Profit Rises 22%

  - 2007-02-01

  Tokyo, Japan, Feb 1, 2007 - JCN Newswire - Asahi Kasei (TSE: 3407; ADR: AHKSY) has announced consolidated results for the third quarter ending December 31, 2006. Consolidated net sales grew by JPY 96.3 billion from a year ago to JPY 1,187.1 billion, an 8.8% increase. Sales growth was...

  Tags: Asahi Kasei Corp., Independent Businesses Group