Asahi Kasei Corporation ( 旭化成株式会社 , Asahi Kasei Kabushiki-gaisha , styled as Asahi KASEI ) is a multinational Japanese chemical company . Its main products are chemicals and materials .
6-497: 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
12-653: The TOPIX 100 and Nikkei 225 stock market indices . The company Asahi Kasei began in 1931 with the production of chemicals, which 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
18-470: The 1960s and 1990s. Net sales exceeded $ 10 billion globally from 2000 to 2003. Finally, in 2008 and 2009, there was further diversification into medical devices. In 2018, Asahi Kasei acquired Sage Automotive Interiors . The company makes about 18 billion dollars globally in annual net sales. Their core operating segments include: As of March 2022, Asahi Kasei employs 46,751 people and has a total of 54 manufacturing facilities found in different areas all over
24-490: The amount of capital contributed by any specific investor. Instead, it shows the aggregate amount of capital contributed by all investors. However, the term has different definitions in different contexts. For example, it could refer to the money that a company gets from potential investors, in addition to the stated (nominal or par) value of the stock, which coincides with the definition of additional paid-in capital , or paid-in capital in excess of par . One should be aware of
30-525: The company are divided into the following four business sectors: Paid-in capital Paid-in capital (also paid-up capital and contributed capital ) is capital that is contributed to a corporation by investors by purchase of stock from the corporation, the primary market , not by purchase of stock in the open market from other stockholders (the secondary market ). It includes share capital (capital stock) as well as additional paid-in capital. The paid-in capital account does not reflect
36-935: The world, including North America, Europe, South Asia, East Asia, and Japan. Their operations in North America are located in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Mexico. In Europe it has sites in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom. The sites in Japan are located in Tokyo, Kawasaki, Nobeoka, and Mizushima. The sites in South and East Asia operate in India, Suzhou, Shanghai, Thailand, and Singapore. The main operations of
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