History
1966 Establishment of  Asahi Ciba Co., Ltd., a joint veuture with Ciba,for production of epoxy resins 
1970 Launch of APR™ photosensitive resin,entry into the photosensitive materials business
1971 Establishment of Asahi-Schwebel Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Clark-Schwebel Corp. for production of glass fabric for printed circuit boards
1971 Start of research on microporous membranes
1981 Launch of Sunfort™ dry film photoresist 
1985 Launch of plastic optical fiber
1985 Launch of photomask pellicles at Asahi Kasei Electronics Co., Ltd.,  
1990 Launch of Hipore™ separator  for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries
1990 Launch of Pimel™ photosensitive polyimide precursor 
2000 Acquisition of all shares of Asahi Ciba,making it a wholly owned subsidiary of the Asashi Kasei Group, and changed the name to Asahi Kasei Epoxy Co., Ltd.
2003 Acquisition of all shares of Asahi-Schwebel making it a wholly owned subsidiary of the Asahi Kasei Group
2009 Integration of  all electronic materials operations of the Asashi Kasei Group, establishment of  Asahi Kasei E-materials Corp.

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