Message from the President

The corporate philosophy adopted at our founding in 1931 was supporting the advancement of general living standards with low-price, large-volume supply of high-quality materials for daily necessities. The initial business portfolio centered on manmade fibers and basic chemicals was expanded over the decades to include petrochemicals, electronic parts and materials, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and housing and construction materials.

In 2001 the company name was changed from Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. to Asahi Kasei Corporation, and "We the Asahi Kasei Group, through constant innovation and advances based in science and the human intellect, will contribute to human life and human livelihood" was adopted as our basic tenets. These basic tenets are at the heart of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for the Asahi Kasei Group.

Shiro Hiruta, President