Press Releases

Fiscal 2007

Content is current as of date of release, subject to change without notice.
March 19, 2008
Construction of AN and MMA plants in Thailand
March 11, 2008
Revision of group management configuration
February 27, 2008
Construction of a new plant for Hipore™
February 21, 2008
Expansion of capacity for S-SBR
February 20, 2008
Strategic alliance in optical materials with Luminit, LLC
February 19, 2008
Start-up of new plant for Pimel™ photosensitive polyimide precursor
February 5, 2008
Large order for chlor-alkali equipment received from Dow Chemical
Total capacity of AKCC membrane-process plants to surpass 15 million tons
January 29, 2008
New hollow-fiber spinning plant for Planova™ virus removal filters
January 28, 2008
Approval for sale of thrombomodulin in Japan
January 16, 2008
New plant for Sepacell™ leukocyte reduction filters
December 20, 2007
Large capacity expansion at China DFR plant
December 19, 2007
Construction of new integrated research complex
December 12, 2007
Notice of revision of forecast results
November 27, 2007
Expansion of production capacity for Hipore™
November 6, 2007
Asahi Kasei Award for Fashion Design Creativity in China
October 30, 2007
Improper Acquisition of Ministerial Certification by Nichias Corp.
October 2, 2007
Agreement for integration of industrial explosives operations
September 19, 2007
Development of world's fastest phosphorus adsorbent
August 9, 2007
New production line for pellicles for 10G LCD panels
July 10, 2007
Revision of plan for integration of medical device businesses
June 21, 2007
Expansion of capacity for solution SBR
June 14, 2007
Training center for therapeutic apheresis
May 25, 2007
Integration of industrial explosives operations
May 22, 2007
Start-up of health guidance business
May 14, 2007
Integration of spinning and assembly lines in a new plant for dry-pack polysulfone-membrane dialyzers
May 7, 2007
Chinese marketing and sales subsidiary for medical devices
April 20, 2007
Approval for myoinositol assay kit Lucica® MI