Asahi Kasei

Asahi Kasei Corporation (旭化成株式会社, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki-gaisha, styled as AsahiKASEI) is a <a href="/facts/Multinational_corporation/qrMQSMTb">multinational</a> <a href="/facts/Economy_of_Japan/2KUW30va">Japanese</a> <a href="/facts/Chemical_industry/3M6gfHer">chemical company</a>. Its main products are chemicals and <a href="/facts/Materials_science/N5HrXRYW">materials</a>.
It was founded in May 1931, using the <a href="/facts/Paid-in_capital/wfQ8QNIe">paid-in capital</a> of Nobeoka Ammonia Fiber Co., Ltd, a <a href="/facts/Nobeoka%2c_Miyazaki/AT5TmfY7">Nobeoka, Miyazaki</a>-based producer of <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">ammonia</a>, <a href="/facts/Nitric_acid/UDbwGp6s">nitric acid</a>, and other chemicals. Now headquartered in <a href="/facts/Tokyo/GTvuw4ct">Tokyo</a>, with offices and plants across Japan, as well as China, <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>, U.S.A. and Germany.
The company is listed on the first section of <a href="/facts/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange/GhGV6sc0">Tokyo Stock Exchange</a> and is a constituent of the <a href="/facts/Topix/nE3s0SHa">TOPIX 100</a> and <a href="/facts/Nikkei_225/vmNJQpdd">Nikkei 225</a> <a href="/facts/Stock_market_index/sEoyNPNV">stock market indices</a>.

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