Asahi Kasei Starts Operation At New Integrated Research Complex

Asahi Kasei has completed construction of a new integrated research complex within its plant and laboratory grounds in Fuji City, Shizuoka, with operation starting today as the Asahi Kasei Group’s key base for R&D and the creation of new businesses.

Construction of this new research complex began in August 2008, to reinforce R&D and advance the creation and development of new businesses in electronic and optical materials and in environment and energy-related technology, fields of focus in the Asahi Kasei Group’s Growth Action – 2010 mid-term initiative.

Serving as the key base for R&D to develop new businesses and markets with technology precisely aligned with market needs, the new complex features large clean rooms which enable the use of a wide range of research equipment and apparatus compatible with high-definition and high-purity experimentation. This will facilitate new businesses development through joint and collaborative R&D not only within the Asahi Kasei Group but also with outside organizations.

The new complex will serve to extend and advance the Asahi Kasei Group’s approach to R&D which emphasizes the combination of established core technologies with emerging technologies, yielding a high-level synthesis of new technology, with results obtained more quickly, in direct contact with markets and users.