Asahi Kasei Corporation engages in material, homes, healthcare businesses. The company offers Pimel photosensitive polyimide/PBO precursor, a liquid photosensitive material for buffer coating and packaging applications; Sunfort dry film photoresist to form circuit patterns on printed wiring boards; Novacure, a latent curing agent for epoxy resin with storage stability; glass fabric for printed circuit boards; plastic optical fiber; suede products under the Dinamica name; Microza UF and MF industrial membranes and systems; Aciplex membranes, process equipment, and systems for caustic soda production; Hipore, a microporous polyolefin sheet which prevents the anode and cathode from contacting one another; Celgard, a lithium-ion battery separator; Deramic, a lead acid battery separator; photopolymers and platemaking systems; and fiber products under the Bemberg, ROICA, ELTAS, Bemliese, EUTEC, Precisé, SEMIA, smash, PULSHUT, Lastan, Cubit, NanoAct, ECORISE, BioCradle, CMC-Bemliese names. It also provides cling film, bags and containers, and dishwashing liquid under the Saran Wrap, Ziploc, Cookper, Frosch names; packaging products under the OPS, Suntec, Barrialon, PVDC latex, and Saran names; pharmaceutical and food additives under the Ceolous and Celphere names; and clads and anchors under the Baclad and AR Chemical Setter names. In addition, the company is involved in the provision of remodeling services; real estate-related operations; offers unit homes and apartment buildings; autoclaved aerated concrete, foundation systems, thermal insulation, and structural systems and components products; prescription drugs in the fields of orthopedics, critical/intensive care, urology, immune system, and central nervous system; enzymes and diagnostic products; and hemodialysis, therapeutic apheresis, and autologous blood-related businesses. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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