Oct 18, 2026, 04:30 UTC
Asahi Kasei will cancel 22,859,400 treasury shares, equal to 1.67% of issued shares, on October 30.
Oct 13, 2026, 11:10 UTC
Tosoh announced that it will acquire Asahi Kasei’s 50% stake in Nanyo Kasei and make the urethane-resin-materials joint venture a wholly owned subsidiary; the purchase price was not disclosed.
Source:Oct 13, 2026, 07:36 UTC
Asahi Kasei announced it will launch pritelivir in the United States by the end of 2026.
Source:Oct 9, 2026, 23:59 UTC
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved HOVILPRI (pritelivir) tablets to treat refractory mucocutaneous HSV lesions in immunocompromised adults.
Oct 6, 2026, 10:27 UTC
Asahi Kasei Therapeutics reported that its Pharma DIGITAL website for healthcare professionals suffered unauthorized access, potentially leaking personal information of up to about 558,700 people.
Source:Oct 3, 2026, 17:00 UTC
Asahi Kasei Reform, a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Homes, launched a whole-house insulation renovation service called 'Rokudan' for Hebel Haus homes roughly 30 years or older, costing about 40% less than rebuilding, targeting 100 orders a year by fiscal 2030.
Source:Sep 29, 2026, 20:00 UTC
Teijin and Asahi Kasei will launch a joint textile trading company, TA Frontier, on October 1, integrating their textile trading subsidiaries.
Source:Sep 24, 2026, 06:30 UTC
Asahi Kasei's president Koshirō Kudo said in a Nikkei interview that the company's FY ending March 2027 consolidated operating profit is likely to reach around ¥270 billion, roughly 20% higher than the prior year and about ¥20 billion above its initial forecast, driven by semiconductor materials and pharmaceuticals.
Source:Sep 18, 2026, 00:20 UTC
Japanese police arrested Shoichi Furukawa, a former employee of Asahi Kasei Corp, on suspicion of leaking confidential adhesive technology used in semiconductor manufacturing to a Chinese company.
Source:Sep 15, 2026, 12:30 UTC
Asahi Kasei Bioprocess will unveil the VANTIJ SU-VFC Benchtop at Bioprocess International East (BPI EAST) 2026 to improve efficiency and consistency in gene therapy manufacturing.
Source:Aug 26, 2026, 11:00 UTC
Asahi Kasei held a grand opening ceremony on August 20 for its new Hipore wet-process lithium-ion battery separator coating line in Charlotte, North Carolina, expanding production capacity at its existing Celgard facility.
Source:Aug 24, 2026, 11:55 UTC
ENEOS Holdings and five other companies announced on August 24 that they will jointly conduct a study on capturing CO2 at factories and transporting it by ship for underground storage (CCS), targeting commercialization in the early 2030s.
Source:Aug 24, 2026, 05:39 UTC
Asahi Kasei signed its first non-exclusive technology license agreement with Gao Chemical (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. for Acetolyte electrolyte in the Chinese market.
Source:Aug 20, 2026, 03:55 UTC
Asahi Kasei developed a novel lithium pre-doping technology for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries that raises energy density and lowers cost, enabling use of low-cost lithium carbonate with existing production lines.
Jul 20, 2026, 00:02 UTC
Huahsu launched a new capacity expansion plan to meet demand for AI, HPC, and advanced semiconductor packaging.
Source:Jul 15, 2026, 03:54 UTC
Huaxu Technology, a joint venture between Asahi Kasei and Wah Lee, held a completion ceremony for its second factory for high-resolution dry film photoresist, doubling total capacity.
Source:Jul 10, 2026, 04:10 UTC
First Corporation announced its order results for the fiscal year ending May 2026, reporting 5 orders totaling 416 units with an order value of 20.138 billion yen against a plan of 20 billion yen.
Source:Jul 5, 2026, 23:29 UTC
Asahi Kasei has initiated a fab expansion project in Taiwan to increase its Sunfort dry film photoresist capacity for AI chip packaging.
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