Asahi Kasei has successfully completed the construction of its second plant for Ceolus microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) in Japan. The new plant will increase the supply capacity of Ceolus MCC and aims to begin commercial production of each grade from April 2023.

Under a MOU signed between Chandra Asri and Indonesia Investment Authority, both the firms will jointly develop a world-scale chlor-alkali plant in Indonesia. The new project is expected to produce more than 400,000 metric tons per annum of caustic soda and 500,000 metric tons per annum of ethylene dichloride.

A new report on the use of CO2 for chemicals, advanced fuels, polymers, proteins and minerals by nova-Institute – A deep and comprehensive insight into the evolving technologies, trends and the dynamically growing market of CO2 transformation and utilization.

A consortium including Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4 Impact VC and Asahi Kasei have invested a total of 11-million-euros into Circularise, a start-up firm, to accelerate a circular economy for the polymers and chemicals industry.

Asahi Kasei has commenced the construction of an alkaline water electrolysis pilot test plant for sustainable hydrogen production in Japan. The pilot plant will comprise several ‘Aqualizer’ electrolyzer modules which will help to perform various trial operations.

Asahi Kasei has partnered with Kurashiki City to evaluate and demonstrate the performance of a biogas purification system at a sewage treatment plant in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. The system is expected to refine high-purity methane gas by removing CO2 from biogas utilizing Asahi Kasei’s newly developed adsorbent, which selectively adsorbs CO2.

Circularise and ISCC have announced a joint project under which numerous companies will test a pilot blockchain-based digital system with certification procedures to validate sustainability claims in the chemicals sector.

Electrolysis is said to be particularly good at load control and can therefore respond flexibly to fluctuating energy flows. But it's not quite that simple: a pilot project is being launched in Japan to test flexible hydrogen production.

Asahi Kasei Medical has plans to develop a new filter assembly plant in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. The project will be established by making use of concepts such as manufacturing automation and digital transformation to improve quality and production efficiency of its filters.

Asahi Kasei announces that on October 21, 2021, Tongsuh Petrochemical, a wholly owned subsidiary in South Korea, acquired the widely recognized international certification ISCC Plus for its acrylonitrile (AN) as a sustainable product, and production of AN using biomass propylene is scheduled to begin in February 2022.