09.03.21
Osaka, Japan
www.asahi-kasei.com
2020 Nonwovens Sales: $196 million
Key Personnel
Kazuhiko Sanmaido, general manager, spunbond fabrics division; Koiti Yamashita, general manager, Bemliese sales division
Plants
Moriyama and Nobeoka, Japan
Processes
Spunbond, meltblown
Brand Names
Eltas, Bemliese, Microweb, Smash, Precise, Semia, PUlshut, Ecorise, NanoLeaf
Major Markets
Coverstock, wipes, gauze, packings, white blood corpuscle removing filters
Asahi Kasei’s capacity of nonwoven fabrics in Japan is 6000 tons of polypropylene spunbond nonwovens, 5500 tons of polyester spunbond nonwovens, 3500 tons per year of nylon spunbond nonwovens, 5000 tons of cupra spunbond nonwovens (Bemliese), 2000 tons of compound spunbond nonwovens (Precise) and 1000 tons of meltblown nonwovens.
Meanwhile in Thailand, Asahi Kasei makes 35,000 tons of polypropylene spunbond nonwovens per year and is in the process of adding a new line capable of making 15,000 tons per year to the site.
Asahi Kasei reduced its polypropylene spunbond output in Nobeoka, Japan, following damage caused by a tornado in late 2019. While the company hoped to resume operations following the tornado, the cost of repair, the deteriorated state of the equipment and the time needed to fix it made this impossible.
The plant has supplied nonwoven fabric mainly for hygiene products such as disposable diapers in the domestic Japanese market for about 19 years since it began operation in 2001.
Moving forward, Asahi Kasei will concentrate its polypropylene spunbond nonwovens business in Thailand.
Asahi Kasei has been marketing spunbond nonwovens under the Eltas brand name since 1973. It is used in a wide variety of applications including disposable diapers and other hygiene products, automotive and other industrial applications and deodorizing sheets and other consumer products. The new line, the site’s third line, will further reinforce AKST’s capability to meet ongoing demand growth with higher product performance, quality, and cost competitiveness.
Asahi Kasei has launched Bemliese, its proprietary ultra-sustainable continuous-filament cellulosic nonwoven fabric, in North America via its trading arm in the U.S., Asahi Kasei Advance America. Bemliese is a nonwoven fabric sheet made from cotton linter – tiny hair-like fibers on cotton seeds. Through science, Asahi Kasei is the only company in the world that has developed a clean proprietary process for treating this linter to produce sheets that can be integrated in a diverse array of product designs.
www.asahi-kasei.com
2020 Nonwovens Sales: $196 million
Key Personnel
Kazuhiko Sanmaido, general manager, spunbond fabrics division; Koiti Yamashita, general manager, Bemliese sales division
Plants
Moriyama and Nobeoka, Japan
Processes
Spunbond, meltblown
Brand Names
Eltas, Bemliese, Microweb, Smash, Precise, Semia, PUlshut, Ecorise, NanoLeaf
Major Markets
Coverstock, wipes, gauze, packings, white blood corpuscle removing filters
Asahi Kasei’s capacity of nonwoven fabrics in Japan is 6000 tons of polypropylene spunbond nonwovens, 5500 tons of polyester spunbond nonwovens, 3500 tons per year of nylon spunbond nonwovens, 5000 tons of cupra spunbond nonwovens (Bemliese), 2000 tons of compound spunbond nonwovens (Precise) and 1000 tons of meltblown nonwovens.
Meanwhile in Thailand, Asahi Kasei makes 35,000 tons of polypropylene spunbond nonwovens per year and is in the process of adding a new line capable of making 15,000 tons per year to the site.
Asahi Kasei reduced its polypropylene spunbond output in Nobeoka, Japan, following damage caused by a tornado in late 2019. While the company hoped to resume operations following the tornado, the cost of repair, the deteriorated state of the equipment and the time needed to fix it made this impossible.
The plant has supplied nonwoven fabric mainly for hygiene products such as disposable diapers in the domestic Japanese market for about 19 years since it began operation in 2001.
Moving forward, Asahi Kasei will concentrate its polypropylene spunbond nonwovens business in Thailand.
Asahi Kasei has been marketing spunbond nonwovens under the Eltas brand name since 1973. It is used in a wide variety of applications including disposable diapers and other hygiene products, automotive and other industrial applications and deodorizing sheets and other consumer products. The new line, the site’s third line, will further reinforce AKST’s capability to meet ongoing demand growth with higher product performance, quality, and cost competitiveness.
Asahi Kasei has launched Bemliese, its proprietary ultra-sustainable continuous-filament cellulosic nonwoven fabric, in North America via its trading arm in the U.S., Asahi Kasei Advance America. Bemliese is a nonwoven fabric sheet made from cotton linter – tiny hair-like fibers on cotton seeds. Through science, Asahi Kasei is the only company in the world that has developed a clean proprietary process for treating this linter to produce sheets that can be integrated in a diverse array of product designs.