Asahi Kasei to Highlight Sustainability, 3D Printing Filaments, Purging Compounds, and More at NPE 2024
Continuing to redefine diversity and technology in the plastics industry after recent merger ...
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Effective April 1, the combined company will operate as APNA and be headquartered in Fowlerville, Michigan.
<p>Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, a leading international compounder of advanced engineered polymers and polypropylene, and Asahi Kasei Asaclean Americas, supplier of the world's best-selling purging compounds and concentrates, are merging effective April 1, 2023.</p>
Asahi Kasei Corp. is merging its Asahi Kasei Plastics North America and Asahi Kasei Asaclean Americas units on April 1.
Asaclean adds up with Asaclean Plus Asahi Kasei Asaclean Americas Inc. is commercializing Asaclean Plus, a high-performance concentrate-grade purging compound. The new material "fills a hole in our product line" while offering cost savings, Senior Marketing Manager Tom Hanvey said in an interview with Plastics News. It will be available in June. Asaclean Plus is a heat-activated concentrate ideal for hot runners and low flow areas and has extremely effective compatibility with all resins, officials with the Parsippany, N.J.-based firm said. It's also an excellent cleaner with low-residue fo...