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Asahi Kasei Corporation
Type	Public KK (TYO: 3407)
Founded	1931
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Nobuo Yamaguchi, Chairman; Shiro Hiruta, President
Industry	Chemicals
Products	Chemicals
Revenue	▲ ¥ 1,696.789 billion JPY (FY 2007)
Net income	▲ ¥ 69.945 billion JPY (FY 2007)
Employees	23,854 (2007)
Website	www.asahi-kasei.co.jp

Asahi Kasei Corporation (旭化成株式会社, Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha^?, TYO: 3407) is a Japanese company. The main products are chemicals and in materials science. The company has around 25,000 employees and had consolidated sales of ¥ 1.7 trillion in 2008^[1]. It was founded in 1931, and has its headquarters in Tokyo, with offices and plants in Osaka, China, Singapore, Thailand, U.S.A. and Germany. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is part of the Nikkei 225 index.