# Mitsui Chemicals and Asahi Kasei to combine nonwovens businesses in new company

Mitsui Chemicals and Asahi Kasei have signed a business integration contract to establish a new company through a joint demerger, combining their nonwovens businesses in Japan and Thailand, effective October 2, 2023.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2023-02-08
- Where: Japan and Thailand, Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: nonwovens, spunbond nonwovens, filter systems
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Asahi Kasei](https://endata.com/companies/8888.md) (partner)
- [Mitsui Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/19809.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZRSP649015_Y3A200C2000000/), 2023-02-08: "三井化学株式会社と旭化成株式会社との共同新設分割により、2023年10月2日（予定）を効力発生日として新会社を設立し、当社及び旭化成が日本国内及びタイにおいて営む不織布関連製品の製造、開発、販売に関する事業を承継させること等を内容とする事業統合契約を締結することを決議いたしました。"

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