# Asahi Kasei and Mitsui Chemicals to combine spunbond nonwovens businesses

Asahi Kasei and Mitsui Chemicals have agreed to combine their spunbond nonwovens businesses in Japan and Thailand into a new joint venture, tentatively set to form on October 2, 2023.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2023-02-09
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: spunbond nonwovens
- 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

- [nonwovensnews.com](https://www.nonwovensnews.com/manufacturing-news/16236-asahi-kasei-and-mitsui-chemicals-to-combine-nonwovens-businesses), 2023-02-09: "both parties have agreed on a business integration agreement that aims to carry on the operations that both companies run in Japan and Thailand for the production, development and sale of nonwovens products."

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