Mitsui Chemicals and Asahi Kasei to merge nonwovens businesses

Mitsui Chemicals and Asahi Kasei plan to merge their nonwovens businesses into a new company, Mitsui Chemicals Asahi Life Materials Co., headquartered in Tokyo. Mitsui will hold slightly over 60% of the shares. The merger is expected to take effect on October 2, 2023, pending regulatory approvals in Japan and Thailand.

“三井化学（Mitsui Chemicals）和旭化成（Asahi Kasei）表示，两家公司暂定将于2023年10月2日成立一家新的公司，将非织造布业务合并在一起。”chemnews.com.cn

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• chemnews.com.cn三井化学与旭化成合并非织造布业务 三井持多数股权 - 资讯 - 中国化工信息周刊网Jun 1, 2023

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