- CEO
- Kazuya Nakano
- Full Time Employees
- 1,748
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Address
- Ueno Frontier Tower Tokyo TY Japan 110-0005
- IPO Date
- Aug 1, 1960
- Business
- Asahi Yukizai Corporation manufactures and sells industrial synthetic resin piping systems, phenolic resins, and water treatment solutions. The company operates through three main segments: Piping System Business, which provides ASAHI AV synthetic resin manual and automatic valves, pipes, fittings, and Dymatrix high-performance products for semiconductor and flat panel display applications; Resin Business, offering AV Lite phenol resins for casting, molding, high-functional electronics, and foaming materials; and Water Treatment and Natural Resources Development Business, encompassing waterworks, sewage systems, gray water reuse facilities, well drilling for geothermal power and hot springs, industrial wastewater treatment, environmental pollution prevention, and related design, construction, operation, and maintenance services.
Established on March 12, 1945, and headquartered at Ueno Frontier Tower in Tokyo with a secondary head office in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan, Asahi Yukizai maintains factories in Miyazaki, Aichi, Hiroshima, and Tochigi prefectures. The company serves industries including steelmaking, chemicals, semiconductors, aquariums, mines, desalination, and automotive sectors, with target markets spanning heavy industry, water utilities, and electronics. Geographic operations extend globally through subsidiaries and joint ventures such as AVITOP Corporation and DRICO., Ltd. in Japan; facilities in the United States, Europe (ASAHI AV EUROPE GmbH in Germany), China (Asahi Organic Chemicals Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., ASAHI AV VALVE (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd., and Asahi Organic Chemicals (Nantong) Co., Ltd.), India, Southeast Asia (ASAHI ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. in Singapore and Thailand Office covering Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia), and Korea (ASAHI KOREA CO., LTD.).
Formerly known as Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Co., Ltd., the company changed its name to Asahi Yukizai Corporation in April 2016 to reflect its focus on piping and materials expertise. Recent developments include the April 2025 initiation of full-fledged product development with Kurita Water Industries Ltd. to commercialize PFAS alternative materials and the March 2024 launch of Middle East operations from Dubai Airport Free Zone. In October 2025, the company downwardly revised its fiscal year ending March 2026 earnings forecast, reflecting ongoing strategic adjustments amid market conditions.