Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Europe GmbH

Asahi Kasei‘s challenge for next generation automotive in Europe

28th May 2018 Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH R&D center Hiromi Nakafutami

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Asahi Kasei’s great inventions

LIB (Lithium ion Battery)

Dr. Akira Yoshino

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Asahi Kasei’s great inventions

Electronic Compass

4 Asahi Kasei X (multiplied by) You (the customer)

Asahi Technologies in AKXY

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Asahi Kasei Group Overview

Material business sector

Health Care business sector

Homes business sector

Asahi Kasei Corp.

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp.

Asahi Kasei Homes Corp.

Asahi Kasei Construction

Materials Corp.

Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp.

Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd.

ZOLL Medical Corporation

Company name

Employee*

Head Office Paid-in capital

President

Founding

Asahi Kasei Corp.

1922 34,670 * At March31, 2018

Chiyoda, Tokyo ¥103.3 billion

Hideki Kobori

Fiscal 2017 results

Net sales ¥2,042.2 billion (approx. 15 billion euros )

Tokyo Head Office

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CVC*

Polypore

Crystal IS: UVC LED

ZOLL, CVC*

* CVC; Corporate venture capital to achieve new technology

Shanghai China

Guangzhou, China

Vietnam CAE Center

Polypore

Main R&D bases around the world

Dormagen, Germany R&D Center

R&D sites in Japan

Core R&D Singapore

Asahi Kasei Pharma America

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R&D center location and structure

Engineering Plastics

Performance Coating

Synthetic Rubber

Corporate R&D (Electrolyte, composites)

1. Technical Support 2. Market development

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To keep global temperature increase "well below" 2°C (36°F) and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C

Entity Target By Below

EU 40%

2030

1990

Japan 26% 2013

China 60-65% 2005

India 33-35% 2005

Russia 25-30% 1990

USA 26-28%? 2025 2005

CO2 reduction target

Paris agreement （Nov 2016－）

Abandon nuclear power by 2022 （Germany)

Major OEMs need to cut off fleet emissions by ~30％ by 2020 to meet EU emissions target

Mega trends in the environment in Europe

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Renewable Energy Sources

Alkaline water

Electrolyzer

H2O ⇒ H2 ＋1/2 O2

GAS

Chemical Reaction

CO2

CO2 Free CH3OH

CO2 Free CH4

Green fuel

5% Mix

Fuel

H2

CO2 free

H2

Gas

H2 Project (Clean Energy Project)

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H2 Project in Herten (Clean Energy Project)

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Mega trends in the automotive industry

Reduce CO2 emission

Electrification Lightweight

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Asahi Kasei ‘s global innovation strategy

Innovative technologies and novel solutions

Environment

SAFETY ENVIROMENT COMFORT

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LEONA fiber for Airbags

Functional material for paint / coating

LEONA PA66 resin for engine related parts

Daramic Lead acid battery

separator

Speech recognition system For navigation, audio LSIs

LEONA fiber for Tire cord

Diramica Seat skin

Sensors for electric motors

Synthetic rubber for fuel-efficient Tires

TENAC low VOC polyacetal

for interiors

Hipore and Celgard LIB separator

XYRON for battery related parts

SunForce foam beads

for battery parts

Wide spectrum of products in AKXY

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Superior Rubber for eco tires

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Networking – Science

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Trade shows and conferences

Networking – Corporate level

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Networking – Life in Düsseldorf

2018 Feb JUDO work shop in Düsseldorf

The commitment of the Asahi Kasei Group:

To do all that we can in every era to help the people of the world

make the most of life and attain fulfillment in living.

Since our founding, we have always been deeply committed

to contributing to the development of society,

boldly anticipating the emergence of new needs.

This is what we mean by “Creating for Tomorrow.”

Creating for Tomorrow

The commitment of the Asahi Kasei Group:

To do all that we can in every era to help the people of the world

make the most of life and attain fulfillment in living.

Since our founding, we have always been deeply committed

to contributing to the development of society,

boldly anticipating the emergence of new needs.

This is what we mean by “Creating for Tomorrow.”

Creating for Tomorrow