Founding Sponsors

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Asahi Kasei is one of Japanese leading company groups covering a wide range of fields from chemicals, fibers, textiles, pharmaceutical, medical products, electronics, construction materials and housing.  The sales of Asahi Kasei group is JPY 1,696,789 millions (fiscal ’07).  It is also a global leader of membrane products such as battery separator, hemodialyzer, virus removal filter, ion exchange membrane etc.  Among them it has marketed MF and UF hollow fiber membrane modules under the name of Microza for more than 30 years and has gained a high reputation from customers worldwide in various industries.

Currently, Microza is focusing its business in the water purification field for both drinking water and sewage applications with its ‘High Crystalline PVDF Membrane’ providing excellent reliability and long membrane life.  It has been taking a leading position in the market with more than 600 installations worldwide including 360,000m3/d drinking water plant in US, 191,000m3/d sewage recovery plant in Singapore and 100,000 m3/d MBR plant in China.  It is expanding further into the emerging areas like China, Middle East, India and South East Asia while developing wider range of products from pressure- to submerged-type modules.