Founding Sponsors

Asahi Kasei is one of the leading groups in Japan covering a wide range of fields such as chemicals, fibers, textiles, pharmaceutical, medical products, electronics, construction materials and housing. The sales of Asahi Kasei group is JPY 1,433,595 millions (fiscal ’09). In the field of membrane products, Asahi Kasei has established itself as a global leader, producing battery separators, hemodialyzers, virus removal filters, ion exchange membranes etc. Amongst them, MF and UF hollow-fiber membrane modules have been marketed under the name of Microza for more than 30 years and have 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 filtration membrane market with more than 800 installations worldwide, including a 300,000m3/day drinking water plant in China, a 191,000m3/day sewage recovery plant in Singapore and a 100,000m3/day MBR plant in China, just to name a few. It is expanding into the emerging areas such as China, Middle East, India and Southeast Asia while also developing a wider range of products from pressure- to submerged-type modules.