Rising Sun Asaka Eihyakawa-XUCHAUN-Clothing leather, sofa leather, luggage leather, soles, uppers, car interior parts, plastic parts

Clothing leather, sofa leather, luggage leather, soles, uppers, car interior parts, plastic parts... The variety of new products in the sample gallery is dizzying. "The polyurethanes produced with our products far exceed genuine leather in terms of physical properties, material structure, breathability and moisture resistance." The person in charge of Asahikawa Chemical (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. introduced that Asahikawa Chemical has 5 modern production bases, located in the port area of Taicang factory is a high-tech enterprise, built a polyurethane R & D center, specializing in Polyester Polyol, polyurethane resin for shoe sole, polyurethane resin for artificial leather, Polyurethane Adhesive and other research and development, production and sales, comprehensive strength for many consecutive years ranked "China's top 500 chemical industry".

Leading the leather resin industry

Next to the automated production line, a worker skillfully controls the equipment, and bags of products are generated from the production line. "This is a fully automatic production line, which can complete the feeding, control, packaging and other processes in one go. Labor usage has dropped dramatically, from 20 people on a production line to 8 to 10 people. A person in charge of Asahikawa Chemical took the polyurethane sole that had just come off the production line and said, it has the characteristics of lightness, warmth, oil resistance, flex resistance, wear resistance, etc., more wear-resistant than rubber, and can adjust its density and hardness in a wide range according to the requirements of use, can be made into a two-color (double density) double-layer sole, the lower sole is a slightly foamed high wear-resistant surface, the inner sole is comfortable to wear elastic foam, much lighter than the commonly used sole material, more suitable for impact resistance, anti-perforation platform shoes, the world's safety protective shoes (labor protection shoes), 15% Featuring a polyurethane sole.
With the development of clothing, luggage, travel shoes, automobiles, construction and other industries, the polyurethane industry has sprung up. In view of this development trend, Asahikawa Chemical has established an excellent team to develop, produce and sell polyester polyols and polyurethane resins in Minato. "With the rapid development of the market, Asahikawa Chemical has established five large-scale production bases in Taicang, Kunshan, Zhejiang and Fujian, and established distribution centers in many cities across the country, becoming the world's largest manufacturing supplier in the field of leather resin products." The person in charge introduced.

After years of R&D accumulation and market development, Asahikawa Chemical has put into the market and large-scale products include: polyester polyol, polyurethane resin (solvent-based, solvent-free, waterborne), polyurethane composite (A B), polyurethane elastomer (thermoset, thermoplastic), polyurethane adhesive (solvent-based, solvent-free, water-based, moisture-cured), etc. Products are widely covered in the world's civil, industrial, vehicle, medical, military and other production fields. For example, the functional waterproof and breathable resin materials produced by the company have been selected by brand clothing companies such as Columbia and Wolf Claw, and have also been used in military clothing, tents and other military supplies.

Asahikawa Chemical currently has an annual production capacity of 600,000 tons and 1,200 employees. The comprehensive strength has been ranked among the "Top 500 Chinese Chemical Industries" for many consecutive years. From January to August 2022, Asahikawa Chemical's production capacity continued to be released, achieving an output value of 2.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.4%.

Ignite the enterprise "takeoff" engine

Meticulous inspection of product performance. On the one hand, engineers and technicians carry out technical research, and on the other side, several peculiar equipment carry out destructive tests. Watching the reporter pick up a cold-proof shoe from the sample, the person in charge of Asahikawa Chemical said that such a sole will not be deformed in a cold environment of -40 °C, and it will not be deformed after 60,000 consecutive flexes.

In September 2021, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology issued a document announcing the list of "quality benchmarks" in Jiangsu Province in 2021, and Asahikawa Chemical's "information intelligent quality management system management experience based on process manufacturing" was successfully listed, becoming the first enterprise in our city to be shortlisted for the provincial "quality benchmark".

In order to continuously improve the ability of independent innovation and occupy the market highland with technology, Asahikawa Chemical has built its own R&D center, which has 20 professional laboratories and a R&D team of more than 90 people, including 38 top technical experts in the industry with masters and doctors; Annual investment in R&D funds exceeds 100 million yuan; It has established close strategic cooperative relations with many top domestic universities, scientific research institutions and world-renowned enterprises (Wanhua Chemical, BASF, Dow Chemical, Lubrizol, Henkel, etc.).
The R&D center is equipped with domestic first-class experimental facilities and testing instruments, such as GPC, DSC, NIR, SEM, GCMS, viscometer, wear resistance detector, water pressure tester and other advanced testing equipment. An independent synthesis pilot plant was built and equipped with dozens of reactors. In addition, the R&D center is also equipped with dry PU leather pilot line, wet PU leather pilot line, microfiber leather pilot line, solvent-free PU leather pilot line, etc.

Asahikawa Chemical invests more than 3.5% of its sales revenue in R&D every year. With the continuous increase of the company's sales performance, the continuous increase in R&D investment has injected inexhaustible impetus into the rapid growth of the company's business performance.

While building innovative platforms such as provincial polyurethane engineering technology research center, enterprise technology center, and postdoctoral innovation practice base, Asahikawa Chemical and DuPont, a Fortune 500 company, jointly established the "Bio-based Environmental Protection Materials Development and Application Laboratory" to carry out industry-university-research cooperation with Southeast University.
Today, Asahikawa Chemical's polyurethane industry R&D capabilities, technical level, test and testing equipment conditions are in a leading position in China, and scientific research has yielded fruitful results, and has applied for a variety of invention patents: a dry embossed color-changing resin and its preparation method and application; Easy dyeing waterborne polyurethane resin and preparation method and application thereof; Preparation method of phosphorus-containing halogen-free environmentally friendly flame retardant polyurethane polyol; Preparation method of solvent-free environmentally friendly polyurethane automotive leather; Solvent-free environmentally friendly polyurethane automotive leather layer resin and preparation method thereof; Solvent-free environmentally friendly polyurethane automotive leather foam layer resin and its preparation method and application......

Up to now, Asahikawa Chemical has applied for more than 80 invention patents, including more than 30 authorized; Apply for 18 provincial high-tech products, 12 provincial new products and technologies, 2 provincial major patent promotion and application projects, and 2 provincial patent new products; Independently undertake the National Torch Program project. Asahikawa Chemical and Ocean University of China jointly researched and developed, and undertook the project of the key project of the National 863 Program "Development of DDT Alternatives and Alternative Technologies in Marine Antifouling Paint"; Cooperate with Southeast University to undertake major achievement transformation projects in Jiangsu Province and obtain special funds for the development of strategic emerging industries in 2021.
Promote the green development of enterprises

"After more than 8 years of development, the company's annual output value has been between 1 billion yuan and 1.5 billion yuan, and it has not been able to make new breakthroughs, which requires us to accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading." The person in charge of Asahikawa Chemical introduced that in 2015, the project of new polyurethane materials with an annual output of 280,000 tons was launched. The total investment of polyurethane new material project is 1.005 billion yuan, plus the scale of the first phase of the project, the annual sales scale of Asahikawa Chemical exceeds 6 billion yuan.

The polyurethane new material project has completed an annual output of 150,000 tons of polyurethane materials for artificial leather, an annual output of 50,000 tons of functional polyols, an annual output of 20,000 tons of polyol adhesives, an annual output of 20,000 tons of waterborne polyurethane materials, an annual output of 10,000 tons of artificial leather surface agents, an annual output of 20,000 tons of thermoplastic polyurethane materials, an annual output of 10,000 tons of artificial leather color paste and other projects. After putting into production, it not only expanded the production scale of the enterprise, but also upgraded the product grade, expanded the application field, improved the environmental protection standard, and greatly improved the status of the enterprise in the industry.
Firmly grasping the strategic orientation of jointly grasping the great protection and not engaging in large-scale development, Asahikawa Chemical solidly promotes the protection of the Yangtze River. Invest 5 million yuan to build new thermal energy pipeline equipment, switch to natural gas instead of traditional coal as fuel, improve thermal efficiency, reduce exhaust gas emissions; Increase waste gas treatment devices and eliminate polluting processes and equipment; The water-based, solvent-free process replaces the traditional solvent-based process to achieve zero solvent discharge. The sewage treatment system with advanced engineering technology is adopted, and the treatment effect is remarkable, which meets the requirements of the ISO14001 environmental management system standard and the Department of Ecology and Environment of Jiangsu Province... This series of measures has effectively promoted the green development of enterprises.

Looking forward to the future, Asahikawa Chemical is full of confidence. The company will further improve its R&D, production and sales strength, place its regional headquarters in the port area, and strive to make new contributions to the high-quality development of the port area.