Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH
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Asahi Kasei is a Japanese diversified manufacturer and a comprehensive, one-stop supplier of alkaline water electrolyzers for green hydrogen production, leveraging over a century of ion-exchange membrane chlor-alkali electrolysis expertise (supplied to ~160 plants worldwide). Its Aqualyzer product line, built around modular 10 MW base units, provides electrolyzers, membranes, electrodes, and monitoring systems for large-scale green hydrogen plants, and the company has partnered with De Nora on small-scale containerized electrolyzers. Asahi Kasei is investing in new manufacturing facilities in Kawasaki, Japan targeting at least 2 GW annual capacity each for electrolysis cell frames and membranes by 2028, backed by Japanese government GX Supply Chain funding. The company aims for a 20% share of the global water electrolysis equipment market as part of its strategic portfolio transformation.