About Asahi/America

Asahi/America, Inc. pioneered the thermoplastic valve industry in the US during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Asahi/America History

1971

Utilities Supply Corporation appointed by Trans Global Metals (TGM), a sub-agent for Asahi Yukizai Corporation products for New England – Asahi Sales of New England created.

Utilities Supply Corporation's Vice President, Bud Lewis, stands beside firm's display at recent plastics seminar they sponsored.
1978

Asahi/America participates in the first New York Chem Show. Asahi/America develops the first 1/4″ turn unidirectional electric valve actuators for Asahi Yukizai Corporation’s Omni® series ball valve at the 1978 Chemical Show.

Asahi/America at the Chem Show in 1978.
1984

Asahi/America becomes a US distributor of AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH piping products of Austria.

Asahi/America welding AGRU of Austria's Proline® piping system in 1985.
1986

Asahi/America develops patents for double containment piping systems and begins production.

Asahi/America's Duo-Pro® Double Containment Patent
1988

Asahi/America broke ground on a new extrusion plant, Asahi/America Manufacturing Inc., in a joint venture between Asahi and Alois Gruber.

Asahi/America and Alois Gruber breaking ground on Asahi/America Manufacturing Inc. in Canton, Massachusetts.
1990

Asahi/America moves to new corporate headquarters in Malden, MA.

Asahi/America previous corporate headquarters in Malden, Massachusetts.
1999

Asahi Yukizai Corporation purchases all Asahi/America common stock and merges Asahi/America into a 100% whole-owned subsidiary.

Asahi Yukizai Corporation (AYC) Official Logo.
2014

Asahi/America moves to new corporate headquarters in Lawrence, MA.

Asahi/America Lawrence, Massachusetts Corporate Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility.
2018

Asahi/America acquires Performance Plastics, Inc. of Gramercy, LA

Members of Asahi/America and Asahi Yukizai closing the official acquisition deal of Performance Plastics Inc. (PPI).
2023

Asahi/America constructs and opens a new fabrication facility in Paulina, LA.

Asahi/America's 60,000 square-foot fabrication facility in Paulina, LA.

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