Asahi/America Company News Updates

Asahi/America will be running on a skeleton crew on Monday, October 14 in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day. Emergency orders will ship and customer service will be available to answer calls. We will resume full operations on Tuesday, October 15.

New Field Service Request Form Available

Asahi/America has a new online form to request technical field service. The form can be used to request welding tool training, welding tool repair, single wall and double contained piping weld training, actuation issues, and leak detection startup.

Use this link from your computer or mobile device. It can be found on our website, under "Service Center", then click "Field Technician Request".

The requested date should be at least two weeks before scheduled need. It is important to get the site/ user contact for all tool repair requests.

The Asahi/America serial number is a required field that should be filled out with accurate tool info. If request is not for tool repair, simply type in N/A.

Please contact Welding and Standards Manager, Joe Poniatowski, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or phone 781-388-4577 with any questions.

Download a copy of this announcement here.

Webinar On Demand Now Available!

Now available on demand is Asahi/America Inc.'s exclusive webinar presented by GlobalSpec. Asahi/America Inc.'s Business Development Manager, Josh Goldberg, presents a "Polymers 101" webinar covering the science behind polymers & thermoplastics and how our products apply to chemical applications. Watch the webinar here: https://bit.ly/3PIWSsh 

Material covered in this one-hour webinar:

• Difference between a thermoplastic and a thermoset material
• How a thermoplastic’s crystalline and amorphous regions affect the final properties of the material
• Differences between PE and PVC and why PVC ages rapidly at high temperatures and PE doesn’t
• Differentiate between the different grades of PE available on the market for pipes and valves and how to decipher ASTM D3350
• Differences between fusion welding PE and cement welding PVC
• Real-world applications and case-studies of the advantages of using thermoplastics, such as PE and PVDF
• Bonus material on why fluoropolymers, like PVDF and ECTFE are so environmentally and chemically resistant

 Asahi/America - PPI Fabrication Facility

First image of our new Louisiana fabrication facility with lighting and signage.

Asahi/America Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Click here to download a copy of our certification certificate

Asahi/America Recognized for Helping Lawrence, MA Asahi/America was recently recognized by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts State Senate and by the US House of Representatives for the company's contribution to the city of Lawrence. As a result of our new corporate headquarters, the company was commended in the manufacturing and R&D category by the Chamber and legislative bodies for the positive effects it has had in our new community.
Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce	Massachussetts State Senate
United States House of Representatives

November 20, 2014 New warehouse update - The shelves are filling up
So many boxes of valves	Pipe fittings waiting for a new home
Actuation department taking shape	Production has begun!

November 13, 2014 New warehouse update - more products arrive
Lots and lots of butterfly valves	Unloading another truck
All our pipe under one roof	Air-Pro compressed air piping and valves at work

November 4, 2014 New warehouse update
Look at all those racks	Pipe arrives!
New R & D area	Pipe ready to be loaded into the new warehouse

October 24, 2014 New warehouse beginning to take shape
New piping racks going up	Warehouse getting ready for products to arrive

October 21, 2014 New sign goes up on the front of the building
New sign added to the building	New signage on our new corporate headquarters

September 29, 2014 Office staff is all moved in and hard at work
Engineering and CAD department on the 2nd floor	2nd floor conference room
3rd floor accounting and information services	First floor reception area take from product showroom

September 3, 2014 Move in day is approaching quickly...
Carpet is installed on 3rd floor	2nd floor gets new carpet
Warehouse wall is sheetrocked	New metal studs in warehouse

August 27, 2014 And the work continues...
Offices getting readied	A view from the new mezzanine
Warehouse tour in progress	Insulation almost finished

August 19, 2014 Workers are making progress in both the office and warehouse
Conference room taking shape	Mezzanine almost complete
Ducts being installed in the warehouse	Wall going in

August 1, 2014 Things are begining to take shape in Lawrence It is a beehive of activity at our new corporate headquarters in Lawrence, MA. Work continues in both the office and warehouse as preparations continue for our fall grand opening.
A nice sunny day in Lawrence	Work on the offices continues
New Mezzanine is up	Metal studs continue to be added

June 25, 2014 Construction continues in Lawrence Things are progressing at our new corporate headquarters in Lawrence, MA. Framing has been put up in both the offices and warehouse and building materials are arriving daily.
Framing in the new offices has begun	New walls are going up
Frames are up in the new warehouse	Shelving has arrived

June 13, 2014

Construction has began in both the office and warehouse areas in Lawrence

Workers are preparing our new corporate headquarters for our anticiapted arrival this Fall. You can get a true sense of just how large our new warehouse is by noticing the full size dumptruck (bottom right image), which looks like a child's toy matchbox, sitting inside the expansive building!

New conference room windows	Offices are taking shape
Digging trench for new mezzanine	Dumptruck in the new warehouse

May 5, 2014

Banner Announcing Asahi/America's future home goes up on our new building

Asahi-lawrence sign goes up

Future corporate home gets first signs

Asahi/America Announces Move to New Corporate Headquarters Location in Lawrence, MA - set to open in October 2014

655 Andover St. Lawrence MA

March 10, 2014

Asahi/America Inc., a leading manufacturer of corrosion resistant thermoplastic fluid flow solutions, will move its corporate headquarters to Lawrence, MA in October 2014. The 200,000 square foot facility will house all of Asahi/America’s current operations and provide room for the company’s aggressive development plans.

"I am pleased that we have been able to secure a state of the art facility in Lawrence for our new headquarters,” said Dan Anderson, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “This facility will be the perfect venue to showcase our products and grow our business.”

Asahi/America’s new headquarters will not only include office space and an expansive manufacturing and warehouse floor, but will allow the 43-year-old company to host meetings, provide training seminars and better serve customers.

As Asahi/America moves forward with its plans to move from Malden to Lawrence, MA there are no anticipated interruptions in business or to services.

Follow our move here as we will be updating this area of our web site as we progress.

Front of new building

2nd floor office space

Warehouse and loading bays

Lots and lots of room to grow!