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Asahi/America Company News Updates

Happy Holidays from Asahi/America!

Happy Holidays 2023

From all of us at Asahi/America, we wish you and your families a happy holiday season! Please note, our facilities will be fully closed on the following days this holiday season:

  • Monday, December 25
  • Friday, December 29
  • Monday, January 1

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!

GlobalSpec Webinar Oct 2023

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

PPI2023

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


Asahi/America Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Asahi 493868 Final certificate

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 Award 2015

Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce

Mass State Award 2015

Massachussetts State Senate

House of Rep Award 2015

United States House of Representatives

Grand Opening Celebration - Click here to go to our "Grand Opening Page"

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Asahi President & CEO, Dan Anderson, and Lawrence, MA Mayor, Dan Rivera, cut the ribbon to offically open our new headquarters

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Honored guests at the grand opening

 

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Over 250 people attended the grand opening celebration

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Asahi/America's new company home

   

November 20, 2014

New warehouse update - The shelves are filling up

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So many boxes of valves

Pipe fittings waiting for a new home

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Actuation department taking shape

Production has begun!

November 13, 2014

New warehouse update - more products arrive

Nov13 a Nov 13 B

Lots and lots of butterfly valves

Unloading another truck

Nov 13 C Nov 13 d

All our pipe under one roof

Air-Pro compressed air piping and valves at work

November 4, 2014

New warehouse update

Nov 4 Racks Nov 4 Pipe Arrives

Look at all those racks

Pipe arrives!

Nov 4 ceiling tiles in R and D Nov 4 More pipe

New R & D area

Pipe ready to be loaded into the new warehouse

October 24, 2014

New warehouse beginning to take shape

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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

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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

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Engineering and CAD department on the 2nd floor

2nd floor conference room

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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 in Carpet is in2

Carpet is installed on 3rd floor

2nd floor gets new carpet

Wall is in wall 2

Warehouse wall is sheetrocked

New metal studs in warehouse

August 27, 2014

And the work continues...

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Offices getting readied

A view from the new mezzanine

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Warehouse tour in progress

Insulation almost finished

August 19, 2014

Workers are making progress in both the office and warehouse

Summer C Room Summer Mezz

Conference room taking shape

Mezzanine almost complete

Summer Warehouse Summer Warehouse2

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.

New Front Summer 2014 New Office Summer 2014

A nice sunny day in Lawrence

Work on the offices continues

Warehouse Summer 2014 Warehouse 2 Summer 2014

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 Office work

Framing in the new offices has begun

 New walls are going up

Warehouse Framing New Warehouse Stuff

 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 Conferance Room Window Offics taking shape

New conference room windows

Offices are taking shape

Construction has begun Dump Truck

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

New Sign 1

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New Sign 2

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.

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Front of new building

2nd floor office space

Warehouse and loading bays

 

 

 

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Lots and lots of room to grow!