ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CLOSING US SPANDEX UNIT

摘要

Tokyo, Japan - Spandex fibre manufacturer Asahi Kasei Fibers, with six manufacturing sites worldwide, is restructuring operations and closing its US unit, a move it says is designed to "improve business results." The US subsidiary, Asahi Kasei Spandex America Inc., which employs 133 people, will stop manufacturing elastic polyurethane fibres in October this year, the company announced, 3 August 2012.