Asahi Silk Weaving

Japanese: 旭絹織 - あさひけんしょく
Asahi Silk Weaving


[After World War I]
After World War I, when imports of foreign goods were resumed, Teijin's rayon thread production faced a crisis due to competition with imported threads of superior quality. However, Teijin overcame this crisis by absorbing foreign technology through two overseas inspections by Kumura, and with financial support from its parent company, Suzuki Shoten, it rapidly expanded the scale of its factories. Meanwhile, the uses of rayon thread gradually expanded after World War I, from braided cords to shoulder wraps, umbrella fabric, and women's obi fabric. In 1947, Noguchi Jun of Nippon Chisso Hiryo (Nichichitsu), seeing its future potential, cooperated with Kita Matazo of Nippon Cotton and established Asahi Silk (now Asahi Kasei Kogyo) with capital of 1 million yen (fully paid). The company introduced technology from Glanzstack, an internationally renowned German rayon thread manufacturer, and also formed a capital alliance with the company.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Asahi Silk Weaving" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[第1次大戦後]
 第1次大戦後,外国品の輸入が再開されるや,糸質の優れた輸入糸との競争にあって帝人の人絹糸生産も危機に立たされたが,帝人は久村の2回にわたる外国視察を通じての外国技術の吸収によってこれを打開し,親会社鈴木商店の資金援助をも得て工場規模を急速に拡大した。一方レーヨン糸の用途は,第1次大戦後には組紐から肩掛け,傘地を経て女物の帯地へとしだいに拡大し,22年には,その将来性に着目した日本窒素肥料(日窒)の野口遵が日本綿花の喜多又蔵と協力して資本金100万円(全額払込み)の旭絹織(現,旭化成工業)を設立した。同社は,レーヨン糸メーカーとして国際的に著名なドイツのグランツシュタック社から技術を導入するとともに,資本的にも提携した。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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