We handle at one go everything from gas production technology, like cryogenic air separation, PSA and membrane separation technology, to container and storage technology, like CE, portable containers and gas cylinders, as well as the means of transportation, like tank trucks. And as a total gas systems company, we supply a variety of industrial gases for a wide range of fields, particularly manufacturing (steel, electronics, chemical, etc.).

We supply a variety of electronics-related materials, centering on industrial gases, to those companies in the electronics industry connected with flat-screen televisions, semiconductors, solar cells, etc. In addition, we widely supply unique products of our own, such as electrode materials and semiconductor substrates, and are deepening our collaboration with other AWI departments and divisions to respond to growing markets as a new segment focused on the electronics industry.

We work to meet our customers’ needs through the active pursuit of materials development, separating and refining the active ingredients found in coke oven gas and coal tar produced as by-products in the steel-manufacturing process to manufacture refined gas and crude benzene, BTX, carbon-based products, tar distillation products and other coal chemicals as well as pharmaceutical and agricultural intermediates, electronics materials and other fine chemicals.

As Japan’s top supplier of medical gas, Air Water not only provides a steady supply of medical oxygen and other gases to medical institutions nationwide, we also provide leading-edge total solution services at the individual level up to the regional medical level in such areas as medical equipment, hospital facility construction, hospital services, and even home and nursing care.

We are developing a variety of business, particularly such community-based lifestyle solution businesses as the supplying of natural gas pipeline, the manufacture and sale of LNG transport equipment/LNG satellite storage tank facilities, the delivery of mineral water, and the development of housing renovation business, all built around our core business of LP gas and kerosene sales, which commands a large share of the market in Hokkaido.

The Air Water Group is a combined business entity composed of a variety of highly profitable and high market share businesses, such as our Seawater Business, Food Products Business and Logistics Business. Utilizing the unparalleled technological capability we possess in each of these business fields, we produce unique products and services that undergird and support the growth of Air Water.