Kuraray

Kuraray Co., Ltd.
株式会社クラレ
Type	Public (K.K)
Traded as	TYO: 3405; Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan (June 24, 1926)
Founder	Magosaburō Ōhara; Torajiro Kojima
Headquarters	Ote Center Building,1-1-3, Ōtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8115, Japan; (Tokyo head office); Umeda Hankyu Building Office Tower, 8-1, Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8611, Japan; (Osaka head office)
Key people	Fumio Ito; (President and CEO)
Products	Chemicals; Resins; Fibers; Textiles; High performance materials; Dental materials;
Revenue	¥485.2 billion (2017)[1]
Net income	¥41.2 billion (2017)[1]
Number of employees	7,550 (consolidated as of March 31, 2014)
Website	Official website
	Footnotes / references; [2][3]

Kuraray Co., Ltd (株式会社クラレ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kurare) is a Japanese manufacturer of chemicals, fibers and other materials. Their main manufacturing facilities are located in Kurashiki, Okayama. The company's Tokyo administrative offices are located in Otemachi, Chiyoda in the Ote Center Building and its Osaka offices are located in the Umeda Hankyu Building).[4][5] As of June 2007, Kuraray was the sole worldwide producer of Vectran liquid crystal polymer (LCP) fibre.[6]

The company is listed in the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a member of the Nikkei 225[7] stock market index.

Kuraray is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.

Product Offerings

Various products are described below:[8]

Clarino
EVAL
Felibendy (nonwoven fabric of Sophista composite fiber, see below)[9]
Genestar
MOWIOL
MOWIFLEX
MOWITAL / PIOLOFORM
KURARAY POVAL
Septon
Sophista (fiber: polyester core, ethylene vinyl alcohol-coated)[9]
Vectran
Butacite® / TROSIFOL brand polyvinyl butyral

Gallery

Kuraray's Osaka head office in the Umeda Hankyu Building Office Tower
The company's Tokyo head office in the Ote Center Building
High performance rope with cover made from Vectran
Kuraray's Septon 4055 under atomic force microscope

References

"Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)" (PDF). Kuraray Co., Ltd. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
"Company Overview". Kuraray. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
"Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
"Kuraray: about us". Kuraray. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
"Company Overview". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
"Kuraray Expands VECTRAN Superfiber Manufacturing" (Press release). Kuraray. June 22, 2007. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2010 – via K-Online.de.
"Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
"Product Information | kuraray". www.kuraray.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-17.
Sumito, Kiyooka (2011). "Structure and functionality of steam-jet fiber Felibendy | Article Information | J-GLOBAL". Chemical Fibers International. 61 (1): 32–33. ISSN 1434-3584.

External links

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[2017fy-1] "Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)" (PDF). Kuraray Co., Ltd. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[2] "Company Overview". Kuraray. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

[3] "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

[4] "Kuraray: about us". Kuraray. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

[5] "Company Overview". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

[kpr20070622-6] "Kuraray Expands VECTRAN Superfiber Manufacturing" (Press release). Kuraray. June 22, 2007. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2010 – via K-Online.de.

[7] "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

[8] "Product Information | kuraray". www.kuraray.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-17.

[felibendy-9] Sumito, Kiyooka (2011). "Structure and functionality of steam-jet fiber Felibendy | Article Information | J-GLOBAL". Chemical Fibers International. 61 (1): 32–33. ISSN 1434-3584.