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Kuraray

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Type
  
Public K.K.

Founded
  
24 June 1926

Industry
  
Chemicals

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Traded as
  
TYO: 3405 Nikkei 225 Component

Key people
  
Fumio Ito (President and CEO)

Products
  
Chemicals Resins Fibers Textiles High performance materials Dental materials

Revenue
  
$ 4.01 billion USD (FY 2013) (¥ 413.48 billion JPY) (FY 2013)

Stock price
  
3405 (TYO) JP¥ 1,669 -38.00 (-2.23%)17 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Founders
  
Magosaburō Ōhara, Torajirō Kojima

Subsidiaries
  
Plantic Technologies, EVAL Europe N.V.

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). As of June 2007, Kuraray was the sole worldwide producer of Vectran liquid crystal polymer (LCP) fibre.

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

Kuraray is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.

Product Offerings

  • Clarino
  • EVAL
  • Genestar
  • MOWIOL
  • MOWITAL / PIOLOFORM
  • KURARAY POVAL
  • Septon
  • Vectran
  • Butacite® / TROSIFOL brand polyvinyl butyral
  • Liquid farnesene rubber (LFR)
  • References

    Kuraray Wikipedia