Kuraray

Kuraray Co., Ltd.
株式会社クラレ
Public K.K.
Traded as TYO: 3405
Nikkei 225 Component
Industry Chemicals
Founded Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan (June 24, 1926 (1926-06-24))
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
Revenue ¥485.2 billion (2017)[1]
¥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

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  6. ↑ "Kuraray Expands VECTRAN Superfiber Manufacturing" (Press release). Kuraray. June 22, 2007. Retrieved March 4, 2010 – via K-Online.de.
  7. ↑ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved September 18, 2014.


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