Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan (June 24, 1926; 98 years ago (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
Hitoshi Kawahara (President and CEO)
Products
Chemicals
Resins
Fibers
Textiles
High performance materials
Dental materials
Operating income
¥44.3 billion (2020)
Net income
¥2.6 billion (2020)[1]
Number of employees
11,219 (consolidated as of December 31, 2020)
Subsidiaries
Calgon Carbon Corporation
Chemviron
MonoSol, LLC
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[update], 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.
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"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.
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