Kuraray

Kuraray Co., Ltd.
株式会社クラレ
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 3405
Nikkei 225 Component
IndustryChemicals
FoundedKurashiki, Okayama, Japan (June 24, 1926; 98 years ago (1926-06-24))
FounderMagosaburō Ōhara
Torajiro Kojima
HeadquartersOte 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
¥44.3 billion (2020)
¥2.6 billion (2020)[1]
Number of employees
11,219 (consolidated as of December 31, 2020)
SubsidiariesCalgon Carbon Corporation

Chemviron

MonoSol, LLC
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
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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.

  1. ^ "Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)" (PDF). Kuraray Co., Ltd. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Company Overview". Kuraray. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on September 18, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kuraray: about us". Kuraray. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. 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. 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.