Kuraray

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Type	Public KK
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	Chemicals Resins Fibers Textiles High performance materials Dental materials
Revenue	$ 4.01 billion USD (FY 2013) (¥ 413.48 billion JPY) (FY 2013)
Profit	$ 285 million USD (FY 2013) (¥ 29.39 billion JPY) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	7,550 (consolidated as of March 31, 2014)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references

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
• POVAL
• Septon
• Vectran
• Butacite® 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

External links

• Official global website (English)
• Kuraray America, Inc.
• Kuraray Europe GmbH