Kuraray
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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[update], Kuraray was the sole worldwide producer of Vectran liquid crystal polymer (LCP) fibre.[6]
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Company type | Public (K.K) |
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TYO: 3405 Nikkei 225 Component | |
Industry | Chemicals |
Founded | Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan (June 24, 1926; 97 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 | |
¥44.3 billion (2020) | |
¥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] |
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The company is listed in the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a member of the Nikkei 225[7] stock market index.