Native name | 株式会社クレハ |
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Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 4023 | |
ISIN | JP3271600003 |
Industry | Chemicals |
Founded | June 21, 1944 |
Headquarters |
Nihonbashi,
Chuo-ku,Tokyo, 103-8552 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yutaka Kobayashi ( President and CEO) |
Products |
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Revenue | JPY 147.3 billion ( FY 2017) ( US$ 1.39 billion) (FY 2017) |
JPY 9.7 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 91.5 million) (FY 2017) | |
Number of employees | 4,374 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references [1] [2] |
Kureha Corporation (株式会社クレハ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kureha) is a Japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals, polymers and agrichemicals. [3]
Kureha Chemical Industries is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.
One of the company's long-term investments is in polyglycolic acid (PGA). The company developed a mass scale manufacturing technique for the chemical, which has been a development project of the company since the early 90s. [4] The company has stated a strategy of committing to invest in PGA for a long period, patiently waiting for market demand to develop. [4] To manufacture PGA, the company invested 100 million in a manufacturing facility in Belle, West Virginia to be located nearby a Dupont plant that produces glycolic acid, a primary feedstock for PGA. [4]
Kureha is the world's largest producer of polyphenylene sulfide, a heat-resistant polymer is used in industrial applications such as automotive electronics. [4] The polymer its produced at the company's site in Iwaki, Japan [5] and in Wilmington, United States by Fortron Industries, a joint venture of Kureha and Celanese. [6]
Native name | 株式会社クレハ |
---|---|
Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 4023 | |
ISIN | JP3271600003 |
Industry | Chemicals |
Founded | June 21, 1944 |
Headquarters |
Nihonbashi,
Chuo-ku,Tokyo, 103-8552 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yutaka Kobayashi ( President and CEO) |
Products |
|
Revenue | JPY 147.3 billion ( FY 2017) ( US$ 1.39 billion) (FY 2017) |
JPY 9.7 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 91.5 million) (FY 2017) | |
Number of employees | 4,374 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references [1] [2] |
Kureha Corporation (株式会社クレハ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kureha) is a Japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals, polymers and agrichemicals. [3]
Kureha Chemical Industries is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.
One of the company's long-term investments is in polyglycolic acid (PGA). The company developed a mass scale manufacturing technique for the chemical, which has been a development project of the company since the early 90s. [4] The company has stated a strategy of committing to invest in PGA for a long period, patiently waiting for market demand to develop. [4] To manufacture PGA, the company invested 100 million in a manufacturing facility in Belle, West Virginia to be located nearby a Dupont plant that produces glycolic acid, a primary feedstock for PGA. [4]
Kureha is the world's largest producer of polyphenylene sulfide, a heat-resistant polymer is used in industrial applications such as automotive electronics. [4] The polymer its produced at the company's site in Iwaki, Japan [5] and in Wilmington, United States by Fortron Industries, a joint venture of Kureha and Celanese. [6]