Kureha Corporation
Japanese manufacturer
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Kureha Corporation (株式会社クレハ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kureha) is a Japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals, polymers and agrichemicals.[3]
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Native name | 株式会社クレハ |
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| 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) |
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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 [1][2] | |
Corporate affairs
Products
Polyglycolic acid
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]
Polyphenylene sulfide
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]
