Kuraray is a Japanese producer of petrochemical intermediates, resins, elastomers, fibres, high performance materials and medical products. The company is split into three business segments: Chemicals and Resins, Fibres and Textiles, and High-Performance Materials, Medical Products and Others.
Kuraray believes that it needs to pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that will supplement management resources for the creation of new businesses as well as midstream and downstream M&A that will accelerate its development activities. One of its key targets is the IT-related industry, which it says is very fast moving.
Kuraray will continue to invest actively with growth fields with optics, automobiles and energy identified. It will also concentrate investment on the strengthening of its facilities’ control systems and the securing of safe operations.
With two head offices based in Tokyo and Osaka, Kuraray has around 6,861 employees and sales of Yen377bn in the fiscal year ended March 2009.
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Key Personnel
President and director: Yasuaki Wakui
Director: Junsuke Tanaka
Director: Seiji Wajiki
Director: Osamu Asaba
Director: Nobuo Iwawaki
Director: Yoichi Ninagawa
Director: Fumio Ito
Director: Noriaki Yoshimura
Director: Shiro Kataoka
Director: Hiroaki Yoshino
(Updated November 2008)
Contacts
Tokyo head office
Ote Center building
1-1-3 Otemachi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8115
Japan
Tel: +81 3 6701 1000
Fax: +81 3 6701 1005
Osaka head office
Shin-Hankyu building
1-12-39 Umeda
Kita-Ku
Osaka 530-8611
Japan
Tel: +816 6348 2111
Fax: +816 6348 2165
www.kuraray.co.jp/en/
Kuraray
Company Structure
Kuraray is a Japanese producer of petrochemical intermediates, resins, elastomers, fibres, high performance materials and medical products. It holds strong market positions in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resins and films, methacrylic resins, gas barrier resins and styrene elastomers. Kuraray was established in 1926 in Kurashiki City with the objective of commercialising rayon.
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Strategy & Financial Highlights
Kuraray is embarking upon a ‘new’ GS-21 medium-term business plan (also known as G-21) that sets out its strategies over the next three years (starting fiscal year, ending March 2007). In the GS-21, it will place considerable importance on concrete action plans that will enable Kuraray to reach commitment targets. Moreover, the plan sets out more ambitious targets, which assume the successful pursuit of new businesses, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and individual strategic projects. ICIS also provides you with key financial data listed in table form.
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