Kuraray Co., Ltd., is a Japanese manufacturer of chemicals, founded in 1926, and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Their polymers feature excellent gas barrier properties, transparency, weather resistance, good flexibility, film strength, and adhesion properties.
Kuraray develops innovative solutions with unique products and cleaner technologies that align with its sustainability strategies. Kuraray's portfolio offers thermoplastics like vinyl alcohols, polyamides, acrylics, and photopolymers, and TPEs/TPVs like styrenic block copolymers and thermoplastic elastomers, and rubbers.
Key brands of Kuraray include:
- KURARAY POVAL™ range of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol resins
- GENESTAR™ range of polyamide 9T (PA 9T)
- EVAL™ range of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers
- PARAPET® range of general-purpose polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
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