is a Japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals, polymers and agrichemicals.
Corporate affairs
Kureha Chemical Industries is a member of the
Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of Japan. It might refer to:
Places
* Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu
* Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo
* Mizuho Plateau in A ...
keiretsu
A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. In the legal sense, it is a type of informal business group that are loosely organized alliances within the social world of Japan's business community. The ''ke ...
.
Products
Polyglycolic acid
One of the company's long term investments is in
polyglycolic acid
Polyglycolide or poly(glycolic acid) (PGA), also spelled as polyglycolic acid, is a biodegradable, thermoplastic polymer and the simplest linear, aliphatic polyester. It can be prepared starting from glycolic acid by means of polycondensation or ...
(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.
[ The company has stated a strategy of committing to invest in PGA for a long period, patiently waiting for market demand to develop.][ To manufacture PGA, the company invested 100 million in a manufacturing facility in Belle, ]West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
to be located nearby a Dupont plant that produces glycolic acid, a primary feedstock for PGA.
Polyphenylene sulfide
Kureha is the world's largest producer of polyphenylene sulfide
Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) is an organic polymer consisting of aromatic rings linked by sulfides. Synthetic fiber and textiles derived from this polymer resist chemical and thermal attack. PPS is used in filter fabric for coal boilers, paperma ...
, a heat-resistant polymer is used in industrial applications such as automotive electronics.[ The polymer its produced at the company's site in Iwaki, Japan and in Wilmington, United States by Fortron Industries, a joint venture of Kureha and ]Celanese
Celanese Corporation, formerly known as Hoechst Celanese, is an American technology and specialty materials company headquartered in Irving, Texas. A Fortune 500 corporation, the company is the world’s leading producer of acetic acid, produc ...
.
References
External links
Official global website
Chemical companies based in Tokyo
Manufacturing companies based in Tokyo
Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Japanese companies established in 1944
Japanese brands
{{chemical-company-stub