Kureha Company Description
Kureha Corporation manufactures and sells functional materials, specialty chemicals, and plastics in Japan and internationally.
The company operates through five segments: Advanced Materials, Specialty Chemicals, Specialty Plastics, Construction, and Other Operations.
The Advanced Materials segment offers polyphenylene sulfide, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), processed polyglycolic acid products, carbon fiber, and bead-shaped activated carbon products.
The Specialty Chemicals segment provides therapeutic agents for chronic renal failure, agricultural and horticultural fungicides, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite, monochlorobenzene, para-dichlorobenzene, and ortho-dichlorobenzene.
The Specialty Plastics segment offers household plastic wraps, garbage bags for kitchen sink, plastic food containers, cooking paper, PVDF fishing lines, polyvinylidene chloride films, multilayer heat-shrinkable films, and auto-pack machinery for food packaging.
The Construction segment provides civil engineering and construction contracting, and construction supervision services.
The Other Operations segment offers industrial waste treatment and environmental processing facilities; physiochemical analysis, measurement, testing, and inspection services; and transportation and warehousing, and medical services.
The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Country | Japan |
Founded | 1944 |
Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
Sector | Materials |
Employees | 4,217 |
CEO | Yutaka Kobayashi |
Contact Details
Address: 3-3-2 Nihonbashi Hamacho Tokyo, 103-8552 Japan | |
Phone | 81 3 3249 4666 |
Website | kureha.co.jp |
Stock Details
Ticker Symbol | 4023 |
Exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Stock Type | Common Stock |
Fiscal Year | April - March |
Reporting Currency | JPY |
ISIN Number | JP3271600003 |
SIC Code | 2821 |
Key Executives
Name | Position |
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Yutaka Kobayashi | Chief Executive Officer |
Kazushige Tsurutani | Head of Investor Relations |