Kuraray was established in 1926 in Kurashiki City with the objective of commercializing rayon. Following WWII, the Company commercialized synthetic fiber, which was invented in Japan, and developed a series of unique businesses, including the man-made leather CLARINO, developed as a substitute for natural leather, polyester textiles, non-woven fabrics KURAFLEX, and the hook-and-loop fastener MAGIC TAPE.

Chemicals

Kuraray

Hitoshi Kawahara

Satoshi Yamaguchi

Noriaki Namba

Stanley Fukuyama

Nobuyoshi Takai

Koichi Takano

Toshihiro Omatsu

Hiroyuki Shimo

Hideo Ohi

Akiko Ide

Yoshinobu Nakamura

Koichi Daifuku

Kazushige Sakamoto

Yoji Ikemori

Stevan R. Schott

Tomoyuki Watanabe

Fuyuo Ueyama

Takaharu Kawahara

Stephen Cox

Akira Omura

Tsugunori Kashimura

Yoshimasa Sano

Nobuhiko Takai

Matthias Gutweiler

Keiji Taga

Hiroaya Hayase

Corporate Management and Oversight

Leadership Team

Teams at Kuraray

Corporate Management and Oversight

Leadership Team