KUREHA CORP.

History

YearDetail
1944 Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Established. Produced monochlorobenzene, caustic soda, chlorobenzene, chloronaphthalene etc.
1953 The company has started production of poly-vinylidenechloride.
1960 Kureha develops the world’s first crude oil pyrolysis technique and also developed Krewrap, the first household plastic wrap in Japan.
1969 Developed world’s first technology of crude oil cracking.
1987 The company has developed engineering plastic “Fortron KPS”.
1993 Introduced agricultural fungicide “Metconazole”, “Ipconazole” and Poly-vinylidenfluoride “KF Polymer”.
2000 Company name changed from Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. to Kureha Corporation.
2012 Kureha Corporation Started the commercial production of PGA U.S.A. plant.
2015 It has started the commercial production of poly-vinylidenfluoride China plant.
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