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Qualified and talented employees are essential to a company’s success. Every year companies are striving to keep these employees through innovative human resources practices. Those companies that do it the best have been named a National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™ winner for 2014. This year, among 100 others, Kuraray America, Inc. was […]

Kuraray’s PVB and glass lamination product lines will be exhibiting at glasstech in October. Our booth can be found at Hall 10 Booth 10E43. Kuraray product lines that will be exhibited include: TROSIFOL, BUTACITE and SentryGlas®. For more information visit: http://www.glasstec.de/

The Elastomers Business Unit of Kuraray America Inc. will raise the transaction prices of our Elastomer products by the following amounts effective October 15, 2014, or as existing supply agreements allow. SEPTON™, HYBRAR™ and TU-Polymer USD 0.07 per pound All list prices will be adjusted according to grade Increasing labor, logistics, other process costs, and […]

HOUSTON — Officials with Kuraray America, Inc. today announced that prices will increase by 11 cents per pound of all commercial and XEP grades of EVAL™ EVOH resin. Kuraray America is notifying customers of the change, which will go into effect Sept. 1, 2014 or as contracts allow. The price increase is due to a […]

HOUSTON – Officials with Kuraray America, Inc. today announced that prices will increase by $0.04 on all bags of commercial and XEP grades of EVAL™ EVOH, GF and ETC resins. Kuraray America is notifying customers of the change, which will go into effect July 15, 2014 or as contracts allow. The price increase is due […]

Kuraray successfully acquires DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls World-renowned, integrated vinyl acetate company gains ownership of six GLS/Vinyls’ facilities around the globe HOUSTON – Officials with Kuraray (TSE:3405), a world leader in performance-based polymer and synthetic chemistry technologies, today announced the company successfully acquired DuPont (NYSE:DD) Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a segment of DuPont Packaging & […]

Aiming to ramp up the development of a new biomaterial-based liquid rubber, Kuraray Co. Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Fumio Ito) has signed a new joint development agreement with Amyris, Inc. (Headquarters: Emeryville, California, U.S.A.; CEO: John Melo). In addition to the new development agreement, Kuraray has also made a strategic capital investment in Amyris. […]

Effective May 1, 2014, or as contracts allow, Kuraray America, Inc. will increase the price of all PVOH products by $.05 to $0.15 per pound depending on the grade. This action has been made necessary by increased raw material costs and energy prices which have significantly impacted our operations and made it is necessary to […]

The Elastomers Business Unit of Kuraray America Inc. will raise the transaction prices of Elastomer products by the following amounts effective April 1, 2014, or as existing supply agreements allow. • SEPTON®, Hybrar, and TU-Polymer grades will be increased by $0.15 per pound • All list prices will be adjusted according to grade Increasing feedstock […]

Effective March 1, 2014, Kuraray America, Inc. will increase the price of the following products by $.06/pound or as contracts allow: all commercial and XEP grades of EVAL ™ ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH). Increasing fixed costs have significantly impacted our operations and as a result it is necessary to partially offset these cost increases to […]