4023 on Tokyo Stock Exchange
Kureha
Logo: Kureha Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Japanese manufacturer
Kureha Corporation (株式会社クレハ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kureha) is a Japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals, polymers and agrichemicals.2 It employed 4,080 people.1 Its shares trade on Tokyo Stock Exchange under the symbol 4023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Ticker4023 on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
- Industrychemical industry1
- HeadquartersChūō1
- Websitewww.kureha.co.jp/en
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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Kureha Corporation (株式会社クレハ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kureha) is a Japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals, polymers and agrichemicals.2
Products and brands
Polyglycolic acid
One of the company's long-term investments is in polyglycolic acid (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 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, 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kureha Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1944Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.kureha.co.jp/en1
- WikipediaKureha Corporation
- WikidataQ11299598
Sources
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- 1WikidataKureha on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKureha on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsKureha logo by Kureha Corporation, Public domain
- 4WikipediaKureha on Wikipedia (revision used)
- 5Wikimedia CommonsKureha photo by Satojpg, CC BY-SA 4.0