Kureha Co.

Kureha Corporation manufactures and sells functional materials, specialty chemicals, and plastics in Japan and internationally. It operates through four segments: Advanced Materials, Specialty Chemicals, Specialty Plastics, and Construction and Other Operations. The Advanced Materials segment offers polyphenylene sulfide, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), processed polyglycolic acid products, carbon fibers, 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 wrap films, draining bags for sinks, food plastic containers, cooking sheets, PVDF fishing lines, polyvinylidene chloride films, heat-shrink multilayer films, and machinery for auto-seal food packaging. The Construction and Other Operations segment is involved in the civil engineering and construction businesses; and the provision of plant engineering and maintenance activities. This segment also provides industrial waste management and environmental related treatment facilities; transport and warehousing services; physicochemical analysis, measurement, testing, and inspection services; and medical care services. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.