Kuraray

Kuraray Co., Ltd.
株式会社クラレ

Type	Public K.K.
Traded as	: Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan (June 24, 1926; 90 years ago (1926-06-24))
Founder	Magosaburō Ōhara Torajiro Kojima
Headquarters	Ote Center Building,1-1-3, Ōtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8115, Japan (Tokyo head office) Umeda Hankyu Building Office Tower, 8-1, Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8611, Japan (Osaka head office)
Key people	Fumio Ito (President and CEO)
Products	Chemicals Resins Fibers Textiles High performance materials Dental materials
Revenue	$ 4.01 billion USD (FY 2013) (¥ 413.48 billion JPY) (FY 2013)
Profit	$ 285 million USD (FY 2013) (¥ 29.39 billion JPY) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	7,550 (consolidated as of March 31, 2014)
Website	Official website
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$ 4.01 billion USD (FY 2013)

$ 285 million USD (FY 2013)

Kuraray Co., Ltd (株式会社クラレ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kurare^?) is a Japanese manufacturer of chemicals, fibers and other materials. Their main manufacturing facilities are located in Kurashiki, Okayama. The company's Tokyo administrative offices are located in Otemachi, Chiyoda in the Ote Center Building and its Osaka offices are located in the Umeda Hankyu Building). As of June 2007^[update], Kuraray was the sole worldwide producer of Vectran liquid crystal polymer (LCP) fibre.

The company is listed in the first section of and is a member of the Nikkei 225.

Kuraray is a member of the Mizuho keiretsu.