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30.10.2019
Kuraray and IMCD: partnership for cosmetic applications with KURARAY POVAL™ LV-grades
Kuraray and IMCD have entered into a strategic alliance to make polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) available as an excipient ingredient for cosmetic applications. KURARAY POVAL™ LV are specially designed for the cosmetic industry and comes with an adapted regulatory brochures / dossiers. The LV grades have a specified Methanol (MeOH) content of <0,3% and have been qualified by IMCD.
15.10.2019
New HYBRAR™ SV-series: Excellent damping performance – even at high temperatures
The new triblock copolymers in Kuraray's HYBRAR™ SV-series ensure optimum damping of noise and vibrations at high temperatures — ideal for use in vehicles
26.08.2019
Kuraray at K 2019 in Düsseldorf: Sustainable materials for a greener future
Speciality chemicals manufacturer Kuraray is exhibiting the recyclable barrier resin EVAL™, SEPTON™ BIO-series TPE raw materials, PLANTIC™, CLARINO™, MonoSol, Mowital®, SEPTON™, HYBRAR™, KURARITY™, KURARAY POVAL™, MOWIFLEX™ and GENESTAR™ in Hall 7a, Booth D06 at K 2019.
23.08.2019
Kuraray Noritake Dental files a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany to protect its layered ceramics technology
Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. (President: Kiyoyuki Arikawa), with its head office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is convinced that a German manufacturer of components for medical ceramics is infringing Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.'s European Patent No. 2024300.
15.07.2019
Sustainable, capable, unique: Kuraray is one of Germany’s innovation leaders
Kuraray in Germany is one of Germany's innovation leaders according to the F.A.Z. newspaper, IMWF and Prognos
26.06.2019
Kuraray´s TROSIFOL business expands SentryGlas® ionoplast interlayer production at Holešov, in the Czech Republic.
On January 23rd this year the first SentryGlas® rolls came off the newly constructed line at Kuraray’s production site in the Czech Republic. Built in just one year, the new facility passed factory acceptance testing in October 2018.
17.06.2019
Kuraray goes Amazon: water-soluble 3D printing filament now available online
The water-soluble support filament Mowiflex 3D 2000 allows the production of complex structures on 3D printers. Now this professional-use material is available on the Amazon Business platform.
22.05.2019
Top scores for apprentices and training: Kuraray ranked one of Germany’s best companies for vocational training
Kuraray Europe ranked by IMWF, Deutschland Test and Focus Money as one of Germany's best companies for vocational training — Apprentice chemical production technicians among the best in their year
24.04.2019
“We create innovative packaging materials with barrier coatings to fight plastic waste”
By 2030, all plastic packaging in the EU should be reusable or recyclable. Environmentally friendly packaging with barrier coatings such as EXCEVAL™ make this goal achievable. An interview with Heiko Mack, Head of Poval Business at Kuraray
26.03.2019
Kuraray at in-cosmetics global 2019: Cosmetic ingredients for perfect care and longer lasting products
At in-cosmetics global 2019 (booth P72), speciality chemicals producer Kuraray is showing how environmentally friendly isopentyldiol improves the user experience of toiletries and cosmetics - and also extends their shelf life.
07.03.2019
Kuraray Noritake Dental concludes a patent license agreement with Ivoclar Vivadent
In February 2019, Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. (President: Kiyoyuki Arikawa), with its Head Office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, concluded a license agreement with the Ivoclar Vivadent AG, whose Head Office is in Schaan, Liechtenstein. The agreement concerns a patented method for producing multilayered ceramics, European patent No. 2024300, held by Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
25.02.2019
Kuraray at ECS 2019: Materials for premium surfaces and efficient coating processes
At the 2019 European Coatings Show, specialized chemical manufacturer Kuraray will present a new heat-resistant Mowital product and two high-molecular Poval materials with a unique viscosity in hall 1 at booth 1-454
08.02.2019
PLANTIC—a bio-based barrier material
Biodegradable Coffee Bean Packaging Made with PLANTIC Receives the Grand Prize from South Korea’s Green Packaging Awards
29.01.2019
Kuraray at Première Vision 2019: Solvent-free man-made leather gives fashion designers more freedom
Speciality chemicals producer Kuraray is exhibiting its sustainable, versatile man-made leather collections Clarino™ Crust, Tirrenina™ Nubuck, amaretta™ Nubuck and Clarino™ Suede at Première Vision in Paris (Hall 6, Booth 6N24).
18.01.2019
Kuraray at TCT Japan in Tokyo, Japan: Launch of new MOWIFLEX™ filament for 3D Printing
Hattersheim am Main, January 18, 2019. Kuraray is launching a new 3D printing filament manufactured under the MOWIFLEX™ brand offering a ground breaking water soluble support material technology to 3D printing. The company is presenting the development at TCT Japan – Tokyo, Japan January 30 – February 01, 2019.