1960s
1960s
Kuraray used outside technology to commercialize polyester, and independently developed and marketed man-made leather CLARINO™. In addition, Kuraray was the first Japanese company to export PVA fiber plants to China, before the normalization of diplomatic ties.
1960
- Nippon Velcro established (capital participation in 1964, absorbed into Kuraray in 1984).
- Commercialized hook-and-loop fastener MAGICTAPE™.
- Nippon Velcro began producing MAGICTAPE™.
- Commercialized KURALON™ long staple fiber (Okayama).
1961
- Commercialized PVA film (Kurashiki: halted in 1969).
- Osaka Goseihin Co., Ltd. (now Kuraray Trading Co., Ltd.) established.
1962
- Began producing PVA using the natural gas method at the Nakajo Plant.
- Began producing PVA film (Saijo).
1963
- Began using Company trademark.
- Exported integrated PVA/PVA fiber manufacturing plant to China.
- Established representative office in New York (transferred to Kuraray America, Inc. in 1996).
1964
- Commercialized polyester short staple fiber (Tamashima).
- Established Kuraray Fudosan Co., Ltd.
- Established Hokkaido Mingei Mokko (now Kuraray Interior Co., Ltd.).
- Commercialized man-made leather CLARINO™ (Kurashiki: moved to Okayama in 1966).
- Established Kyosei Chemical Co., Ltd.
1965
- Established representative office in Hamburg, West Germany (moved to Düsseldorf in 1968).
1966
- Completed plant for mass-producing CLARINO™ (Okayama).
1968
- Established Niigata Kasei Co., Ltd. (now Kuraray Niigata Kasei Co., Ltd.).
- Established Central Research Laboratory (now Kurashiki Research Center, and Analytical Technology and Solutions Laboratory).
- President Jou Sengoku took office.
- Started producing vinyl acetate and PVA using the ethylene method (Okayama).
1969
- Commercialized ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer emulsion.
- Commercialized polyester long staple fiber (Saijo).
