1980s
1980s
Kuraray established a joint venture in the U.S. to manufacture and market EVAL™ to support overseas business development, and also began producing opto-screens.
1982
- President Taichi Ueno took office.
- Completed EVAL™ biaxially-oriented film plant (Okayama).
1983
- Commercialized KURALON™ short staple fiber for cement reinforcement.
- Established Eval Company of America jointly with Northern Petrochemical Company of the U.S. (became a wholly owned subsidiary in 1991).
1984
- Established Techno Soft Co., Ltd.
- Established Haru-Kuraray GmbH, a man-made leather sales company, in Germany jointly with Marubeni Corp. and Ha-ru GmbH.
1985
- Commercialized soft contact lenses (Kurashiki).
- President Hisao Nakamura took office.
1986
- Established Clarino America Corporation, a man-made leather sales company, in the U.S. jointly with Marubeni Corp. (absorbed into Kuraray America, Inc. in 2001).
- Established Kuraray Family Products Co., Ltd. and Kuraray Travel Service Corporation.
- Commercialized optical disks (Kashima: halted in 2003).
- Commercialized diols (Kashima).
- Eval Company of America began manufacturing EVAL™ in the U.S.
1987
- Provided 1,4- butanediol manufacturing technology to Arco Chemical Company of the U.S.
1988
- Established Central Research Laboratory, Tsukuba Office.
- Commercialized opto-screens (lenticular lens) (Nakajo).
- Established Securir Co., Ltd. (absorbed into Techno Soft in 2001).
- Hook-and-loop fastener manufacturing transferred to Magic Tape Co., Ltd.
1989
- Commercialized melt blown nonwoven fabrics (Kurashiki: transferred to Saijo in 1995).