Company Profile

Company Name	Kuraray Kuraflex Co., Ltd
Established	January 4, 2000
Capital	100,000,000 Yen
Locations	Osaka Head Office Osaka Umeda Twin Towers North, 8-1, Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8611, Japan TEL : +81-6-7635-1560／Fax: +81-6-7635-1561
	Tokyo Office Tokiwabashi Tower, 2-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0004, Japan TEL：+81-3-6701-1390／Fax: +81-3-6701-1380
	Okayama Plant 2-4-9 Kaigan-dori Minami-ku, Okayama 702-8045, Japan
Affiliated Company	Kuraray Co., Ltd. Saijo Plant 892, Tsuitachi, Saijo, Ehime 793-8585, Japan

History

1971	Founded as Kuraray Chicopee Co., Ltd. - a joint venture business between Kuraray and Johnson & Johnson.
1972	Production started at Kuraray Chicopee (current Okayama plant).
1982	Kuraray Co., Ltd. acquired the shares of Johnson & Johnson to form a wholly owned company, Kuraflex Co., Ltd.
1987	Merged by Kuraray Co., Ltd. as Kuraflex Division
1989	Meltblown production started.
2005	Sales unit of nonwoven became independent from Kuraray Co., Ltd. by establishing Kuraray Kuraflex Co., Ltd.
2006	Steam jet nonwoven production equipment (first in the world) installed in Okayama plant.
2012	KURAFLEX™ COUNTER CLOTH won the Good Design Award.
2018	Kuraray Kuraflex Co., Ltd. got the certification from HACCP International Pty Ltd. for KURAFLEX™ COUNTER CLOTH.
2021	50th anniversary