01.01.03
Location: Osaka, Japan
Sales: $64 million
Description: Key Personnel
Seiichi Takigawa, general manager
Plants
Okayama, Saijo
Processes
Resin bonded, thermal bonded, spunlaced, meltblown
Brand Names
Kuraflex, Microflex
Major Markets
Coverstock, wipes, medical and household materials
Total nonwovens production for Kuraray, Osaka, Japan, is 18,5000. The largest portion of this output, or 8500 tons, represents of spunlaced nonwovens. Of this, 5000 tons per year are produced in the Kuraflex Factory and 3500 are made in the company’s factory. the Kuraflex Factory’s total capacity is 10,500 tons and includes thermal bonded, resin bonded and meltblown nonwovens in addition to spunlaced.
The overwhelming end use market for Kuraray’s nonwovens are wipes and coversotcks for diapers and sanitary napkins, which represent about 70% of total sales. These fields, however, are not profitable for Kuraray due to intense price competition. To counter this, Kuraray has been promoting the development of new markets for spunlaced nonwovens.
Kuraray is developing nonwovens using specialty fibers to target these new markets, which have not yet been revealed.
Sales: $64 million
Description: Key Personnel
Seiichi Takigawa, general manager
Plants
Okayama, Saijo
Processes
Resin bonded, thermal bonded, spunlaced, meltblown
Brand Names
Kuraflex, Microflex
Major Markets
Coverstock, wipes, medical and household materials
Total nonwovens production for Kuraray, Osaka, Japan, is 18,5000. The largest portion of this output, or 8500 tons, represents of spunlaced nonwovens. Of this, 5000 tons per year are produced in the Kuraflex Factory and 3500 are made in the company’s factory. the Kuraflex Factory’s total capacity is 10,500 tons and includes thermal bonded, resin bonded and meltblown nonwovens in addition to spunlaced.
The overwhelming end use market for Kuraray’s nonwovens are wipes and coversotcks for diapers and sanitary napkins, which represent about 70% of total sales. These fields, however, are not profitable for Kuraray due to intense price competition. To counter this, Kuraray has been promoting the development of new markets for spunlaced nonwovens.
Kuraray is developing nonwovens using specialty fibers to target these new markets, which have not yet been revealed.