01.01.09
Location: OSAKA, JAPAN
Sales: $85 Million
Description: Key Personnel
Takashi Nakajima, president, Kuraray Kuraflex
Plants
Okayama, Saijo and Ibaragi
Processes
Resin bonded, thermal bonded, spunlaced, meltblown, steam jet
Brand Names
Kuraflex, Microflex, Flextar
Major markets
Coverstock, wipes, medical, household materials
Kuraray Kuraflex, Kuraray Saijio and Kuraflex Ibaragi are the threeindustrial concerns related to nonwovens at Kuraray.
Kuraray Kuraflex makes thermal bonded, spunlaced and resinbonded nonwovens, as well as jet nonwovens (brand name: Flextar),which were introduced with a capacity of 1000 tons per yearin October 2006. Meanwhile, Kauraray Saijio can make 1800 tonsof meltblown material per year and Kuraflex Ibaragi makes 3500tons of spunlaced nonwovens per year.
As for the nonwovens project of Kuraray, the disposable products,such as baby wet tissues, windshield wipers for business useand sanitary products represent 70-80% of sales of whole manufactureredgoods.
In comparison to other applications, the demand is fairly stablein these markets. Still, future expansion of this operation is difficultwith only existing nonwovens, so adding value to existingproducts is needed to achieve future growth. This has encouragedKuraray to start making new nonwovens such as Flextar, its steamjet nonwovens brand. Other efforts include medical dressings withstretch properties, which were commercialized last year and atatami mat using Dow Kakoh and Flextar. Kuraray intends to promotethe development of new applications as interior finishingproducts, making use of their acoustical benefits as well as shockabsorption and breathability.
Kuraray is pushing forward on a new project to perform in parallel,the exploitation of a new product and opening up the intendeduse to create new leading use applications as an importantpillar of the future nonwovens undertaking. At the core of theseefforts is an attempt to develop new products, making full use ofall nonwovens that Kuraray produces in three areas, medical, cosmeticsand industrial use filters, to promote the exploitation ofthese products to carry the future businesses.
Sales: $85 Million
Description: Key Personnel
Takashi Nakajima, president, Kuraray Kuraflex
Plants
Okayama, Saijo and Ibaragi
Processes
Resin bonded, thermal bonded, spunlaced, meltblown, steam jet
Brand Names
Kuraflex, Microflex, Flextar
Major markets
Coverstock, wipes, medical, household materials
Kuraray Kuraflex, Kuraray Saijio and Kuraflex Ibaragi are the threeindustrial concerns related to nonwovens at Kuraray.
Kuraray Kuraflex makes thermal bonded, spunlaced and resinbonded nonwovens, as well as jet nonwovens (brand name: Flextar),which were introduced with a capacity of 1000 tons per yearin October 2006. Meanwhile, Kauraray Saijio can make 1800 tonsof meltblown material per year and Kuraflex Ibaragi makes 3500tons of spunlaced nonwovens per year.
As for the nonwovens project of Kuraray, the disposable products,such as baby wet tissues, windshield wipers for business useand sanitary products represent 70-80% of sales of whole manufactureredgoods.
In comparison to other applications, the demand is fairly stablein these markets. Still, future expansion of this operation is difficultwith only existing nonwovens, so adding value to existingproducts is needed to achieve future growth. This has encouragedKuraray to start making new nonwovens such as Flextar, its steamjet nonwovens brand. Other efforts include medical dressings withstretch properties, which were commercialized last year and atatami mat using Dow Kakoh and Flextar. Kuraray intends to promotethe development of new applications as interior finishingproducts, making use of their acoustical benefits as well as shockabsorption and breathability.
Kuraray is pushing forward on a new project to perform in parallel,the exploitation of a new product and opening up the intendeduse to create new leading use applications as an importantpillar of the future nonwovens undertaking. At the core of theseefforts is an attempt to develop new products, making full use ofall nonwovens that Kuraray produces in three areas, medical, cosmeticsand industrial use filters, to promote the exploitation ofthese products to carry the future businesses.