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News Releases 2015

December

Dec22 Company Notice Concerning the Merger of Subsidiary Bio Hard Carbon Co., Ltd. [PDF] (138 KB)
Dec21 Company Kuraray Becomes a Naming Rights Partner for Zao Ski Jump!
Dec2 Company Kuraray to Divest Its Shares in Kureha Battery Materials Japan, Terminating a Lithium Ion Battery Business Joint Venture [PDF] (151 KB)

November

Nov25 Company Announcement of Changes in Executive Personnel [PDF] (84 KB)
Nov25 Company Major Organizational Change (as of January 1, 2016) [PDF] (107 KB)
Nov17 R&D New business Kuraray develops new light guide plates that control the direction of emitted light.
Nov11 Company Consolidated Earnings Report for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) [PDF] (300 KB)

October

Oct29 Fabric, manmade leather, nonwoven fabric, hook and loop fasteners Kuraray Develops a New CLARINO Variation for the High-Fashion Field
Oct27 Medical, Eco-Friendly Kuraray to Release AFFINOS Bioresorbable Bone-graft Substitute
Oct8 Chemicals, elastomers and rubberR&D Kuraray Develops a New Photocurable Elastomer
Oct1 Plastics Kuraray to Expand Production Facilities for Optical-Use Poval Film Providing Thin-Type, Optical-Use Poval Film for LCDs

September

Sep1 Fabric, manmade leather, nonwoven fabric, hook and loop fasteners A Half-Century of Supplying Man-made Leather CLARINO to Be Exhibited at the World’s Largest Leather Trade Show

August

Aug25 Plastics Lightweight, Highly-Functional Resin That Is as Strong as Metal GENESTAR is Chosen as a Component Material for the Toyota MIRAI FCV
Aug6 Company Consolidated Earnings Report for the Second Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) [PDF] (348 KB)
Aug6 Company 2Q FY2015 Kuraray Group Earnings Announcement Presentation [PDF] (729KB)

July

Jul1 Chemicals, elastomers and rubber Price Revisions for Elastomer-Related Products

May

May19 Medical, Eco-Friendly Cultivating Water Treatment Markets in Southeast Asia
Kuraray Chemical to Exhibit at INDO WATER 2015 Expo & Forum
Indonesia’s Largest Water Treatment Event
May15 Company Exhibiting Materials at Two Events in China
Kuraray to Exhibit at Chinaplas and China Glass
May 20 to 23 in Guangzhou and Beijing
May13 Company Consolidated Earnings Report for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 (Unaudited) [PDF] (260KB)
May13 Company Notice of Revisions of Dividend Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 [PDF]（67KB）
May7 Fabric, manmade leather, nonwoven fabric, hook and loop fasteners Providing commercial sanitary wiping cloths and other nonwoven fabrics to food court and restaurant kitchens
Kuraray to Support the Japanese Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015
Producing and supplying KURAFLEX counter cloths in three traditional Japanese colors

April

Apr8 Plastics Kuraray expands into bio-based barrier materials
Notice Concerning the Acquisition of Australia-based Plantic Technologies Limited

March

Mar30 Company Organizational and Personnel Changes regarding GLS business(as of July1 ,2015) [PDF] (71KB)
Mar27 Company Notice Concerning Enforcement of Countermeasures(Takeover Defense) in Response to Large-Scale Purchase of Kuraray Shares and Appoint of Special Committee Members [PDF] (67KB)
Mar27 Company Notice Concerning Shelf Registration for Share Options [PDF] (51KB)

February

Feb24 Company Continuation of Countermeasures (Takeover Defense) in Response to Large-scale Purchase of Kuraray Shares (Summary)
Feb18 Company Notice Concerning Determination of Certain Details Relating to the Issuance of Share Purchase Warrants [PDF] (126KB)
Feb16 Company Business Results for the year Ended December 31, 2014 (unaudited) [PDF] (436KB)
Feb16 Company FY2014 Kuraray Group Earnings Announcement Presentation [PDF] (387KB)
Feb6 Plastics Addressing the Expansion in Global Demand
Kuraray to Boost EVAL Production Capacity in Europe

January

Jan21 Company Notice Concerning the Board of Directors’ Resolution for the Issuance of Share Purchase Warrants [PDF] (104KB)