Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masaaki Ito; hereinafter “Kuraray” or “the Company”) hereby announces its local U.S. subsidiary Kuraray America, Inc. (located in Texas) has completed construction of a new polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) resin plant. The dedication ceremony was held on April 21, 2016, U.S. local time.
Date | April 21, 2016 (U.S. local time) |
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Attendees | Masaaki Ito (Representative Director and President, Kuraray Co., Ltd.) Tomoyuki Watanabe (Vice President, Vinyl Acetate Resin Company; General Manager of the Poval Resin Division, Kuraray Co., Ltd.) George Avdey (President and CEO, Kuraray America, Inc.; Executive Officer, Kuraray Co., Ltd.) Hajime Suzuki (Vice President, Kuraray America, Inc.; Executive Officer, Kuraray Co., Ltd.) Bob Chvala (Vice President, Kuraray America, Inc.) Scott Landon (Plant Manager, Kuraray America, Inc.) Other attendees: Approximately 120 |
Location | Bayport Industrial District, Harris County, Texas, U.S.A. |
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Production capacity | 40,000 tons annually in Phase I |
Capital investment | Approximately US$300 million |
Region | Annual capacity (tons) | Facilities |
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Japan | 96,000 | Okayama Plant |
28,000 | Niigata Plant | |
Asia | 40,000 | Singapore (Kuraray Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.) |
Europe | 94,000 | Frankfurt (Kuraray Europe GmbH) |
U.S.A | 63,000 | La Porte (Kuraray America, Inc.) |
40,000 | Bayport (Kuraray America, Inc.’s new plant) | |
Total | 361,000 |
Company name | Kuraray America, Inc. |
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Representative | George Avdey |
Capital | US$10.1 million (wholly owned subsidiary of Kuraray Holdings U.S.A., Inc.) |
Employees | Approximately 740 |
Principal businesses | Import and sale of fiber and textile products, resins, and chemicals; Production and sale of poval resins, polyvinyl butyral films, ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer resins (EVAL) and thermoplastic elastomers |
Location | 2625 Bay Area Boulevard, Suite 600, Houston, TX. 77058-1551 U.S.A. |
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