Kuraray Co. Ltd. announced changes in executive personnel. The company announced changes in position of Yasuhiro Yamamoto from Senior Executive Officer and Director to Representative Director and Primary Executive Director, SetsuoYamashita from Senior Executive Officer and Director to Representative Director and Primary Executive Director, Yuichi Kawarasaki from Senior Executive Officer to Director and Senior Executive Officer, Kunio Yukiyoshi from Executive Officer to Director and Senior Executive Officer, Yasuaki Wakui from Representative Director and Chairman to Director and Chairman, Yoichi Ninagawa from Director Primary Executive Officer to Standing Corporate Auditor, Yoshimitsu Okamoto as External Corporate Auditor, Nobuo Fujii from Executive Officer to Senior Executive Officer, Sadaaki Matsuyama from Executive Officer to Senior Executive Officer, Yukiatsu Komiya from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Shinichi Yasue from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Hiroaya Hayase from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Hisaichi Watanabe from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Kazuhiko Kugawa from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Kazuhiro Nakayama from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Kenichi Abe from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Masaaki Ito from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, Yoshimasa Sano from Associate Executive Officer to Executive Officer, George Avdey as Executive Officer.
Kuraray Co., Ltd. is the world's leader in the manufacturing and marketing of chemical products, resins and synthetic fibers. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- chemical and resin (45.6%): functional resins and films, elastometers, thermoplastics, adhesives, fine chemistry products, etc. primarily for cosmetic products, televisions and mobile phones screens, foot packaging and paper manufacturing;
- fibers and textile products (29.8%): synthetic fibers and man-made leather, polyester, nonwoven textile products, resins, etc. sold under the brands Kuralon, Clarino Vectran and Kuraflex;
- functional materials (18.8%): methacrylic resin, medical chemicals, carbon materials, etc.;
- other (5.8%): primarily dental treatment and water purifying products.
At the end of 2019, the group had 52 production worldwide.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (27.1%), China (13.8%), Asia (12.3%), Europe (23.6%), the United States (18.5%) and other (4.7%).
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