Kureha America

Kureha America (“KAN”), established in 1976, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kureha Corporation and located in NY. The company is chartered to commercially and operationally represent key business initiatives for the corporation in North and South America. Kureha America employs approximately 100 people in the US and maintains 4 warehouses to service those initiatives. Products include Advanced Materials such as Piezo and Pyroelectric films, Expandable Polymer Microspheres, as well as KF Polymer (PVDF), Carbon Fiber, Krehalon (Food Packaging) and Seaguar (Fluorocarbon Fishing Line).

Kureha has three business areas: the Advanced Materials Division, the Specialty Chemicals Division and the Specialty Plastics Division. In order to help grow profitability, each key area of focus falls under a corresponding business division; advanced products in the Advanced Materials Division, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals in the Specialty Chemicals Division, and high barrier packaging materials in the Specialty Plastics Division.

Restructuring efforts to shift the company's focus away from the manufacturing of commodity chemicals and more towards becoming a leading global specialty products business by selecting and concentrating on key growth areas, have helped make all of Kureha's businesses become more specialized.