Episode 2
The origins of Kurabo chemical products
Boosting value through resin-blending technologies
1962
Kurabo enters chemical products
business with polyurethane foam
During its post-war period of rapid growth, Japan began domestic manufacturing of chemical products to be used as new industrial materials. Now ready to venture into new fields, our company focused on polyurethane foam, whose final products are closely related to our main business and that held promise in numerous applications.
In order to be competitive with existing manufacturers, we not only manufactured the raw material but also carried out a range of secondary processing in order to make value-added products such as mattresses and furniture. Thanks to efforts in resin blending, we succeeded in getting a foothold in automotive interiors, in the process turning chemical products into one of our core businesses.
2013
Success in mass-producing
advanced high-heat-resistant film
High-heat-resistant film is indispensable to industry, and here we succeeded in the mass production of film just several microns thick capable of withstanding temperatures more than 300°C. This industry-first was made possible by combining our resin-blending technologies with a proprietary biaxial stretching method.
Kurabo’s highly functional film boasts properties including superb heat, chemical, and shock resistance, and holds great promise for use in manufacturing processes. It can be used, for example, in making increasingly smaller and thinner semiconductors, and automotive parts and materials requiring advanced electronics and IT compatibility.
Kurabo’s DNA lives on from generation to generation
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