Kuraray Europe GmbH

Wishing you all a wonderful festive season and a happy New Year from everyone at Kuraray! A huge thank you to our customers, partners, colleagues and followers around the world for making this year special. 🌟   May 2025 be your best year yet!   #Kuraray

Watch out for the new Chemviron fleet.

We’re proud to announce that six of our vinyl acetate-related products across four Kuraray production bases have now been certified under ISCC - International Sustainability and Carbon Certification PLUS! ♻️   This internationally recognized certification program verifies the sustainability of bio-based, renewable and circular raw materials. KURARAY POVAL™ PVOH resin and MOWITAL® PVB resin, produced at Kuraray’s Frankfurt Plant, join a range of our other ISCC PLUS certified products produced across Europe and the United States, including:   🌍 Our vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) 🌍 ELVANOL™ PVOH resin 🌍 MonoSol 🌍 EVAL™ EVOH resin   Want to find out more about what our ISCC certifications mean for our global supply chains? Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gQJe35ap   #Kuraray #SustainableCertification #EVOH #PVOH #PVB

In November, our EVAL™ team hosted an impactful seminar in Houston with 47 industry leaders from Latin America to explore innovative barrier solutions for sustainable packaging. Highlights included: • Presentations on permeation, packaging design, and recycling regulations. • New EVAL™ and Plantic™ technologies. • A case study on Colcafé S.A.S.’s recyclable EVAL packaging for Sello Rojo® coffee, along with presentations from ExxonMobil and Mitsui Chemicals Group on material innovations, Macro Engineering & Technology Inc. on their triple-bubble shrink film equipment, and Hiperbaric High Pressure Technologies on High-Pressure Processing technology, all complementing the value proposition of EVOH. • Lab demonstrations on packaging analysis and multilayer film extrusion at the Kuraray Research and Technical Center (KRTC). • A tour of our state-of-the-art EVAL plant, showcasing 50 years of EVOH innovation. Ms. Adriana Rueda of L'Oréal Mexico called the seminar “a fantastic opportunity to exchange insights and explore solutions focused on sustainability, circularity, and innovation.” Thank you to our attendees, partners, and speakers for driving the future of sustainable packaging with us! #BarrierSolutions #EVOH #PossibleStartsHere

‘Everyone who receives in life should give something in return’ – that was the view of Kuraray’s founder, Magosaburo Ohara, one hundred years ago. A century later, we’re keeping with this spirit through working within our local communities to make a meaningful impact on people’s lives – and we’ve had a lot of fun along the way!    To show you what we’ve been up to, we’re closing out the year with a blog highlighting our 2024 ESG efforts – our #SustainabilityWrapped, if you will! 🌍️ From company-wide initiatives to individual employee efforts, our team have supported a variety of causes – including Malteser Social Days, the ‘Christmas in a shoebox’ campaign, clean-up walks, Movember, and a whole host of other activities that encapsulate our mission of “for the people and the planet”. 🤝   Find out what we got up to in our 2024 sustainability journey in our last blog of the year: https://lnkd.in/e-i7feUh   #Kuraray

Our POVAL team is excited to attend the American Seed Trade Association's Field Crop Seed Convention in Orlando, FL, this week. It’s always a pleasure to connect with industry leaders and discuss how we can help you achieve your goals. Stop by Booth 82 to meet our team and discover the difference Kuraray can make! #PossibleStartsHere #ASTA #ForPeopleAndThePlanet

How can 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol (MPD) based polyols be used to enhance adhesives for thermal interface materials (TIM), eV batteries and other industrial applications? 🔎   In a recent case study published in SpecialChem - The Material Selection Platform, the team explores key challenges in adhesive formulations and reveals how Kuraray’s MPD based polyols can address properties like low viscosity, strong adhesion, and flexibility at low temperatures.   Download the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/gRK_vwMa    #Kuraray #Chemicals #Thermal

We’re proud to announce that six of our vinyl acetate-related products across four Kuraray production bases have now been certified under ISCC - International Sustainability and Carbon Certification PLUS! ♻️   This internationally recognized certification program verifies the sustainability of bio-based, renewable and circular raw materials. KURARAY POVAL™ PVOH resin and MOWITAL® PVB resin, produced at Kuraray’s Frankfurt Plant, join a range of our other ISCC PLUS certified products produced across Europe and the United States, including:   🌍 Our vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) 🌍 ELVANOL™ PVOH resin 🌍 MonoSol 🌍 EVAL™ EVOH resin   Want to find out more about what our ISCC certifications mean for our global supply chains? Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gQJe35ap   #Kuraray #SustainableCertification #EVOH #PVOH #PVB

🌱 Join us at the ASTA Field Crop Seed Convention from 10-13 December 2024 🌱   Stop by Booth 82 to chat about our KURARAY POVAL™ (Polyvinyl Alcohol) product range of microplastic-free binder solutions. Being inherently biodegradable in water/soil in aqueous solution form, our BPI Certified KURARAY POVAL™ is ideal for use in sustainable agriculture applications such as seed coating, soil improver, spray adjuvant and fertilizer binder.    Our experts, Rina Takeshita, Andressa Argani Abreu, Sandra Fatur and Yuta Taoka will be there to discuss your specific product needs and offer personalized recommendations. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and explore new possibilities for your products.   We look forward to seeing you there! Find out more about the ASTA Field Crop Seed Convention here: https://lnkd.in/eMiqybQf   #KURARAYPOVAL #ASTA2024 #Agriculture #PVOH #POLYVINYLALCOHOL

Meet our colleagues at ISPO next week.