1965 | First branch of Kuraray Co., Ltd. established in Hamburg, Germany |
1968 | Branch relocated to Düsseldorf, Germany |
1991 | Establishment of Kuraray Europe GmbH in Düsseldorf |
1995 | Establishment of Kuraray EVAL Europe GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany |
1997 | Establishment of EVAL Europe N.V. in Antwerp |
1999 | Start of production at EVAL in Antwerp |
2001 | Acquisition of Clariant's PVA/PVB operations in Frankfurt; establishment of Kuraray Specialities Europe GmbH |
2004 | Acquisition of the TROSIFOL business in Troisdorf (Germany) and Nishni Nowgorod (Russia) from HT Troplast AG |
2005 | Start-up of the 5th production line for PVA in Frankfurt |
2006 | Relocation of Kuraray Europe GmbH to Frankfurt |
2006 | Integration of Kuraray Specialities Europe GmbH into Kuraray Europe GmbH in Frankfurt |
2007 | Acquisition of amaretta GmbH in Aßlar, Germany; integration into Kuraray Europe GmbH and relocation to Frankfurt |
2008 | Start-up of the 7th TROSIFOL production line in Troisdorf |
2008 | Establishment of Kuraray Nordic Ab Oy in Finland |
2008 | Establishment of Kuraray Dental Italia S.r.l in Italy |
2008 | Integration of Acacia Dental into Kuraray Dental Benelux B.V. in the Netherlands |
2008 | Acquisition of the PVB business of Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, Germany |
2009 | Start-up of the 6th PVB production line in Frankfurt |
2011 | Decision to invest EUR 58 million in PVA production in Frankfurt; start of construction work on 6th PVA line in Frankfurt |
2012 | Establishment of Kuraray Europe France S.A.R.L. in France |
2012 | Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. is launched through the integration of Kuraray Medical Inc., Noritake Dental Supply Co., Limited and Kuraray Noritake Dental Holdings Inc. |