Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Dental products
Kuraray’s success story on the dental market started with the discovery of Phenyl P, the first adhesive monomer for dental medicine. The original MDP monomer produced from this had a profound effect on dental medicine around the world. A success story made in Japan! In 1978 Kuraray introduced its first dental adhesive: CLEARFILM™ LINER BOND F. This innovative dental product was a worldwide sensation. We have now been developing products for 40 years, based on the Japanese search for perfection. In particular, our development work focuses on esthetics, reliability and preserving the original tooth. Products such as the PANAVIA™ Caries Detector and the industry gold standard CLEARFIL™ SE Bond combine top quality with the highest esthetics. Our work is driven by the ongoing development of our products and constant adaptation to the needs of dentistry.
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Auxiliaries for drugs
Kuraray offers a wide range of customized fine chemicals for the production of pharmaceuticals. Examples are isoprene derivatives and the polyvinyl alcohol KURARAY POVAL™ for tablet coatings.
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Pharmaceutical packaging
Packaging plays an important role in the medical and pharmaceutical industry: it protects products from external contaminants, ensures that they remain effective for a defined minimum period by preventing oxidation, and avoids leakages of important ingredients. With EVAL™, Kuraray is Europe’s leading producer of ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymers. EVAL™ has better gas barrier properties than conventional polymers, making it particularly suitable for pharmaceutical packaging. If it is combined with polyolefins, it acts as an efficient barrier to both gases and water. Some grades have USP Class VI certification and DMF, which facilitates the validation of new packaging.
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Personal care and hygiene products
Protection and comfort are important for successful hygiene and personal care products. That applies to disposable hygiene products and wet wipes as well as to diapers and incontinence products. SEPTON™ thermoplastic elastomer gives such products the necessary flexibility and elasticity. It is compatible with both polar and non-polar materials, allowing for a broad range of flexibility in design.
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Other products for medical applications
We supply the FELIBENDY™ and KURAFLEX™ nonwoven brands of nonwoven fabrics for sterile dressings, bandages, masks and operating caps. SEPTON™ and HYBRAR™ thermoplastic elastomers make medical films, adhesives and hoses transparent, flexible and extremely robust. HYBRAR™ is particularly suitable as an environmentally friendly substitute for PVC in such products.
Kuraray Vectran™ medical fiber is characterized by exceptional tensile properties, bending tolerance and minimal creep. Furthermore, the fiber does not absorb moisture and is MRI compatible. These properties make Vectran™ an excellent reinforcement material for medical applications such as tubes, catheters, device delivery systems or guidewires. A braid of Vectran can increase the stability of the construction in an ablation catheter, for example, and prevents the outer layers of the catheter from being dented or damaged during use. Since Vectran™ has a very thin diameter lower device profiles can be created. Kuraray meets the high demands on the quality management of medical devices with its certification according to ISO 13485:2016 (this certification refers to the Kuraray entity Kuraray America, Inc.).
