Products for the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries

Producers of pharmaceuticals, active ingredients, auxiliaries and medical products are required by law to meet extremely demanding and constantly rising hygiene standards. Decades of experience coupled with extensive technical and chemical expertise mean that we can offer our customers reliable, top-quality products and competent advice.

Dental products

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Auxiliaries for drugs

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Pharmaceutical packaging

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Personal care and hygiene products

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Other products for medical applications

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Dental products

Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. stands for a long tradition and innovative dental technologies. The story began in 1926 with the founding of Kuraray Co., Ltd. by Magosaburo Ohara, who revolutionized the dental industry in 1981 with the introduction of MDP monomer. Noritake Co., Limited, known for its high-quality ceramic products, entered the dental market in 1987 and established itself as a leading provider of dental ceramics under Kiyoko Ban.In 2012, Kuraray Medical Inc. and Noritake Dental Supply Co., Limited combined their expertise and became Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. This merger enabled the development of innovative dental products, including self-etching adhesives, advanced luting composites and esthetic zirconia blanks.Our flagship brands, including CLEARFIL, PANAVIA and KATANA, are recognized for their advanced technologies and contribute to minimally invasive dentistry. True to our spirit of innovation that began with MDP monomer, Kuraray Noritake Dental continues to develop new products to improve dental treatment worldwide.  

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CLEARFIL™ PANAVIA™ KATANA™

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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Isoprene KURARAY POVAL™

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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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EVAL™ EVOH

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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SEPTON™

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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™ fiber for medical applications is characterized by exceptional tensile properties, bending tolerance and minimal creep.
Kuraray America Inc Vectran is ISO 13485:2016 Certified.

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FELIBENDY™ KURAFLEX™ SEPTON™ HYBRAR™ Vectran™ Vectran™ Medical Applications

Contact Kuraray

Please contact us if you would like more information.

Telephone: +49 69 305 85 300
Fax: +49 69 305 85 399

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