Chemicals & Fine Chemicals Vinyl Acetate
Kuraray Trading offers and sells vinyl acetate products, centering on POVAL, a synthetic resin that Kuraray was the first in the world to commercialize.
POVAL, which Kuraray was the first in the world to commercialize, is a product that has continued to evolve and develop while flexibly responding to increasingly diverse and sophisticated needs against the backdrop of changing times, and boasts the world's top market share.
We are developing poval resin, a functional resin, and poval film, which is indispensable for LCD displays, for various applications in information media, chemicals, automobiles, IT-related fields, and agriculture.
Business Features
PVOH Resin
It is a water-soluble polymer with the unique property of being soluble in water. It also has other properties such as film-forming, adhesion, emulsification, oil resistance, and chemical resistance. It is mainly used in a wide range of fields, including raw materials for synthetic fiber vinylon and poval film, fiber processing agents, paper processing agents, adhesives, and polymerization stabilizers for vinyl chloride resin.
PVA Film
Poval film is made from KURARAY POVAL™ and developed using proprietary technology. It is used as the base film for polarizing film, which is indispensable for LCD displays, including large flat-screen TVs, monitors, PCs, and smartphones, all of which are expected to see further growth in the future. The lineup also includes films for garment packaging, release films, and water-soluble films.
Main Products
KURARAY POVAL™ / ELVANOL™
Poval resin is a water-soluble polymer with the unique property of being soluble in water. It is widely used as a fiber processing agent, paper processing agent, adhesive, binder for inorganic materials, and polymerization stabilizer for vinyl chloride resin.
EXCEVAL™
EXCEVAL™ is a specially modified polyvinyl alcohol developed using proprietary technology Kuraray has accumulated over many years in the poval resin business. The numerous features of this material, including its "high water resistance," make it suitable for a wide range of applications.
MOWIFLEX™
MOWIFLEX™ is a thermally melt-moldable polyvinyl alcohol resin that is "soluble in water ". Various water-soluble molded products such as films, sheets, bottles, paper composite products, etc. can be processed by general melt molding methods such as extrusion and injection molding.
Kuraray Poval Film
Kuraray Poval Film is used as a base film for polarizing films that are essential for LCD displays in large flat-screen TVs and smartphones.
We also offer a lineup of films for garment packaging, release films, and water-soluble films.
MOWITAL™
MOWITAL™, a butyral resin, has excellent adhesion to substrates such as glass and metal, dispersibility of organic and inorganic materials, and transparency. It is used in interlayers for safety glass, and multilayer ceramic capacitors.
