TROSIFOL and SentryGlas join forces

Date: 24 October 2014
Source: www.kuraray.eu

Date: 24 October 2014

"Best of Both" for Kuraray customers, and the new, complete glass interlayer range at glasstec 2014 in Düsseldorf.   "We will benefit from the talented GLS/Vinyls employees worldwide  and from DuPont's technology, research & development, production  and distribution network.

I am convinced that this expertise will help  us to boost our vinyl acetate business further," said Keiji Murakami,  President of the Kuraray Group vinyl acetate company, in a press  publication on the acquisition of the DuPont business unit.

When the  American competition regulator approved the acquisition without  restrictions, the European authorities gave its consent subject to  certain conditions. To satisfy competition law, Kuraray is not therefore  permitted to integrate the production location for PVB films in  Hamm-Uentrop and the associated service activities into its own business  operations, but must sell them off.



Unlike in previous years,  the exhibition stand at glasstec 2014 will not be dominated by an  extensive product presentation. Instead, Kuraray will be granting pride  of place to communication with customers. "It is our aim to use the  stand to demonstrate our design expertise, but without overpowering the  visitor," the new Marketing Manager Christoph Troska stresses. "We want  it to be inviting and give our employees enough space to hold talks with  visitors – most of them customers. Following the purchase of Dupont's  GLS activities, the questions and suggestions from our customers at this  fair are particularly important."



"Best of Both" is the motto  that Kuraray is communicating to customers at the fair. "By this we mean  the best of both worlds," says Troska. "We are now in the unique  position of being able to offer our customers not only our comprehensive  PVB product range, but established ionomer technology as well."



In  a letter to employees and customers, Kuraray Managing Director Dr  Matthias Gutweiler affirmed: "We are convinced that this pooling of  resources will enable us to serve our customers even better – with the  Best of Both worlds. In the integration process, we wish to closely  involve all our customers and employees, and we will take plenty of time  for questions at this fair."



Kuraray is drawing attention to the new benefits for the customer:



  • "Genuine" global player in the glass sector and always close to the customer

  • Range of glass interlayers extended through the addition of SentryGlas

  • Global network of specialists and technicians

  • Global network of laboratories and R&D departments

  • Perfect extension of the value chain within the Group

  • Major synergies in the optimisation of existing products and the design of new solutions.




There will also be a stronger focus on automotive glass applications, and innovation in this field will be accelerated.



On  1 June of this year, the Japanese chemical group Kuraray Co., Ltd.  listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, officially took over the Glass  Laminating Solutions (GLS) segment of US DuPont Packaging &  Industrial Polymers (E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, NYSE: DD).  The purchase price came to USD 543 million plus the value of all  stockpiles. By taking over SentryGlas, the best-known GLS product,  Kuraray is adding an important material to its product portfolio.



At  DuPont, GLS achieved net sales of over USD 500 million in 2012 as a  whole. GLS/Vinyls has a 600-strong workforce and six production  locations in the USA, Europe and Asia that serve over 350 customers  worldwide.

The effects of the acquisition on the consolidated  business results of the Kuraray Group for fiscal year 2014 ending in  December are currently being analysed and will be published. At glasstec  2014 in Düsseldorf, the globally leading glass fair, Kuraray Europe  GmbH will be presenting its complete product range for glass interlayers  for the first time.



Kuraray was one of the first companies to  industrialise polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and market it worldwide. As a  pioneer of business allied to vinyl acetate, Kuraray currently does  global business with PVA resins, PVB resins and films, PVA films for  LCDs and dishwasher detergent packages, EVOH (ethylene vinyl alcohol)  resins (EVAL brand) for food packages and petrol tanks, and PVA fibres  (Vinylon brand), which are used as a substitute for asbestos and as a  reinforcing agent in cement.

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