# Kuraray Europe awarded EUR 624,890 plastic products contract for Hyper-Kamiokande

Kuraray Europe GmbH has been awarded a EUR 624,890 contract by the Canfranc Underground Laboratory Consortium to supply 7,900 sheets of high-transparency polymethyl methacrylate for anti-implosion covers for photomultiplier tubes in the Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino experiment.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2026-05-14
- Where: Canfranc Estación, Spain
- Value: $680K (625K EUR)
- Status: completed
- Products: polymethyl methacrylate sheets, anti-implosion covers for photomultiplier tubes
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kuraray Europe](https://endata.com/companies/36305.md) (supplier)
- [Dirección del Consorcio para el Equipamiento y Explotación del Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc](https://endata.com/companies/92520.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [eutenders.initask.com](https://eutenders.initask.com/notice/419037-2026), 2026-06-18: "Suministro de 7900 planchas de polimetacrilato de metilo de muy alta transparencia a luz ultravioleta para la obtención de cubiertas anti-implosión para fotomultiplicadores de 20 pulgadas para el experimento Hyperkamiokande."

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