Kureha Corporation

Kureha plans to build a new polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) plant in Fukushima, Japan, with 8,000 metric tons per year capacity, costing nearly $500 million, to be completed in 2026.

Claros Technologies announced a strategic partnership with Kureha America to scale up a technology that captures, concentrates, and destroys PFAS from wastewater, with plans to install the system for Asian markets.

Kureha is expanding its existing PVDF plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The expansion is scheduled to finish in January 2022.

Kureha Corp. will build a new PVDF plant in Changshu, China, with an annual capacity of about 10,000 tons. The plant is due to be completed in spring 2024 and begin operations in summer 2024.

Kureha Corporation announced plans to increase production capacity of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in China.