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																			Kureha Elastomer 
	Co., Ltd. was Established July 28, 1943 in Capital 304.5 million yen and 
	located in Main stockholder Toyobo Co., Ltd.  | 
																		
																		
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                                                                            History | 
																		    
																		
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																			1939 | 
																			
																			
																			Established 
																			as Daiko rubber industry. | 
																		
																		
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																			1943 | 
																			
																			
																			The 
																			following 
																			five 
																			companies 
																			were 
																			integrated 
																			into 
																			Kureha 
																			Rubber 
																			Industry 
																			Co., 
																			Ltd. 
																			The following products were continued to be manufactured and to be sold.
																			 
																			> Akebono 
    Rubber Industry Imazato,Osaka; shoes > Marubishi 
    Rubber Industry ,Tokyo; rubber hoses > Yagiho 
    Rubber Industry Kashihara,Nara; rubber hoses > Minatoyama 
    Rubber Industry Minatoyama,Hyogo; tire and tubes > Nippon Kikyu Idustry Kawasaki,Kanagawa; balloons | 
																		
																		
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																			1944 | 
																			
																			Tsu plant started to manufacture rubber parts for airplanes. 
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																			1945 | 
																			
																			 
																			
																			Acquired 
																			Koa 
																			Rubber 
																			Industry 
																			Tokyo 
																			and Minatoyama . Tsu plants were bombed and 
    burned down. Reconstruction of the Tsu plant started and TOKYO plant was moved 
    to Tamagawa.   | 
																		
																		
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																			1946 | 
																			
																			Tsu and Tamagawa plants were reconstructed and operation started again. 
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																			1951 
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																			All 
																			facilities 
																			in Imazato were relocated to Tsu plant. 
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																			1952 
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																			All 
																			equipments 
																			of Kashiwara plant were transferred to Tsu plant. | 
																		
																		
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																			1956 | 
																			
																			 
																			
																			Introduced 
																			the 
																			manufacturing 
																			technique 
																			of 
																			rubber 
																			parts 
																			for 
																			spinning 
																			machine 
																			from 
																			Armstrong 
																			Cork 
																			Co., 
																			LTD, 
																			U.S.A. 
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																			1960 | 
																			
																			
																			The 
																			capital 
																			increased 
																			to 
																			80 
																			million 
																			yen. 
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																			1962 | 
																			
																			
																			The 
																			capital 
																			increased 
																			to120 
																			million 
																			yen. 
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																			1967 
																			 | 
																			
																			Tamagawa 
    factory was closed and all of the manufacturing was unified to Tsu plant. 
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																			1968 | 
																			
																			
																			Establishment 
																			of 
																			Nagoya 
																			branch. 
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																			1969 | 
																			
																			
																			Establishment 
																			of 
																			Kyushu 
																			branch. | 
																		
																		
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																			1970 | 
																			
																			
																			Establishment 
																			of 
																			Seki 
																			plant. 
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																			1972 | 
																			
																			
																			Introduced 
																			the licence of manufacturing for rubber lining and rubber screen 
    cloth from Torellbolg in Sweden.  | 
																		
																		
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																			1978 | 
																			
																			
																			Introduction 
																			of 
																			added 
																			value 
																			management 
																			system. 
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																			1980 | 
																			
																			
																			Capital 
																			increased 
																			to 
																			210 
																			million 
																			yen. 
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																			1982 | 
																			
																			
																			Capital 
																			increased 
																			to 
																			304 
																			million 
																			yen. | 
																		
																		
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																			1987 | 
																			
																			
																			Establishment 
																			of a 
																			laboratory 
																			in Tsu plant. 
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																			1988 
																			 | 
																			
																			
																			Renewal 
																			of 
																			the 
																			plant 
																			for 
																			spinning 
																			rubber parts.(First stage) Reconstruction 
    of employee dormitory . | 
																		
																		
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																			1989 | 
																			
																			
																			Added 
																			precision 
																			production 
																			lines. 
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																			| Set up Nagoya office. | 
																		
																		
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																			1992 
																			  | 
																			
																			Seki 
																			plant 
																			Office. 
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																			1993 | 
																			
																			 
																			
																			Company 
																			name 
																			was 
																			changed 
																			from 
																			KUREHA 
																			Rubber 
																			Industry 
																			CO,. 
																			LTD. 
																			into 
																			KUREHA ELASTOMER 
    CO,. LTD. on the occasion of 50th anniversary of founding.   | 
																		
																		
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																			1998 | 
																			
																			
																			Reinforcement 
																			of TPE research equipment. Establishment 
    of compound automated storage (warehouse). | 
																		
																		
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																			1999 | 
																			
																			
																			Construction 
																			of 
																			Ultra-thin 
																			rubber 
																			sheeting 
																			factory. | 
																		
																		
																			| Tsu and Seki plants acquired ISO 9001. | 
																		
																		
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																			2002 | 
																			
																			KUREHA 
																			Service 
																			was 
																			established 
																			as 
																			100% 
																			subsidiary 
																			of 
																			KUREHA ELASTOMER CO.Ltd. Whole 
    KUREHA group completely acquired ISO 9001.  | 
																		
																		
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																			2004 
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																			Tsu and Seki plants acquired 
    ISO14001.  | 
																		
																		
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																			2007 | 
																			
																			
																			We 
																			change 
																			the 
																			name 
																			our 
																			Seki 
																			plant 
																			to Kameyama plant. 
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																			2008 | 
																			
																			Head 
																			office 
																			and 
																			Osaka 
																			office 
																			moved. | 
																		
																		
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																			2009 | 
																			
																			Tokyo 
																			branch 
																			moved. | 
																		
																		
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