4023 is a japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals and polymers . corporate affairs edit kureha chemical industries is a member of the mizuho keiretsu . polyglycolic acid edit one of the company s long term investments is in polyglycolic acid pga . 1 the company developed a mass scale manufacturing technique for the chemical which has been a development project of the company since the early 90s . 1 the company has stated a strategy of committing to invest in pga for a long period patiently waiting for market demand to develop . 1 to manufacture pga the company invested 100 million in a manufacturing facility in belle west virginia to be located nearby a dupont plant that produces glycolic acid a primary feedstock for pga . 1 external links edit a b c d kureha s gamble japanese firm goes to west virginia to build novel chemical plant . chemical & engineering news . april 28 2008 . this chemical corporation related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kureha chemical industries & oldid 726605371 categories chemical companies of japancompanies of japancompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangechemical company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2016 at 06 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view