Altana vs Kuraray

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Kuraray is the older of the two, founded in 1926 — 51 years before Altana.

Founded: 1977; 1926
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Wesel, Germany; Tokyo, Japan
Industry: chemical industry; chemical industry
Founders: Herbert Quandt; Magosaburō Ōhara
Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft; kabushiki gaisha
Website: altana.com; kuraray.com/global-en

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Altana and Kuraray.