FounderDuels

Kuraray vs Messer Group

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.

Messer Group is the older of the two, founded in 1898 — 28 years before Kuraray.

Founded
1926
1898
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany
Industry
chemical industry
chemical industry
Employees
Not recorded
11,519
Legal form
kabushiki gaisha
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Parent
Not recorded
Hoechst

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