Kuraray vs Praxair

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.

Praxair is the older of the two, founded in 1907 — 19 years before Kuraray.

Founded: 1926; 1907
Status: Active; Closed 2018
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; Danbury, United States
Industry: chemical industry; chemical industry
Founders: Magosaburō Ōhara; Carl von Linde
Legal form: kabushiki gaisha; subsidiary company
Parent: Not recorded; Linde Group
Website: kuraray.com/global-en; lindeus.com

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