FounderDuels

Kuraray vs Werner & Mertz

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.

Werner & Mertz is the older of the two, founded in 1876 — 50 years before Kuraray.

Founded
1926
1876
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Mainz, Germany
Industry
chemical industry
chemical industry
Employees
Not recorded
920
Legal form
kabushiki gaisha
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Kuraray and Werner & Mertz.