Contributing to the SDGs Sustainability
Kurabo has helped resolve social issues since its founding
Kurabo was born of the determination of its young founding members to establish a spinning company and spur social development in the village of Kurashiki (the present-day city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture), which in the late 1800s lacked any major industry. Kurabo’s second president, Magosaburo Ohara, under whose leadership the company grew significantly, demonstrated a thoroughgoing commitment to the humanity of workers by making improvements to the work environment and enhancing employee benefits in a way that was revolutionary for a time when harsh working conditions were the norm. The company also contributed to the development of the local community by building a hospital and an art museum.
Today’s Kurabo has grown beyond the textile business into a diverse range of business domains, but its dedication to developing products and technologies around themes such as health, safety, and the environment remains unchanged, mirroring Magosaburo’s efforts to increase human happiness through a commitment to labor idealism and the company’s social mission.
We believe that the Kurabo Group’s journey to date and its pursuit of business activities conceived to create comfortable, fulfilling lifestyles for people around the world will help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Kurabo and the SDGs
The SDGs, which were adopted at a United Nations summit in September 2015, comprise a series of shared international goals. The Kurabo Group’s business activities, which are founded on its philosophy of “contributing to a better future through the creation of new value,” resonate with the SDGs.
Our SDGs Focus
Daily Fulfillment and Liveability
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Materials made with proprietary technologies can give functionality to natural fibers. These materials provide warmth, deodorization, and moisture absorption and desorption, effects that continue even after repeated washings.
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With its powerful sterilization and drying capabilities, this system can repeatedly recycle livestock waste (used litter containing livestock excrement and urine) into dry, clean compost.
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Biomass power generation
We operate biomass power plants that run on fuel such as timber from forest thinning. The power generated is enough to supply approximately 11,000 average households for a year.
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Pleasant Places for Everyone to Live
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KuranZero® Series
High-performance rigid polyurethane foam insulating material uses a new non-CFC foaming agent with superb heat resistance. Its excellent airtightness and insulation provide a comfortable living environment.
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KuranSeal® Series
This elastomer material combines the elasticity of rubber and the superb workability of plastic. In applications such as solar cells and interlayers for architectural glass, it contributes to a better environment, safety, and comfort.
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PG-4 Compact Pavement Inspection Unit
Equipped with 3D cameras, a distance meter, and GPS, this inspection unit can detect damage on road surfaces mounted on vehicles driving at 100 km/h, thus dramatically shortening inspection times. It contributes to efficient diagnosis of infrastructure deterioration.
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Environmentally Friendly, Circular Economy
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Kurabo aims to build an environmentally friendly, circular business by using this proprietary technology for upcycling cutting waste and unused products.
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Made completely from recycled materials, this insulation material is characterized by lightness, warmth, softness, and drying speed equivalent to natural down.
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Kurattice Eco is laminated wood coated with wood powder resin with a core of aluminum or other metal. Combining the attractiveness of wood with the strength of metal, it is used in construction and other industries.
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SDGs Related to Our Businesses
Textile Business
Manufacture and sales of yarn, textiles, and textile products (sewn products, others)
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- ・Developing and supplying functional natural fibers through modification technology
- ・Developing a cyclical business by recycling cloth cutting waste
- ・Utilizing recycled polyester and biodegradable fibers
- ・Supporting measures to combat heat stroke and infectious disease
Chemical Products Business
Manufacture, processing, and sales of flexible polyurethane foam, functional resin products (functional film, high-performance plastic products), housing construction materials (synthetic wood, inorganic building materials, rigid polyurethane foam), and others (nonwoven fabrics, functional materials)
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- ・Improving the energy efficiency of houses
- ・Promoting use of recycled plastic
- ・Promoting use of timber from forest thinning
- ・Utilizing recycled scrap material
Advanced Technology Business
Manufacture, sales, and maintenance of electronics products (information system equipment for color and production control, inspection/measurement systems)
Engineering (design, manufacture, construction, and sales of environmental and energy-related plants and equipment; biomass power generation)
Manufacture and sales of others (such as biomedical related products)
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- ・Facilitating long-term maintenance of transportation infrastructure such as roads and railroads
- ・Promoting use of renewable energy
- ・Promoting use of waste products such as timber from thinned forests
- ・Supporting genomic medicine research using nucleic-acid isolation systems
- ・Improving production efficiency of wagyu beef through genealogical management
- ・Repeated recycling of livestock waste into clean compost
Food and Services Business
Manufacture and sales of freeze-dried food
Management of hotel, driving school, and other facilities
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- ・Supplying safe, highly nutritious foods
- ・Stockpiling supplies for use in the event of a disaster
Companywide and Other Activities
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- ・Promoting Diversity Equity and inclusion
- ・Realizing flexible workstyles
- ・Building a foundation for industrial and technological innovation
- ・Developing livable communities through real-estate rentals
- ・Pursuing zero emissions