Gunze Limited

Since its establishment in 1963, Gunze's Plastic Film Company has developed and introduced a diverse range of products to meet the consumer society's changing needs and tastes. These products include shrinkable tubes, biaxially-oriented polypropylene films, films for plastic bottle shrink-label applications, and composite nylon films, to list just a few. Our production facilities extend beyond Shiga and Fukushima in Japan to include Belgium, the U.S. and China, providing innovative products with unique functions for customers around the world. Committed to developing environmentally sound products, the Plastic Film Company has aggressively promoted the elimination of lead from its products. We have also introduced non-chloride films for shrink labeling and gas barrier applications well before dioxins became a major environmental issue, earning high marks from clients.

Gunze Kobunshi Corporation is a member of Gunze group. Since its establishment in 1949, Gunze Kobunshi has developed and introduced a diverse range of unique plastic tube products for customers around the world. Now we’re proud of customers' fame worldwide. Gunze Kobunshi has been committed to develop sustainability products to meet customers' needs.

The Engineering Plastics Division's products are made by molding and processing highly functional engineering plastics. These materials have wide-ranging uses for parts and components in photocopiers, printers, and ultrapure water filters, while also contributing to improved productivity for paper-making and film-processing factories.

Gunze develops and markets an extended line of touch panel products for various applications. Touch panels for industrial use require a high level of reliability and stability, while the consumer and commercial market requires advanced technological solutions and production capacity to meet demand. Fully accommodating both markets, our touch panels effectively demonstrate the unparalleled technology of Gunze.

Gunze also enjoys a solid position as a comprehensive engineering company that offers a wide range of machinery for milk, beverage and medical and pharmaceuticals plants as well as support systems for the printing industry. In China, Gunze has founded a joint-venture manufacturing and sales company to produce stacker-bundlers and other printing machine peripherals. In North America, Gunze machinery products are available through local distributors.

Gunze's Medical Division manufactures and sells bioabsorbable medical materials using highly biocompatible polymers and porcine-derived collagen. Gunze is the only company in Japan with such a comprehensive range of absorbable medical materials including suture thread. With 40% of total medical material sales achieved outside of Japan, Gunze is aiming to implement a more proactive global business strategy. Our progressive R&D efforts are also moving toward tissue engineering, which is attracting growing attention.

SiC (Silicon Carbide) is a chemical compound in which Si (silicon) and C (carbide) are combined one to one, and it practically does not exist naturally. In 1884, E. G. Acheson first synthesized SiC from clay and graphite, then sold it commercially as a polishing agent.
As SiC has particularly good heat resistance and low activation properties at high temperatures, there are expectations related to nuclear power and aerospace applications. Recently, it has attracted attention as a high-temperature semiconductor material (power devices) which can be used at temperatures close to 500℃ and for related materials.Gunze offers various process materials matching the customer needs. SiC and SiC composites materials also are available in various grades with a heat resistance matching the intended purpose; also, and client-specific solutions are offered.