THAI KURABO CO, LTD

Since it was established in 1888 (the 21st year of the Meiji Era in Japan), Kurabo has continued to hone its various basic technologies in spinning, dyeing, and processing. By developing applications from these core technologies, we have created each of our various current business domains one after the other. However, no matter how much we diversify our business or internationalize our corporate activities, the textile business has consistently been, and will continue to be, Kurabo's principal business. The step by step progress the Textile Business Division has made in refining cotton-related technologies has been not only the history of Kurabo but the history of the Japanese textile spinning industry as well.

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).