This past August saw a 0.7 percent year-on-year increase in total production volume of synthetic rubber, which was up at 140,547 tons, according to the Synthetic Rubber Industry Association of Japan. It also represented a turnaround from what was a negative year-on-year total in the month of July. There were declines witnessed in styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and chloroprene rubber (CR)…
