Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. sales volume for solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) increased over the previous year during the first…...
Materials
Lanxess Aspires to Be True Global Partner – Japan President Tsuji
Hideo Tsuji, president and CEO of Lanxess K.K. (and head of Rhein Chemie Additives Business Unit in Japan and Korea),…...
Rubber Production Strong Despite Sluggish Output in Customer Industries
Production volume for synthetic rubber in Japan from January to September 2015 was 1.24 million tons, a more than 2…...
Zeon to Halt NBR Rubber Production in UK
Zeon Corp. will halt its synthetic rubber production in the U.K. The company plans to break up and liquidate Zeon…...
How Long Will Global EPDM Rubber Oversupply Last?
by Yasuhiko Shimizu, Chief Editor E-media Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), a synthetic rubber used in products including automobile…...
Carbon Black Masterbatch Output Down
Japan’s carbon black masterbatch industry is experiencing a downturn. The expected rise in demand starting in July 2015 had not…...
