Denka’s chloroprene rubber (CR) business saw full production and sales in fiscal 2021. Demand inquiries remained strong, and sales for automotive, industrial, and adhesive applications were all favorable. Although Denka Performance Elastomer, the company’s U.S. base, was forced to suspend production in September and October as a raw material supplier sustained damages by a hurricane, it started up in November...
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, in collaboration with partners including Tohoku University, Kanazawa University and Saitama University, has succeeded in an experiment leading to the improvement of natural rubber varieties. The experiment identified the section of a natural rubber synthesizing enzyme that is important for controlling the chain length of natural rubber. By incorporating the section into an enzyme derived from tomatoes,...
Eneos MOL Synthetic Rubber (EMSR), a JV between Eneos Materials and MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas, has acquired ISCC Plus certification as of this April. Acquiring this certification has allowed EMSR to create a setup for sustainable solution-polymerized styrene–butadiene rubber (S-SBR). The setup here takes sustainable butadiene and styrene, allocates it through a mass balance method based on the certification...
The lockdown implemented in Shanghai, China’s largest economic city, had a significant impact on the lives of citizens and supply chains. The impact on the supply chain was particularly large, and the future situation is uncertain. Although the number of infected people has been decreasing due to the Chinese government’s Zero Corona Policy, some are concerned that the lockdown may...
Tokyo Zairyo Co. Ltd., a raw materials trading firm under the Zeon Group, has posted its business results for fiscal 2021 – revealing sales revenue of 47.11 billion yen, ordinary profit of 2.46 billion yen and net profit of just under 1.7 billion yen. With the company having applied changes including a new revenue recognition standard from the start of...
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.(TYO:7282) plans to utilize a resin pellet-type 3D printer the company is developing jointly with S lab Inc., looking here to expand in-house recycling of resin waste materials as part of its efforts to reduce waste. 3D printers are characterized by their ability to create various types of products without the use of molds. By applying S...
