JSR Corp. increased solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) sales volume by 30 percent in the first half of the year…...
Materials
Kumho Polychem Returns to Profitability
Kumho Polychem, a JSR Corp. group company producing ethylene propylene rubber (EPDM) in Korea, returned to profitability for the first half…...
Mitsui Chemicals Opens Functional Compound Base in China
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. recently celebrated the opening of Mitsui Chemicals (Shanghai) Functional Composites Co. Ltd. (MFS), a company dealing in the…...
Bridgestone Develops Seismic Isolation Rubber for Low-Rise Buildings
Bridgestone Corp. has announced the recent development of the X3R Series, its seismic isolation rubber for low-rise buildings. The company…...
JRW Surveys Outlook for Eastern Japan’s Rubber Industry
Japan Rubber Weekly (JRW) recently conducted a questionnaire survey of manufacturers and dealers on the industry’s current state and outlook…....
Bridgestone Creates Tire Using Guayule Rubber
Bridgestone Corp. has completed a tire that utilizes natural rubber derived from guayule rubber. The completed tire is one in…...
