The global supply–demand balance for chloroprene rubber (CR) continues to sit tight. And with no significant reversal expected in these…...
Materials
Ube Industries Targets 8% Boost to Butadiene Rubber Production Through Thai, Malaysian Investments
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) is planning to increase its current production capacity for butadiene rubber (BR) by approximately 8 percent…...
Mitsui Chemicals Mobility Segment Sees Double-Digit Sales Increase for Fiscal 2018
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) recently released its business results for fiscal 2018. The company’s overall sales for the period totaled…...
Zeon Achieves Growth to S-SBR Sales, Expects to Hit Capacity in 2020
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) is seeing strong sales growth with its business for solution-polymerized styrene–butadiene rubber (S-SBR), recording year-on-year growth of…...
JSR Begins Trial Operations at New S-SBR Plant in Hungary
JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has been working to construct a new plant in Hungary for the production of solution-polymerized styrene–butadiene rubber…...
JSR Set to Transfer Control of Life Sciences Business to New US Subsidiary
JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) is working to transfer control of its life sciences business to U.S.-based JSR Life Sciences LLC., a…...
