Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.’s (TYO:4005) ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) business has transitioned to the point where all EPDM products…...
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Mitsui Chemicals Improves EPT, Expects Use Around Engines
Mitsui Chemicals Inc.’s (TYO:4183) business in ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPT) operated at full production capacity and completely sold out…...
Ube Industries Forges Ahead to Produce BR at Full Capacity in Japan and Overseas
Ube Industries Ltd.’s (TYO:4208) polybutadiene rubber (BR) business is robust. The company’s manufacturing plants in Japan and Thailand both produce…...
Synthetic Rubber Shipping Volume Increases for Third Straight Term
The category-based shipping volume of synthetic rubber for January to March increased to 434,413 tons, up 4.4 percent from the…...
Tokyo Zairyo Achieves Seventh Straight Year of Record Ordinary Profit
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) subsidiary Tokyo Zairyo Co. Ltd. has announced its results for the year ending March 2017. The raw…...
Mitsubishi Chemical Launches New Grade of TPC for Automotive Use
Chemical maker Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has developed a new grade of Tefabloc, a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer (TPC). Tefabloc has TPC’s…...
