Shipping volume for carbon black in June was 49,414 tons in June according to the Japanese Carbon Black Association. That…...
Materials
Zeon and Sumitomo Chemical Look at Consolidating S-SBR Businesses
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) have reached a basic agreement to begin looking into the consolidation…...
JSR Elastomer Business Shows Slight Profit in Q1 Amid Decrease in Sales
Business performance for JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) suffered somewhat over the first quarter of the 2016 fiscal year. The large synthetic-rubber…...
Mitsui Chemicals to Expand TPE Production Capacity, Investing 1 Billion Yen
Responding to increased global demand, Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) will increase annual production capacity of its Milastomer thermoplastic elastomer by…...
Tokai Carbon to Increase Price for Carbon Black on Rising Oil Prices
Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) announced on July 13 that it will increase the price at which it sells carbon…...
Zeon Completes Capacity Expansion for SIS and COP at Mizushima Plant
Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) recently completed its expansion of production capacity at Mizushima Plant, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, for the Quintac series…...
