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ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical Complete Chemical Recycling Facility for Plastic-to-Oil Conversion

on July 11, 2025 in Industry

ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical have completed the construction of a chemical recycling facility at Mitsubishi Chemical’s Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility, which had been under development since July 2021, is designed to support the launch of a plastic-to-oil conversion business. The new facility uses supercritical water hydrolysis technology developed by UK-based Mura Technology to chemically break...

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Bridgestone to Build Pilot Plant for Precision Pyrolysis of Used Tires

on February 7, 2025 in Industry, Tires

Bridgestone has decided to construct a pilot plant for precision pyrolysis of used tires on the premises of its Seki Plant in Gifu Prefecture, with the aim of implementing horizontal tire recycling in society. The plant will have a maximum processing capacity of 7,500 tons of used tires per year. It will establish and optimize a precision pyrolysis process and...

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NOK and Eneos Jointly Develop Self-Lubricating Rubber

on May 14, 2024 in Industry, Innovation

NOK and Eneos have jointly developed “self-lubricating rubber,” a rubber material that reduces friction in oil seals and other sealing products by up to 40% compared to conventional products and maintains the same sealing performance as before even in poorly lubricated environments. In industries where sealing products are in demand, the amount of lubricating oil used is being reduced and...

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New Year’s Top Interview: Eneos Materials President Hayato Hirano

on January 17, 2024 in Interviews

Japan Rubber Weekly sat down with Eneos Materials President Hayato Hirano to learn about his priorities for the new year 2024. Concentrate on Growth Areas and Expand Business Domains Concentration on growth areas and expansion of business domains are two of the mid-term tasks set forth in the new medium-term business plan. The first growth area is solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber...

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Eneos Materials Acquires ISCC Plus Certification in Hungary

on July 5, 2022 in Industry

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...

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Bridgestone Partners With Eneos to Establish Chemical Recycling Technology for Used Tires

on March 1, 2022 in Industry

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has joined with oil refinery and petroleum product seller Eneos Corp. for a new project. The agreement here will see these companies target social implementation for chemical recycling technologies that enable the precise pyrolysis of used tires, which would then contribute to the sustainability visions of both companies. Specifically, Bridgestone’s vision is to continue providing social value...

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