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Zeon and Visolis Complete Commercialization Study for Bio-Isoprene Monomers and Sustainable Aviation Fuel

on April 24, 2025 in Industry

Zeon and U.S.-based Visolis have completed a feasibility study for the commercialization of bio-isoprene monomers and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), as outlined in their March 2024 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The companies have decided to move to the next stage, preparing for the construction of production facilities. The production facilities will use intermediate products from Visolis’ fermentation process as raw...

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Zeon Launches Kawasaki Innovation Frontier Port

on April 17, 2025 in Materials

Zeon has designated its Kawasaki Factory and Comprehensive Development Center, located in the Kawasaki coastal area of Kanagawa Prefecture, as the Kawasaki Innovation Frontier Port (KIFP) and has begun operations. By integrating the two organizations and gradually unifying management functions for seamless collaboration, KIFP aims to accelerate the creation of new value. The adjacent Kawasaki Factory and Comprehensive Development Center...

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Rubber-related Companies Recognized for Excellent Health Management

on March 21, 2025 in Industry

The Excellent Corporation for Health Management certification system recognizes corporations, including large enterprises and small-to-medium businesses, that practice exemplary health management. It is divided into the Large-Scale Corporation Category and the Small-to-Medium-Scale Corporation Category, with top performers in the former category earning the additional White 500 designation. Moreover, the Health and Productivity Stock Selection is a program by the Ministry...

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Zeon Establishes Chinese JV for Lithium-ion Battery Anode Binders

on March 11, 2025 in Industry, Materials

Zeon Trading (Shanghai), a wholly owned subsidiary of Zeon Corporation, has agreed with Zhuhai Chenyu New Materials Technology (Chenyu), an affiliate of Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology (Semcorp), to establish Shanghai Chenon New Materials Technology, a joint venture to sell binders for negative electrodes used in lithium ion batteries. The investment ratio is 51% by Chenyu and 49% by Zeon...

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Yokohama Rubber and Zeon to Construct Bench Facility for Sustainable Butadiene

on March 3, 2025 in Industry

Yokohama Rubber and Zeon will construct a bench facility at Zeon’s Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City to demonstrate a highly efficient technology for generating butadiene from ethanol derived from plant materials. The facility will begin operating in 2026, and will collect various data for securing butadiene and for mass production. This initiative is one of two R&D themes selected in...

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Zeon Invests in Company Developing Cancer Therapy

on February 3, 2025 in Industry

Zeon has invested in Optieum Biotechnologies, a developer of innovative CAR T cells. Optieum is aiming to commercialize the world’s first innovative CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors. One of the cancer therapies classified as gene therapy, the new therapy is based on the Eumbody System technology developed at Ehime University, which can efficiently produce chimeric antigen receptors (CAR)...

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