The city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, has voiced its support for the World Economic Forum’s Transitioning Industrial Clusters Towards Net Zero Initiative, and is set to take part in this initiative via the “Kawasaki Carbon Neutral Industrial Complex.” Kawasaki becomes the first city in Japan to join this global initiative, and will in doing so collaborate with private companies such as...
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Synthetic rubber manufacturer Zeon in the elastomer materials business reported sales of 111.41 billion yen ($839.56 million), up 12.7 percent year-on-year, and operating profit of 9.33 billion yen, down 13.9 percent in the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2023. Sales volume of synthetic rubber remained steady. Commodity synthetic rubber volumes were firm due to high tire...
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Zeon’s investment subsidiary Zeon Ventures has invested in AM Batteries (AMB), a U.S. startup developing an innovative electrode manufacturing process for lithium-ion batteries. In parallel with this investment, Zeon will work closely with AMB to support the commercialization of AMB’s solutions. AMB has developed electrostatic spray technology used in the manufacture of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, which enables the manufacture...
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Zeon has developed new heat-resistant and pressure-resistant micro hollow particles. They come with a particle diameter of 2 to 20 micrometers and porosity that can be controlled to 60 to 80 percent. The shell of the hollow particles is composed of a polymer with a cross-linked structure and has the following features: (1) Shape retention: The polymer itself has heat...
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Zeon announced on Nov. 30 that it will in the U.S. increase its production capacity of Zetpol, a hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR). Construction will begin in November, with production scheduled to start in January 2025. The company has been strengthening its Zetpol supply system in recent years by increasing production capacity at its Texas plant in 2020 and its Takaoka...
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Zeon group’s S-SBR production and sales company Zeon Chemicals Singapore (ZCS) has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Shell) on Oct. 2 regarding the procurement of sustainable butadiene derived from biomass. The company will proceed with studies for production and sales of S-SBR using sustainable butadiene. Zeon has set “promoting a shift to ‘manufacturing’ that achieves...
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