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Zeon Develops World’s First Microorganism-Based Carbon Nanotube Degradation Method

on January 9, 2024 in Industry, Innovation

Zeon Corporation has in collaboration with a research group led by Professor Katsutoshi Hori of the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Tokai National University Organization, and a Nagoya University venture company, Friend Microbe, developed the world’s first new method to efficiently degrade carbon nanotubes (CNT) using microorganisms. Until now, it has been believed that CNTs, an inorganic material composed...

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Zeon Gives Update on Elastomer Business, ACM Plant in Thailand Increases Operation

on December 20, 2023 in Industry

Zeon’s elastomer materials business division posted sales of 104.73 billion yen ($730.50 million) in the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, down 6.0% year-on-year, and operating profit of 3.64 billion yen, down 60.9%. General-purpose synthetic rubber is on a recovery trend compared to the second half of fiscal 2022 (October-March). While Japanese domestic sales remained...

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Zeon Posts First Half Results, Elastomer Business Sales Down 6%

on November 7, 2023 in Materials

Zeon Corporation has posted a 6.1% year-on-year decline in sales to 185.44 billion yen ($1.23 billion), a 53.1% drop in operating income to 9.46 billion yen, a 46.6% decline in ordinary income to 13.03 billion yen, and a 40.5% drop in net income to 10.35 billion yen in the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2024. In...

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Interview With Zeon’s New President Tetsuya Toyoshima

on September 13, 2023 in Interviews

Japan Rubber Weekly sat down for an interview with Tetsuya Toyoshima, who assumed the position of president of Zeon Corporation on June 29. Toyoshima is set to focus on products with special characteristics that can only be produced by Zeon, and will also promote initiatives for carbon neutrality and work styles. In the elastomer materials business division, which focuses on...

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Zeon to Start Full-Scale Development of Adhesive Slurry for Separator Coating

on August 25, 2023 in Materials

Zeon will begin full-scale development of a new grade of AFL adhesive slurry for separator coating in its battery materials business as part of its efforts to expand its lineup of environmentally friendly products. The company has been globally marketing anode binder, cathode binder, heat-resistant binder for separator coating, and AFL adhesive slurry for separator coating for lithium-ion batteries, and...

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Zeon Posts Q1 Results, Sees Declines in Sales and Profit

on July 31, 2023 in Market Background, Materials

Zeon reported a 5.8% year-on-year decline in net sales to 91.9 billion yen ($648.9 million), a 43.0% drop in operating income to 6.1 billion yen, a 35.8% drop in ordinary income to 8.3 billion yen, and a 33.0% drop in net income to 5.8 billion yen for the first quarter of the year ending March 2024. In the elastomer materials...

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