Zeon Corporation, which recently announced its plan to shut down 60% of its synthetic rubber production facilities at its Tokuyama Plant from fiscal 2026 onward, has decided to restructure its portfolio, including the construction of a new cyclo-olefin polymer (COP) plant. To learn more about these plans, Japan Rubber Weekly sat down with Kazuyoshi Matsuura, director and senior corporate officer,...
Zeon’s elastomer materials business division posted sales of 215.29 billion yen ($1.36 billion), down 3.1% year-on-year, and operating profit of 6.64 billion yen, down 34.8%, in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Synthetic rubber sales and profits were up, and, in addition to a generally normal recovery in Japanese domestic demand from the second half of the year, the...
In April 2023, Zeon has set the Zeon Health Action Index as a company-wide KPI to promote physical health. The company established three health behavior indicators: having an exercise habit (exercise for 30 minutes or more twice a week for at least one year), having a BMI within the standard range (18.5 to 24.9), and not smoking cigarettes. Of the...
Zeon Corporation will build a new plant for cyclo-olefin polymer (COP), a high-performance resin that is one of its main products. The investment, including land and utilities, will be approximately 70 billion yen ($443 million). The company has long been considering measures to strengthen its resilience by decentralizing its COP production bases. The new plant will be constructed in Shunan...
Zeon Corporation will cease 60% of its synthetic rubber manufacturing capacity at its Tokuyama Plant in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the company said at a meeting held on June 11 to explain the progress of the second phase of its medium-term management plan. It plans to stop production of E-SBR (emulsion polymerization styrene butadiene rubber) Series 1 and NBR (acrylonitrile...
Zeon Corporation announced on June 10 that it will raise the selling prices of petroleum resins and thermoplastic elastomers, starting with deliveries on July 1. The price increase is 50 yen ($0.32) per kilogram for both Quintone petroleum resin and Quintac thermoplastic elastomer SIS. The company said, “The costs of manufacturing and supplying our products, including main raw material prices,...
