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...
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...
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...
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...
Leading synthetic rubber manufacturer JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has announced plans to transfer its elastomers business to Eneos Corp. Due to be completed on April 1, 2022, the deal here will be based on a valuation of 115 billion yen ($1.05 billion). Commenting on the deal, JSR CEO Eric Johnson acknowledged that elastomers have been a core business for JSR since...
