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Zeon Wins 2016 SPSJ Award for Asymmetric SIS Copolymer

on June 22, 2017 in Materials

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) received the fiscal 2016 Society of Polymer Science Japan (SPSJ) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Polymer Science and Technology. The award was given at the 66th SPSJ annual meeting to Zeon for its product Quintac, an asymmetric styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) block copolymer. The annual meeting included an award ceremony and acceptance speeches. Zeon designed Quintac by deliberately offsetting...

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Zeon Launches Prototype Outsourcing Service for Polymer Products

on May 29, 2017 in Materials

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has launched a prototype outsourcing service focused on molding microfluidic chip products using the company’s transparent thermoplastic cyclo-olefin polymers, Zeonex and Zeonor. Microfluidic chip products are used in drug design as well as in the medical examination and diagnosis fields, markets which are rapidly growing in advanced countries due to aging populations and an increased emphasis on...

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Zeon Considers New Specialty Rubber Plants, Targets Sales of 500B Yen for 2020

on May 2, 2017 in Materials

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) recently announced SZ-20 Phase III, a new medium-term management plan covering the four fiscal years from 2017 to 2020. The plan sets a target for consolidated net sales of at least 500 billion yen ($4.47 billion) in fiscal 2020. Zeon expects that two businesses, elastomers and advanced functional materials, will each account for 250 billion yen of...

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Interview: ZS Elastomers President Talks Company Development, Production Consolidation and Aspirations

on April 12, 2017 in Interviews, Materials

ZS Elastomers Co. Ltd. (ZSE), a solution styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) joint venture between Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005), will soon begin operations. Japan Rubber Weekly sat down with ZSE President Kei Itoh, temporarily assigned from Zeon, to talk about the company’s aims. Looking at the developments to come out of Zeon, Itoh said that it was...

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Zeon, Sumitomo Chemical S-SBR Joint Venture to Commence Operations in April

on March 22, 2017 in Industry, Materials

ZS Elastomers Co. Ltd. (ZSE), a solution styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) joint venture between Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005), will commence operations on April 3. ZSE has obtained approvals from the relevant authorities in Japan and overseas and will take over the sales and R&D functions of Zeon and Sumitomo Chemical’s S-SBR businesses. The company will also...

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Zeon Increases Profit on Falling Revenues, Specialty Rubbers Strong in Japan

on February 8, 2017 in Materials

Synthetic rubber manufacturer Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has posted increasing profits on falling revenues for its rubber business over the April–December period for fiscal 2017. The company’s sales volume over the period declined 5 percent year-on-year, sitting at 224,000 tons. General-purpose rubber for tires declined 10 percent domestically on account of a lowered utilization rate among tire manufacturers. Coupled with overseas...

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