 "Lotte Ube Synthetic opens butadiene rubber plant in Malaysia")
Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between Lotte Chemical Corporation and Ube Industries, has inaugurated butadiene rubber (BR) manufacturing facility in the Tanjung Langsat industrial park in Johor, Malaysia.
Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber has a butadiene rubber production capacity of 50 kilotonnes per year, becoming the fourth BR production facility of the UBE Group. With facilities in Japan (126 kilotonnes), Thailand (72 kilotonnes), China (72 kilotonnes) and now Mayasia, the Ube Industries Group has a combined annual butadiene rubber production capacity of 320 kilotonnes.
The main applications for BR are for use in tyres, high impact polystyrene (HIPS) and shoe soles. Demand for butadiene rubber is forecast to grow significantly, centering on the Asian market, which is the biggest market for butadiene rubber. Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber plans to monitor trends in demand and eventually increase its production capacity by an additional 22 kilotonnes annually.
Ube Industries will seek to best leverage the capacity from four global plants, to further strengthen its presence in the growing Asian market.
Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber has a butadiene rubber production capacity of 50 kilotonnes per year, becoming the fourth BR production facility of the UBE Group. With facilities in Japan (126 kilotonnes), Thailand (72 kilotonnes), China (72 kilotonnes) and now Mayasia, the Ube Industries Group has a combined annual butadiene rubber production capacity of 320 kilotonnes.
The main applications for BR are for use in tyres, high impact polystyrene (HIPS) and shoe soles. Demand for butadiene rubber is forecast to grow significantly, centering on the Asian market, which is the biggest market for butadiene rubber. Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber plans to monitor trends in demand and eventually increase its production capacity by an additional 22 kilotonnes annually.
Ube Industries will seek to best leverage the capacity from four global plants, to further strengthen its presence in the growing Asian market.
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