New research facility

Zeon Corporation (Zeon; head office: Chiyoda‐ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tetsuya Toyoshima) has constructed a new research facility on the premises of Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd. (head office: Yonezawa‐shi, Yamagata; President: Kazunori Watanabe) to develop production processes for plant‐derived raw materials. This facility will accelerate the development of biotechnology to produce butadiene and isoprene directly, which are key components of synthetic rubber, from plant‐derived materials, with the goal of contributing to the realization of a circular economy.

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