Asahi Kasei to produce S-SBR for eco-friendly tires using butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass

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By mmillikinNov 25, 2021, 5:00 am439 ptsTop
Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational company, concluded an agreement with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd. regarding the supply of butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass. Asahi Kasei plans to begin producing and marketing sustainable solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR)…

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