Rubber is used in almost every aspect of industry and daily life. Rubber tires, belts, hoses, rollers and seals are just a few of the essential items we take for granted. In 1952 the Rubber Business Group became the sole agent for Polysar Limited in Canada, one of the leading synthetic rubber manufacturers in the world. The Rubber Business Group has since introduced into Japan not only the products of this renowned firm, but also its processing technology, thus making a substantial contribution to the growth of the domestic rubber industry.
In 1990 Bayer AG of Germany acquired the Rubber Division of Polysar. In 2004, Bayer AG established LANXESS featuring polymer and chemical business worldwide. As a result, Rubber Business Group is now able to offer a wide range of top quality rubbers such as butyl rubbers as well as nitrile rubbers and hydrogenated NBR for industrial rubber goods. This business group is also an agent for many of domestic major chemical manufactures such as Sumitomo Chemical, Mitsui Chemicals, Dow Corning Toray, Tosoh, Kuraray, Sumitomo 3M and Daiso. Through these sources rubber business group supplies a broad array of specialty and general purpose rubbers including SBR, isoprene rubbers, EPDM, polychloroprene rubbers, epichlorohydrin rubbers, silicone rubbers and fluoro elastomer. In the field of rubber chemicals and ingredients, we serve as the sole agent of kaolin clay for KaMin LLC and Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company in the US, Ricon polybutadiene resins for Cray Valley as well as of processing aids for Technical Processing, Inc, alkylphenol resins for SI Group.
We also have long experience in the sales of natural rubber and pioneered to import SVR natural rubber from Viet Nam first in the industry. Our Shanghai office in China opened in 2003. In addition, Sanyo-Touchi(Shanghai) Rubber Co., Ltd was established in 2004. They support rubber business in growing China market.
As technology advances, high - performance rubbers for parts in automobiles, electric appliances and office machines will become increasingly required. Standards for resistance to heat, oil, and chemical corrosion are becoming more stringent. To meet market requirements, the Rubber Business Group is developing new products in order to expand its merchandise lineup, and is enhancing a system to supply high-level technical services, providing specialized technological data, and information on international research and development.
