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JSR completes S-SBR capacity expansion in Yokkaichi

The Japanese company JSR Corporation has completed a 25,000 t/y S-SBR capacity expansion at its Yokkaichi plant, bringing the total capacity to 60,000 t/y.

With the recent expansion, JSR’s global S-SBR manu­facturing capacity now totals 90,000 t/y, including 30,000 t/y the company receives under a capacity rights agreement from Styron Europe GmbH. In addition, JSR is planning to build a new S-SBR plant in Thailand with an initial capacity of 50,000 t/y in 2013. The company plans to increase the capacity by a further 50,000 t/y in 2015 for a total of 100,000 t/y.


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