- CEO
- Tetsuya Toyoshima
- Full Time Employees
- 4,462
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- Address
- Shin Marunouchi Center Building Tokyo Japan 100-8246
- IPO Date
- Mar 4, 2021
- Business
- Zeon Corporation (ZEOOY) manufactures synthetic rubbers, specialty resins, elastomers, and high-performance chemicals derived primarily from C4 and C5 fractions of naphtha. The company produces a broad portfolio of core products and services, including heat- and oil-resistant synthetic rubbers such as Zetpol HNBR, Nipol NBR elastomers (encompassing powder, liquid, ground, carboxylated, and NBR-PVC blends), HyTemp ACM elastomers, and solution-polymerised styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) for tires; specialty plastics like cyclo olefin polymers (COP) under ZEONEX and ZEONOR brands for optical lenses, medical syringes, vials, and microfluidic chips; optical films such as ZeonorFilm for displays in TVs, smartphones, and tablets; synthetic latex for medical gloves; aroma chemicals including green aroma variants; lithium-ion battery materials for electric vehicles; and medical devices focused on cardiovascular and digestive systems through Zeon Medical Inc. Zeon operates globally with facilities in Japan, the United States (including Pasadena, Texas, and Louisville, Kentucky), Singapore, Europe, and Asia, targeting automotive, electronics, healthcare, construction, and consumer goods sectors; it maintains 53 group companies across 18 countries and regions. Founded in 1950 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, at Shin Marunouchi Center Building, Chiyoda-ku, the company employs approximately 4,493 people and reported consolidated net sales of 420.6 billion JPY in the latest fiscal year. Recent developments include a 25% expansion of global Zetpol HNBR production capacity at its Texas plant, scheduled for completion by early 2025; upgrade and expansion of high-grade S-SBR production in Singapore to reach 125,000 tonnes annually by 2026 with enhanced focus on tire performance; full absorption and merger of subsidiary ZS Elastomer Co., Ltd. effective October 2024; strategic investment in Syzygy Plasmonics in February 2024 via Zeon Ventures to advance sustainable chemical manufacturing; leadership in a $20 million Series C funding round for Sino Applied Technology in May 2025 to scale single-walled carbon nanotube conductive paste production; and an EPC contract awarded to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in November 2025 for a new cyclo olefin polymer plant.