1. Global Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (ESBR) Market Key Raw Materials Analysis
1.1 Key Raw Materials of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (ESBR)
Styrene: Styrene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C₆H₅CH=CH₂. Its structure consists of a vinyl group as substituent on benzene. Styrene a colorless, oily liquid, although aged samples can appear yellowish. Styrene is widely used to make plastics and rubber.
Butadiene: 1,3-Butadiene is the organic compound with the formula CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂. It is a colorless gas that is easily condensed to a liquid. It is important industrially as a precursor to synthetic rubber.
1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR)
Key raw material suppliers in the global emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) market include Royal Dutch Shell, INEOS, Chevron Phillips Chemical, SABIC, Evonik Industries AG, and LyondellBasell Industries NV.
Table Upstream Raw Material Suppliers of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) with Contact Information
Raw Material | Suppliers | Contact Information |
Styrene | Royal Dutch Shell | Website: www.shell.com Phone: 31 70 377 9111 Address: Carel van Bylandtlaan 16, 2596 HR The Hague, The Netherlands |
INEOS | Web: www.ineos.com Add: 38 Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 0LZ, UK | |
Chevron Phillips Chemical | Web: www.cpchem.com Tel: +1-832-813-4100 Add: 10001 Six Pines Drive The Woodlands , TX , 77380 | |
Butadiene | SABIC | Web: www.sabic.com Tel: +966 (011) 225 8000 Add: PO Box 5101, Riyadh 11422, Saudi Arabia |
Evonik Industries AG | Web: corporate.evonik.com Tel: +49 201 173-01 Add: Rellinghauser Straße 1-11, Essen, NRW 45128, DE | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV | Web: www.lyondellbasell.com Tel: +31 10 275 5500 Add: Delftseplein 27E 3013 AA Rotterdam Netherlands |
2. Global Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (ESBR) Market Distributors
Key distributors in the global emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) market include Intertex World Resources Inc, Prime Plastics, Milagro Rubber Company, Inc., Globus Rubchem (P) Ltd. and GEE HORN INTERNATIONAL CO.
Table Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Distributors
Distributors | Contact Information |
Intertex World Resources Inc | Web: intertexworld.com Tel: (330) 665-5533 Add: 4518 Fulton Dr NW Suite 101 Canton, Ohio USA |
Prime Plastics | Web: primeplastics.com Tel: +30 2311239300 Add: Industrial Area of Sindos Land Square 53A Thessaloniki Greece 57022 |
Milagro Rubber Company, Inc. | Web: www.e-milagro.com Tel: +1 512 330 9352 Add: 3355 Bee Cave Rd. Suite 304 Austin, TX, USA |
Globus Rubchem (P) Ltd. | Web: globusrubchem.com Tel: +91 90070 30030 Add: 1014, Corporate Annexe, 10th Floor, Sonawala Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai – 400063 Maharashtra, India. |
GEE HORN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. | Web: www.geehorn.com Tel: +886-4-23058115 Add: 20F-3, No.303, Chung Ming S. Road Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
3. Global Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber (ESBR) Market Customers
Key customers in the global emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) market include Michelin, Bridgestone, Continental AG, Sumitomo Corporation, Pirelli & C. S.p.A, and Yokohama Tire Corporation.
Table Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Customers
Customers | Contact Information |
Michelin | Web: www.michelin.com Add: Clermont-Ferrand, France |
Bridgestone | Web: www.bridgestone.com Tel: 03 6836-3001 Add: 1-1, Kyobashi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8340, Japan |
Continental AG | Web: www.continental.com Tel: +49 511 938-01 Add: Vahrenwalder Strasse 9, 30165 Hanover, Germany |
Sumitomo Corporation | Web: www.sumitomocorp.com Tel: +81-3-6285-5000 Add: 3-2 Otemachi 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8601, Japan |
Pirelli & C. S.p.A | Web: www.pirelli.com Add: Viale Piero e Alberto Pirelli, 25 – 20126 Milan |
Yokohama Tire Corporation | Web: www.y-yokohama.com Add: Shinagawa Intercity Tower C 13th floor, 15-3 Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6213 |
4. Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Market Trends
Table Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Industry Trends
Trends | Information |
Environmental protection issues accelerate the pace of transformation and upgrading | Since synthetic rubber produces a large amount of volatile organic compounds during the production process, it causes greater environmental pollution. In the context of increasingly strict environmental protection supervision, mainstream synthetic rubber products have also been developing towards environmentally friendly varieties in recent years. In the future, environmentally friendly synthetic rubber varieties will be the only way for the development of the synthetic rubber industry. Therefore, for the Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) industry, environmental protection has led to technological upgrading of the entire industry, which is one of the trends in the industry. |
Industry production capacity is shifting to the Asia-Pacific region | As the synthetic rubber type with the highest output and largest consumption in the world, Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) has excellent comprehensive properties and has a wide range of applications. At present, among the main producing areas of synthetic rubber in the world, the Asia-Pacific region accounts for the largest proportion, exceeding 50%. The main reason for this distribution pattern is that the rapid economic development in the Asia-Pacific region has driven the growth of synthetic rubber consumption and the continuous expansion of the supply of synthetic rubber market, thus increasing the production scale of the synthetic rubber industry. Europe, the Middle East and the Americas have relatively large and complete petroleum and chemical industries, so their synthetic rubber output is relatively stable all year round. Currently, the global Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) market is oversupplied, and new production capacity in the industry will be limited in the future. China is a major producer of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR). |
Technological innovation | The main directions for the development of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) production technology include: 1) Improve monomer conversion rate; 2) Introduce functional monomers to improve performance; 3) Improve process control through the use of certain control mechanisms; 4) Use new technologies, etc. |
5. Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Market Drivers
Table Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Industry Drivers
Drivers | Information |
The cost advantage of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) products | Compared with the SSBR process, the Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) process is more advantageous in terms of cost savings. More than half of the global styrene-butadiene rubber plant production capacity is based on the Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) process. Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) has good comprehensive properties, mature technology, and wide application. Its production capacity, output and consumption rank first among synthetic rubbers. Cost advantage is the main reason for the stable development of the Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) industry. |
Extensive demand for rubber products in modern society | Rubber products carry the work of modern society and industry and accompany every aspect of people’s daily lives. With the rapid development of economy and society, the demand for rubber continues to increase, and the requirements for its quality and performance are also getting higher and higher. Synthetic rubber is widely recognized on the market and among users due to the diversity of its synthetic materials and product properties. Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) are one of the most widely used synthetic rubber varieties. The widespread demand for rubber products in modern society has resulted in stable and sustained market demand for Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) products, thus promoting the development of the industry. |
6. Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Market Challenges
Table Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Industry Challenges
Challenges | Information |
Upstream raw material price fluctuations | The upstream of the Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) industry chain is a supplier of chemical raw materials and monomer intermediates, which mainly includes chemical raw materials such as oil and natural gas, and olefin monomers such as butadiene and styrene. Butadiene is the main raw material for the production of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR). Its price changes have a greater impact on the cost of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR), thereby affecting the price of synthetic rubber products. The preparation process of butadiene is relatively cumbersome. First, it is necessary to obtain naphtha through upstream petroleum distillation, rectification and other methods, and then use naphtha steam cracking or catalytic process to obtain mixed C4, from which butadiene is extracted. In addition, styrene monomer is also available in the petrochemical industry. It can be seen that petroleum is the main component of the upstream monomer raw materials of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR). Since the refining, procurement, storage and refining processes of oil require a certain period of time, the price of crude oil has a certain degree of volatility. Therefore, upstream raw material prices will change with oil price fluctuations, butadiene and other monomer production, and exchange rate trends, which will have an important impact on the profit market of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) companies. Fluctuations in upstream raw material prices are challenging for some companies in the industry. |
7. Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Market Restraints
Table Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) Industry Restraints
Restraints | Information |
The Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) industry is oversupplied and the market competition is fierce | Due to its low production cost, superior processing performance and more mature technology, Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) are still widely used. About 80% of styrene butadiene rubber is produced by emulsion polymerization. From the perspective of consumption structure, the downstream applications of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) are relatively wide, mainly concentrated in automobile tires, hoses and tapes, shoemaking and other fields. Since the supply of the Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) industry market is sufficient and there are many market participants, the market competition in the industry is fierce. This limits the development of the market. |
ESBR is replaced, resulting in reduced demand | Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) has a strong substitution relationship with natural rubber and other synthetic rubbers. ESBR was replaced by natural rubber on the one hand and solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) on the other. Due to environmental protection and product performance reasons, the consumption of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) by semi-steel tire manufacturers is increasing year by year. Therefore, the market development of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) products is greatly affected by substitutes. |
The impact of the macroeconomic environment | Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) products are widely used in tires, shoe materials, rubber hoses and other industries. The prosperity of the above-mentioned industries is highly related to the economic development cycle and national macroeconomic policies. Currently, the world’s political and economic landscape is undergoing profound changes. Trade protectionism and uncertainty in international trade frictions will still exist for a long time, and the development of the Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (ESBR) industry will be adversely affected. |
