Global Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) Industry

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Global Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) Industry
Published on April 2011

Report Summary

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) in Thousand Metric Tons. The report provides
separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Annual
estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2009 through 2017. Also, a six-year historic analysis is provided for these
markets. The report profiles 22 companies including many key and niche players such as Eliokem S.A.S, Industrias Negromex S.A.,
JSR Corporation, Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Lanxess AG, Lanxess Elastômeros do Brasil SA, LG Chem Ltd., Nantex
Industry Company Ltd., Nitriflex, PetroChina Company Limited, Polimeri Europa SpA, Sibur Holding JSC, Synthos SA, Zeon
Corporation, Zeon Chemicals Europe Limited, and Zeon Chemicals L.P. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and
secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.

Table of Content

1. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS 1
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1
Disclaimers 2
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level 3
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics 3
Product Definitions and Scope of Study 3

2. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 4
Nitrile Butadiene Rubber: A Primer 4
Growth Prospects 4
Current and Future Analysis 4
Asia-Pacific and Europe - Largest Markets for NBR 5

3. MARKET DYNAMICS 6
Production 6
Table 1: World NBR Capacity by Region: 2009 (includes
corresponding Graph/Chart) 6
Leading Players 6
Leading Manufacturers of NBR by Production Location 6
Butadiene Price Rise Brings Down NBR Production 7
Table 2: Global Butadiene Market (2009): Quarterly Price of
Butadiene in US$ per ton By Region - Asia, North America, and
Europe (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 7

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Table 3: Global Butadiene Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown
of Volume Consumption by End-Use Application/Industry -
Styrene Butadiene Rubber, Polybutadiene Rubber, Acrylonitrile
Butadiene Styrene, Styrene Butadiene Latex, Thermoplastic
Elastomer, Adiponitrile, Nitrile Butadiene Rubber,
Polychloroprene, and Others (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 8

4. SYNTHETIC RUBBER INDUSTRY - A PRELUDE 9
Table 4: Global Rubber Consumption (2010): Percentage Share
Breakdown for Natural and Synthetic Rubber 9

Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Synthetic Rubber Consumption
by End-Use Areas (2010) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 9
Developing Countries: Major Consumption Hubs 10
Table 6: Worldwide Rubber Consumption (2010): Percentage
Share Breakdown for Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America,
Latin America, and Africa (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 10
Production of Synthetic Rubber 10
Classification 11
Types of Synthetic Rubbers 11
Recession Affects Synthetic Rubber Demand 12
R&D - Critical for Competitiveness of Synthetic Rubber Producers 12

5. AN OVERVIEW OF NITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER 13
Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) 13
Effect of ACN Composition on Polymer 14
Manufacturing Process and Chemistry 14
Environmental Concerns 15
Types of NBR 15
HNBR 16
Cold NBR 16
Carboxylated Nitrile (XNBR) 16
Crosslinked Hot NBR 16
Hot NBR 17
Bound Antioxidant NBR 17
Applications 17

6. PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS/LAUNCHES/ APPROVALS 19
Ansell Healthcare Unveils Starpack® 48-651 Glove 19
Zeon Launches Zetpol® EP 19
Female Health Receives FDA Approval for FC2 19
Sibur to Launch BNRP in Russia 20
Lanxess Launches Therban AT 3400 VP 20
NewAge Industries Launches Innovative Hose 20
Lanxess Introduces New Ultra-High CAN Therban (HNBR) Product
Range 20



7. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY 21
Sibur to Expand Krasnoyarsk's Production Capacity 21
Lanxess Opens Global R&D Center for NBR in France 21
Lanxess Enters into Joint Venture with TSRC 21
Omnova Solutions Acquires Eliokem 22
Zeon Increases NBR Capacity 22
Laxness Inks Trademark License Agreement with Eriks 23
GACL Signs Agreement with GSFC and GNFC 23
ExxonMobil Chemical and Sabic to Locate Nitrile Rubber Unit at
Al Jubail 23
Zeon Chemicals Finishes HNBR project 23
Rubber World Industries Bags Supply Contract from Lanxess 23
Eliokem to Integrate Valia Facility into Company's System 24
Zeon to Enhance Production Capacity of Automotive Elastomers 24
JSR to Cut Synthetic Rubber Production Due to Butadiene Shortage 24
Eliokem Acquires Apar Industries' Polymer Division 24

8. FOCUS ON SELECT GLOBAL PLAYERS 25
Eliokem S.A.S. (France) 25
Industrias Negromex S.A. (Mexico) 25
JSR Corporation (Japan) 25
Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (South Korea) 26
Lanxess AG (Germany) 26
Lanxess Elastômeros do Brasil SA (Brazil) 26
LG Chem Ltd. (South Korea) 27
Nantex Industry Company Ltd. (Taiwan) 27
Nitriflex (Brazil) 27
PetroChina Company Limited (China) 27
Polimeri Europa SpA (Italy) 27
Sibur Holding JSC (Russia) 28
Synthos SA (Poland) 28
Zeon Corporation (Japan) 28
Zeon Chemicals Europe Limited (UK) 29
Zeon Chemicals L.P. (US) 29

9. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE 30
Table 7: World Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Nitrile Butadiene Rubber by Geographic Region - US, Canada,
Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East,
and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual
Consumption in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2009 through
2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 30

Table 8: World Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber by
Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets
Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption in Thousand
Metric Tons for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes




Table 9: World 15-Year Perspective for Nitrile Butadiene
Rubber by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of
Consumption for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific
(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets for
Years 2003, 2009 and 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 32

10. THE UNITED STATES 33
A.Market Analysis 33
Leading Manufacturers 33
Table 10: Leading manufacturers of Nitrile Butadiene Rubber
in the US by Plant Capacity (2009) (In '000 tpa) (includes
Major Applications 34
Table 11: NBR Market in the US by End-Use (2010) (includes
Export-Import Scenario 34
NBR Exports 34
Table 12: US NBR Industry (2009): Percentage Breakdown of
US Exports of NBR (Including Latex) by Country - Mexico,
Japan, Italy, China, Canada, and Others (includes

US Exports of NBR (Excluding Latex) by Country - Belgium,
Germany, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Others (includes
NBR Imports 35
US Imports of NBR (Including Latex) by Country - the UK,
Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Others (includes

US Imports of NBR (Excluding Latex) by Country - France,
Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Others (includes
B.Market Analytics 36
Table 16: US Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Analyzed with Annual Consumption in
Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes

Table 17: US Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber
Analyzed with Annual Consumption in Thousand Metric Tons for
Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 36



11. CANADA 37
Export Import Scenario 37
NBR Exports 37
Table 18: Canadian NBR Industry (2009): Percentage
Breakdown of Exports of NBR (Excluding Latex) by Country -
the United States, Hong Kong, and Others (includes
NBR Imports 37
Breakdown of Imports of NBR (Including Latex) by Country -
the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Others
(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 38

Breakdown of Imports of NBR (Excluding Latex) by Country -
the United States, France, Mexico, South Korea, India, and
Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 38
Table 21: Canadian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Analyzed with Annual

Table 22: Canadian Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Rubber Analyzed with Annual Consumption in Thousand Metric
Tons for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 39

12. JAPAN 40
Leading Players 40
Table 23: Leading Manufacturers of Synthetic Rubber in
Japan (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown for JSR, Zeon,
Asahi Kasei, Ube Industries, Sumitomo Chemical, and Others
Table 24: Japanese Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis

Table 25: Japanese Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 41



13. EUROPE 42
Leading Players 42
Table 26: Leading Manufacturers of NBR in Europe (2010E)
Regulatory Environment 43
Major Rubber Producers Fined by EC for Price Fixing Cartel 43
Table 27: European Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis
for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber by Geographic Region - France,
Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, and Rest of Europe
Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption in

Table 28: European Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Rubber by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK,
Spain, Russia, and Rest of Europe Markets Independently

Table 29: European 15-Year Perspective for Nitrile Butadiene
Rubber by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK,
Spain, Russia, and Rest of Europe Markets Independently
Years 2003, 2009, and 2015 (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 45

13a. FRANCE 46
Market Analysis 46
Table 30: French Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis

Table 31: French Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 46

13b. GERMANY 47
Market Analysis 47
Table 32: German Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis



Table 33: German Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 47

13c. ITALY 48
Market Analysis 48
Table 34: Italian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis

Table 35: Italian Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 48

13d. THE UNITED KINGDOM 49
Market Analysis 49
Table 36: UK Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis for
Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Analyzed with Annual Consumption in

Table 37: UK Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber

13e. SPAIN 50
Market Analysis 50
Table 38: Spanish Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis

Table 39: Spanish Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 50

13f. RUSSIA 51
Market Analysis 51
Table 40: Russian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis

Table 41: Russian Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene



Graph/Chart) 52

13g. REST OF EUROPE 53
Market Analysis 53
Table 42: Rest of Europe Recent Past, Current and Future
Analysis for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Analyzed with Annual

Table 43: Rest of Europe Historic Review for Nitrile
Butadiene Rubber Analyzed with Annual Consumption in

14. ASIA-PACIFIC 55
Asian NBR Producers Cut Production 55
Table 44: Asia-Pacific Recent Past, Current and Future

Table 45: Asia-Pacific Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 57

Table 46: Asia-Pacific 15-Year Perspective for Nitrile
Butadiene Rubber by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown
of Consumption for China, India, Rest of Asia-Pacific
Markets for Years 2003, 2009 and 2015 (includes

14a. CHINA 58
Impact of Global Economic Recession 58
Competition 58
Table 47: NBR Production Capacity in China (2008 - 2015)
(In '000tons per annum) (includes corresponding
Graph/Chart) 59
NBR Registers Slack Import Growth in China 59
Table 48: Chinese Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Market
(2006-2008): Production, Import, and Export Statistics (in



Thousand Metric Tons) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 59
NBR Prices Witness Uptrend 60
Table 49: Chinese Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis

Table 50: Chinese Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 61

14b. INDIA 62
Tire Manufacturers Continue to Favor Natural Rubber 62
Table 51: Rubber Consumption in India (2010): Percentage
Breakdown by End Use (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 62
Regulatory Environment 62
Indian Government Adjusts Anti-Dumping Duties on NBR 62
Table 52: Indian Recent Past, Current and Future Analysis

Table 53: Indian Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 63

14c. REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC 64
Export of Malaysian Nitrile Gloves Witnesses Rise 64
Table 54: Rest of Asia-Pacific Recent Past, Current and
Future Analysis for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Analyzed with
Annual Consumption in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2009
through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 64

Table 55: Rest of Asia-Pacific Historic Review for Nitrile

15. MIDDLE EAST 66



Market Analysis 66
Table 56: Middle East Recent Past, Current and Future

Table 57: Middle East Historic Review for Nitrile Butadiene
Graph/Chart) 66

16. LATIN AMERICA 67
Market Analysis 67
Table 58: Latin American Recent Past, Current and Future

Table 59: Latin American Historic Review for Nitrile

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Total Companies Profiled: 22 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 31)

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Region/Country Players
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The United States 4
Japan 2
Europe 9
France 1
Germany 2
The United Kingdom 2
Italy 2
Rest of Europe 2
Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan) 12
Latin America 4
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