Bio-SIM "New Sources of Isoprene for the Synthetic Rubber Market

The chemical industry is facing a broad mix of new pressures including new demand centers in emerging markets, shifting consumer preferences, challenging regulatory environments, escalating crude oil costs, and shifts in refining practices (lightening of the feed-slate). Taken together, these shifts in the market present durable, long run opportunities to bring enhanced security of supply and greater price predictability to the synthetic rubber industry. 

Glycos Biotechnologies (GlycosBio) produces targeted bio-based chemicals that support the global synthetic rubber industry.  GlycosBio’s most significant commercial offering to-date is Bio-SIM™ (Bio-based Synthetic Isoprene Monomer).  As the primary output of GlycosBio’s Malaysian production facility and a key part of the synthetic rubber industry’s long-term future, Bio-SIM is a central component of several polymers including Isoprene Rubber (IIR), Butyl Rubber (BR) and SIS block co-polymers and is integrated into hundreds of finished products worldwide.

In this presentation, GlycosBio will:

• Offer an introduction to bio-based processes and green chemicals that can support the synthetic rubber market.
• Discuss the characteristics of bio-based synthetic rubber monomers compared to petrochemical derived monomers.
• Provide an overview about isoprene including the current market dynamics and trends effecting the synthetic rubber industry and customers.