Making Rubber that Makes a Difference

Since 1950, ZEON has been at the forefront of innovation in specialty elastomers, polymers, and specialty chemicals. As an global leader, we operate an extensive network of plants across Asia and North America and cutting-edge research and development laboratories in the United States, Japan, China, and Singapore.

With over 70 years of industry experience and consolidated sales exceeding $2.9 billion, ZEON has expertise in C₄ and C₅ chemistry and delivers a diverse range of high-quality products. Our team of thousands of rubber professionals is dedicated to excellence, with global headquarters in Tokyo and regional offices in the United States, Singapore, and Germany.

 

The Leader in Synthetic Elastomers

ZEON is a market leader in specialty heat- and oil-resistant elastomers. Our flagship product, Zetpol^® HNBR, launched in 1984, is renowned for its superior heat and oil resistance, toughness, and durability, making it ideal for automotive applications like timing belts.

We also lead the industry in specialty nitrile, Nipol^® NBR elastomers, offering the widest range of grades, including powder, liquid, ground, carboxylated, and NBR-PVC blends. For HyTemp^® ACM elastomers used in automotive sealing, we’ve expanded our global capacity with the acquisition of Tohpe Corporation (Japan) in 2013.

 

A Global Network Ready to Support You

Our commitment to having the industry’s best customer service starts with having chemists and technical experts available to work directly with you. ZEON operates a truly global network of technical support and sales offices. We are able to assist your engineers and scientists, beginning with concept discussion through to prototyping, pre-launch and mass production. It is common for us to begin working with designers in one region of the world and support mass production in another region.