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New Polymers Automotive Applications Center

The new center in Japan will support producing specialty elastomers and polymers, thermoplastic vulcanizate, and polypropylene compounds for automotive applications.

ExxonMobil Chemical's new Polymers Automotive Applications Center in Kawasaki, Japan has officially opened. Jim Harris, senior vice president, ExxonMobil Chemical Company explains that the applications center will support its polymers portfolio, including specialty elastomers such as Santoprene* thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV), polypropylene compounds, and other specialty polymers.

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Santoprene* specialty products, produced by an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical, Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P., Akron, Ohio, and wholly owned by Exxon Mobil Corporation, are recyclable elastomers commonly used in appliance, automotive, consumer goods, plumbing, and other applications. ExxonMobil Chemical's Santoprene specialty products are the global leader in engineered TPEs, materials with the performance of rubber and the processing ease of plastics.

The new applications center is located at the site of Tonen Kagaku K.K., an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical. Consisting of several testing laboratories and processing equipment, the center provides specialized assistance to customers in all aspects of applications development, including material selection, mold design, processing, and testing, to innovate and deliver new products to the marketplace.

“The new applications center demonstrates ExxonMobil Chemical’s ongoing commitment to worldwide technical and application support and particularly to its Japanese customers and OEMs. Japan is at the cutting-edge of automotive component and consumer electronics design and development. New product development and application support is critical to our customers’ success,” said Jim Harris. “The new applications center will play an important role in helping to produce cost-effective, aesthetic and functional designs, building on expertise in specialty elastomer products which have been developed for Japanese OEMs. Fully leveraging ExxonMobil’s broad range of polymer and compounding technology, this center will support customers by rapidly deploying new applications to the marketplace.”

ExxonMobil Chemical is a leader in the development and use of proprietary, leading-edge technologies for the production of olefins, aromatics, and polymers. The company's global network of technology centers is located in nine countries. While the new applications center focuses on supporting customers and OEMs in Japan, it also plays an important role both in Asia and the rest of the world.

*Santoprene is a registered trademark of Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P., Akron, Ohio, an ExxonMobil Chemical Affiliate and is wholly owned by Exxon Mobil Corporation.

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