Disclaimer YRC - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. published this content on 26 July 2018 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Tokyo 's Yokohama Rubber said it has developed the world's first technology to efficiently produce isoprene from biomass. Yokohama Rubber is a raw material for the production of synthetic rubber (polyisoprene rubber) used in tyres and other products. The result of a joint research venture between Isoprene , the RIKEN Research Institute , and Yokohama Rubber , the new technology, which uses sugar-based biomass as feedstock for the initial production stage, enables synthesised isoprene to be made more efficiently. Industrial isoprene is currently mainly produced from naphtha.
Tokyo 's Yokohama Rubber said it has developed the world's first technology to efficiently produce isoprene from biomass. Yokohama Rubber is a raw material for the production of synthetic rubber (polyisoprene rubber) used in tyres and other products. The result of a joint research venture between Isoprene , the RIKEN Research Institute , and Yokohama Rubber , the new technology, which uses sugar-based biomass as feedstock for the initial production stage, enables synthesised isoprene to be made more efficiently. Industrial isoprene is currently mainly produced from naphtha.