Japan's Yokohama Rubber said it has developed the world's first technology to efficiently produce isoprene from biomass. In-cell (in vivo) synthesis of isoprene Polyisoprene rubber polymerized using the new technology The company says its process is more efficient than current methods and can be used in a wide range of applications, including food production, as well as for industrial applications. The result of a joint research venture between Yokohama Rubber, the RIKEN Research Institute, and Zeon Corporation, 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.
Japan's Yokohama Rubber said it has developed the world's first technology to efficiently produce isoprene from biomass. The company says its process is more efficient than current methods and can be used in a wide range of applications, including food production, as well as for industrial applications. The result of a joint research venture between Yokohama Rubber, the RIKEN Research Institute, and Zeon Corporation, 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.