CEH: Polybutadiene Elastomers

Aug 2020. Polybutadiene elastomers (PBR) are the second-largest-volume synthetic rubber produced, behind styrene-butadiene elastomer (SBR). Vulcanized PBR exhibits high resilience (the ability to recover size and shape after stress), abrasion resistance, and resistance to cut growth (growth in the size of an initial cut in the cured rubber), making it an ideal elastomer for the manufacture of tires, PBR's largest market. Use as an impact modifier for ABS and high-impact polystyrene is the next-largest market. Overall, tires and tire products remain the most important end use for polybutadiene elastomers and are estimated to have accounted, on average, for about 75% of total consumption in 2020.

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• Publish Date: 2020-08-31
• Chemical Focus: Polymers and Elastomers
• Number of Pages: 88
• Content Type: Report
• Delivery: Email with link to PDF file

• Global summary; regional coverage
• Producers with annual capacities and plant sites
• Consumption and five-year forecast by end-use application
• Price and production figures and trends
• Trade imports and exports

• Drive market research and commercial development
• Support competitive analysis, marketing and sales
• Inform merger and acquisition decisions