Snapshot
The Petrochemical Group supplies diverse customers with conventional and high-performance and specialty products. Polymers, including polyethylenes and functional polymers, and olefins are the group’s main product lines, and the group maintains its competitive edge by moving its products upstream, managing its product mix, cutting its costs, and diversifying its product lines. The Petrochemical Group bridges the gap between the Specialty and Chlor-alkali Groups in Tosoh’s dual commodities and specialties strategy.
Tosoh has utilized olefin feedstock from the Petrochemical Group to become an integrated manufacturer of hydrocarbon-based products and their derivatives, including ethylene, propylene, cumene, and aromatic compounds. Customers use olefins to manufacture a broad range of products, from automotive additives to food flavors and fragrances.
The Petrochemical Group’s polymer operations manufacture ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA); low-density polyethylene (LDPE); linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE); high-density polyethylene (HDPE); and such functional polymers as chloroprene rubber (CR), adhesive polymers, and engineering plastic resins. The polymer operations adapt product specifications to meet customer needs for polymers in consumer and industrial products. Various grades of EVA are found in everything from solar cells to shoe soles. LDPE is used in medical applications and food packaging. And HDPE is applied in injection moldings and high-purity pharmaceutical containers.
Chlorosulphonated polyethylene (CSM) rubber and polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) feature in the Petrochemical Group’s functional polymer lineup. CSM is a highly durable rubber, and Tosoh is the leading global CSM producer. PPS is also in great demand globally as an engineering plastic, as it helps automakers develop lighter, more fuel efficient vehicles.