HOUSTON—The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber has published and is selling its annual Worldwide Rubber Statistics, for more than 30 years the most complete source of data about the global synthetic rubber industry.
The 2013 edition is 91 pages of comprehensive analysis of capacity by elastomer type, by geographical distribution and by corporate ownership. The IISRP said the publication features a graphics section that emphasizes statistics in an easy-to-read format, a section on capacities of synthetic rubber production facilities throughout the world, and a report on planned and announced expansions of SR plants.
The book is available on the IISRP website, www.iisrp.com/publications.
More than 50 companies are members of the IISRP, representing 80 percent of the world's supply of SR.