HOUSTON—The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers Inc. elected JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. as its new affiliate member.
JX Nippon Oil & Energy is headquartered in Tokyo and designated Takaaki Takeshita as the liaison representative for the IISRP. Tomoaki Naito will serve as the alternate representative.
JX Nippon Oil & Energy provides raw materials to the synthetic rubber industry.
The IISRP is an international not-for-profit trade association with more than 50 corporate members in 22 countries who produce 80 percent of the world's supply of synthetic rubber.