日本宇部实业公司近日表示,为满足亚洲地区对顺丁橡胶不断增长的需求,将投资14亿日元(合1600万美元)扩大其位于千叶市原石化厂的顺丁橡胶装置产能,使该厂年生产能力达到11万t。此次扩能改造工作预计于2012年8月完成。据了解,宇部实业目前在中国、日本和泰国建有顺丁橡胶生产装 Japan’s Ube Industries said recently that in order to meet the growing demand for butadiene rubber in Asia, it will invest 1.4 billion yen (about 16 million U.S. dollars) to expand its production capacity of its butadiene rubber plant at its original petrochemical plant in Chiba, Annual production capacity reached 110,000 t. The expansion project is expected to be completed in August 2012. It is understood that Ube Industries currently in China, Japan and Thailand built a butadiene rubber production equipment