Global butadiene market is forecast to cross 13 million metric tonnes in volume terms by 2020, on account of rising investments and expanding synthetic rubber manufacturing sector, according to the report “Global Butadiene Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020” published by Research and Markets. The growing automotive industry, especially in Asia-Pacific, is projected to drive the market for butadiene over the next five years. SBR and PBR are two prime derivatives that accounted for a lion’s share of the total butadiene consumption in 2014, the report notes. Butadiene, an organic compound, is obtained as a by-product during the production of ethylene and propylene.
Source: rubber asia (18/07/2015)