Isoprene Rubber Market Impacted by Growth in Automotive Sector

The unique advantages of isoprene rubbers are their resistance against fractures and abrasions. These rubbers have near similar physical and chemical properties as that shown by natural rubber. Moreover, isoprene does not have any proteins, fatty acids, and other substances that can be found in natural rubbers. Thus, isoprene rubbers find itself used in a wide range of applications such as automotive mounts, tires, adhesives, shock absorbers, sporting goods, coatings, and healthcare items among others. Isoprene is a well-known structural pattern found in almost all of the biological systems. The isoprenoids such as carotenes and tetraterpenes are gotten from isoprene. Retinol, dolichols, phytol, tocopherols, and squalene among many others are the different products derived from isoprene.

The demand for isoprene rubbers is expected to soar on account of ever-growing automotive industry. Moreover, rising awareness among the people to use isoprene rubber gloves for various purposes, especially in surgeries and other different healthcare processes is also significantly helping to boost the global isoprene rubber market.

A huge thrust is expected in the coming years on the research and development activities and other different applications of isoprene rubber. One such product of extensive research and development activities is bio-isoprene that can be developed from biomass derived from low mass sugar and offer a preliminary green material for different products such as styrene block copolymers and other applications. Many such new product segments is expected to bode well for the global market of isoprene rubbers in the coming years. Moreover, well-known automakers are already announcing to make use of such eco-friendly products in their manufactures. In addition to this, increasing activities of research and development in this sector is expected to open new opportunities for the global isoprene market.

Geographically, the global isoprene market can be segmented into several key regions that include names such as Europe, Asia Pacific, North America and the Rest of the World (RoW). It is expected that Asia Pacific and especially China will significantly contribute in the growth of the global isoprene market.