Zeon Corporation operates within the Synthetic rubber sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Zeon with three other rubber manufacturers in Asia: Halcyon Agri Corporation Ltd of Singapore (2017 sales of 2.73 billion Singapore Dollars [US$2.07 billion] of which 55% was Distribution), JSR Corporation (390.60 billion Japanese Yen [US$3.62 billion] of which 47% was Elastomer Business), and TSRC Corporation which is based in Taiwan (31.77 billion Taiwanese Dollars [US$1.08 billion] of which 97% was Synthetic Rubber).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended March of 2017, sales at Zeon were ¥287.62 billion (US$2.67 billion). This is a decrease of 2.7% versus 2016, when the company's sales were ¥295.65 billion. The sales level in 2017 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2012, Zeon had sales of ¥262.84 billion. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 7.5% decline in Elastomer Material Business, from ¥177.25 billion to ¥163.97 billion. . However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of Highly Functional Materials Bus. (up 5.6% to ¥74.98 billion) and Other Businesses (up 2.7% to ¥48.68 billion) .