Synthetic Products Co.

Japanese: Synthetic Products Co.(英語表記)SyntheticProductsCo
Synthetic Products Co.

…However, natural rubber was insufficiently supplied and prices continued to soar, leading to research into synthetic rubber and a certain degree of prospect for its industrialization. Against this backdrop, in 1912, the world's first Synthetic Products Co. was established in England for the purpose of manufacturing synthetic rubber, but due to the sudden drop in natural rubber prices at the time, the company went into liquidation in 1926 without actually producing any synthetic rubber. When World War I broke out in 1914, Germany was blockaded by the Royal Navy, cutting off its supply of natural rubber and forcing it into the industrialization of synthetic rubber for military use. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Synthetic Products Co." is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかしながら天然ゴムの供給が十分でなく,価格の高騰が続いたため,合成ゴムの研究も進み,その工業化の見通しもある程度までつけられるようになった。このようなことを背景に12年,イギリスに世界で初めて,合成ゴムを製造する目的でシンセティック・プロダクト社Synthetic Products Co.が設立されたが,折からの天然ゴム価格の暴落などにより実際に合成ゴムを生産することなく26年には清算されてしまった。1914年に第1次大戦が勃発し,イギリス海軍による海上封鎖を受けたドイツは,天然ゴムの供給路を断たれたため,軍事用の必要から合成ゴムの工業化に踏み切らざるをえない状態に追い込まれた。…

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