Refining Facility (IMAGE) Japan Science and Technology Agency Caption The refining facility reduces manufacturing cost of the Eucommia elastomer® to approximately one-eighth of the cost at the beginning of the project and producing 10 tons of Eucommia elastomer® per year highly efficiently with an extraction purity of 99.8%. Credit Hitachi Zosen Corporation Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.