Established in 1956, Parker Asahi was the first company in Japan to develop synthetic rubber cutting boards that are both scratch-resistant and soft to the touch at the same time. While being gentle to sharp knife edges the synthetic rubber cutting boards can resist scratches and germs. Widely used in both professional and home kitchens, the synthetic rubber boards from Parker Asahi are designed to provide a high quality surface to work on and their rubber compound is designed to be much more gentle and on your knife edge than plastic boards and provides a similar cutting experience to using a quality end grain