Shanghai/Qingdao – German specialty chemicals company LANXESS delivered a presentation entitled “From petrochemicals to fuel efficient automobiles – managing competitive and regulatory challenges” at the Fifth China Rubber Conference (CRC 2010) and World Rubber Summit 2010 (WRS 2010), held in Qingdao, China from March 15 to 18, 2010.
“Lightweight construction through evolution of hybrid technology” is the motto chosen by LANXESS for its stand at this year’s VDI conference on “Plastics in Automotive Engineering” in Mannheim.
Its outstanding stiffness and strength open the door to new applications in automotive engineering for highly reinforced polyamide 6 as an alternative to sheet steel, aluminum and glass-mat-reinforced thermoplastics (GMT).
The plastic-metal composite technology invented by LANXESS, also known as hybrid technology, has become firmly established in the automotive industry for the manufacture of lightweight, high-strength structural parts such as front ends, pedal support brackets and brake pedals.
Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) blends can be used in many different ways in the production of paneling/moldings and add-on body parts for truck cabs.
Full-year sales 2009: EUR 5,057 million / EBITDA pre exceptionals: EUR 465 million / EBITDA margin pre exceptionals: 9.2 percent / Net income: EUR 40 million / “Challenge09-12”: EUR 170 million savings / Proposed dividend 2009: EUR 0.50 per share / Outlook: significant earnings improvement expected following good start to 2010
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is focusing on optimizing its top coat systems, especially those used for automotive leathers, and on expanding its share of the market.
Leverkusen/Porto Feliz/Shanghai – In the last two years, the specialty chemicals group LANXESS has reduced its direct climate gas emissions by more than 50 percent. From 2007 to 2009, annual emissions from the group’s plants were cut from 3.5 million to 1.5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents.
Leverkusen/Shanghai – The world’s leading synthetic rubber company LANXESS has decided to expand the global capacity of its high-performance rubber Neodymium Polybutadiene (Nd-PBR).
Expansion at German, American and Brazilian sites / Additional 50,000 metric tons per annum / Total investment of EUR 20 million / Strong demand for high-performance tires / New EU tire labeling legislation from 2012 to boost demand
The Performance Butadiene Rubbers (PBR) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS is considering the possibility of manufacturing ESBR-BMB (emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber black masterbatch) in the future in Brazil.
The world’s leading synthetic rubber company LANXESS has decided to expand the global capacity of its high-performance rubber Neodymium Polybutadiene (Nd-PBR).