07-05-2012

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is strengthening its butyl rubber plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium. The company has significantly invested to expand the production capacity of the existing plant and to build two new pilot plants for the development of production technology for butyl rubber. ...

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EUR 1.4 billion EBITDA pre exceptionals targeted in 2015

15-09-2010

LANXESS announced its goal to increase its leading earnings indicator by roughly 80 percent in the coming five years. The specialty chemicals company is targeting EBITDA pre exceptionals of approximately EUR 1.4 billion in 2015 and confirmed its forecast of roughly EUR 800 million EBITDA pre ...

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EUR 20 million investment

01-07-2010

LANXESS will expand the production capacity of its butyl rubber plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, by 10 percent to meet growing global demand for regular butyl and halobutyl synthetic rubber. The company will invest EUR 20 million to increase capacity by an extra 14,000 metric tons per year. The ...

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24-06-2010

LANXESS announced the key suppliers for its new butyl rubber plant on Jurong Island in Singapore. With these suppliers in place, the project execution phase is now in full swing to set up the infrastructure for the construction of the plant. Production is scheduled to start in the first ...

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Rubber activities in Asia and Latin America drive growth

14-05-2010

The specialty chemicals company LANXESS more than tripled EBITDA pre exceptionals to EUR 233 million in the first quarter of 2010 due to improved economic conditions worldwide, in particular in Asia and Latin America. Above all, the company’s worldwide leading synthetic rubber activities ...

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29-11-2006

Military personnel, chemical workers, and others could benefit from anew synthetic rubber material tailored with liquid crystals. The material might be used to make body suits to protect chemical-industry employees from skin exposure to toxic vapors and aerosols, as well as providing ...

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10-01-2006

LANXESS has had to cut back the production of butyl rubber at its Sarnia, Canada, site since the end of December 2005 in the continuing absence of deliveries from its major raw material supplier Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd. As a result, LANXESS is now issuing force majeure notices to its ...

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01-06-2004

ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced that it has reached an agreement to license from the Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., technology associated with the Yokohama Advanced Liner (YAL), a new patented inner liner for automotive tires. The agreement also grants ExxonMobil Chemical rights to ...

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