“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.
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.
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.
LANXESS, one of the world’s leading suppliers of leather chemicals, can give its customers a genuine competitive advantage with the color and trend forecast for spring/summer 2011.
Life just wouldn’t be the same without synthetic rubber. It has revolutionized the world as we know it and is still keeping it moving today. That’s why LANXESS AG and the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim are devoting an exhibition to this elastic all-rounder.
As the first commercial application for Buna CB21 neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-BR) from specialty chemicals group LANXESS, the KIRA STAR golf ball is truly a revolution in golfers’ sports gear.
Saltigo GmbH, a company of the specialty chemicals group LANXESS, will showcase itself at the Informex chemical exhibition in San Francisco from February 16 – 19, 2010. The globally active custom synthesis specialist will demonstrate the comprehensive portfolio of services offered by its Pharma and Agro & Specialty Chemicals business lines for the entire value chain – from laboratory-scale to full-scale production.
The world’s leading synthetic rubber company LANXESS has brought forward its plans to build a new butyl rubber facility in Singapore. The company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in May, 2010, and production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2013. The 100,000 tons per annum plant on Jurong Island will require an investment of up to EUR 400 million (575 million USD).
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS will be showcasing its high-performance ion exchange resins at the EAW Expo 2010 (Everything About Water) international trade fair, which is taking place in Chennai, India, from January 7 to 9.
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is exhibiting a comprehensive range of products at the India International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai, India, on January 31 to February 2, 2010.
The Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS has now concluded a trademark license agreement for its high-performance HNBR rubber Therban with the industrial trading company ERIKS based in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.