Lanxess Bayer／Lanxess
| 2005/11/9 Lanxess サルティゴ（Saltigo） - ハイテック化学の新しい名前 ランクセスの精密化学品のスピンオフが始まる ビジネスユニット精密化学品は、新名称、新方向、そして新ビジネスモデルで、別法人として 来年 ランクセスから独立する。 「2006 年の第2四半期以降、世界中に私たちの精密化学品の専門知識を、ランクセスの全額出資子会社であるサルティゴ（Saltigo）から販売します。」と、ビジネスユニット精密化学品の責任者であり、サルティゴ（Saltigo）の代表取締役に任命された、アクセル ヴェスタハウス博士が マドリッドで開催された精密化学品において権威のある国際医薬品原料・中間体見本市で、述べた。 社員によって提案されたサルティゴ（Saltigo）の名前は、イタリア語で“飛ぶ“という意味の”saltare”を基に、活力に満ちた成功した未来への躍進ということを意味する。 サルティゴ（Saltigo）は、医薬品、農薬、特殊化学製品分野の顧客の為の受託ソリューションを開発、製造、販売する。 LANXESS plans package of measures to speed development at Saltigo |
Bayer sets allotment ratio for Lanxess shares at 10 to 1
LANXESS sees itself as an independent company that is well-positioned for the future
Lanxess closes rubber, fiber plants at Marl, Goch, Germany
Chinese JV for antioxidants for the rubber industry
Restructuring in fine chemicals and styrenic resins business units of Lanxess
Lanxess to cut jobs and restructure styrenics
Important element of second package of restructuring measures negotiated (NBR in France)
LANXESS subsidiary Rhein Chemie to consolidate U.S. production in Chardon, Ohio
LANXESS invests more than EUR 20 million in new capacities in Germany
LANXESS opens engineering plastics compounding plant in China
LANXESS expands compounding capacities for high-tech plastics in China
LANXESS'Styrenic Resins has a new name: Lustran Polymers
Lanxess opens the new European headquarters of Lustran Polymers in Spain
LANXESS invests in chloroprene rubber
LANXESS realigns its EPDM rubber business
LANXESS invests in new site in China
"LANXESS has not made an offer for Degussa"
LANXESS increases capacities for EPDM rubber
LANXESS opens new plant in China
Lanxess is prepared to pay 4-6 bln eur for Degussa
LANXESS and Hankook Tire sign long-term supply contract of SBR and polybutadiene rubber
LANXESS projects significant new investment in butyl rubber in Asia
INEOS agrees joint venture with LANXESS to operate the ABS plastics business
LANXESS builds new ion exchange facility in India
Lanxess invests Eur10 million in Dormagen EVA copolymer
Lanxess walked away from talks to buy Petroflex of Brasil
LANXESS' new segment structure
LANXESS to produce up to 100,000 tpa of butyl rubber in Singapore
LANXESS makes first acquisition of pigment plants in China
LANXESS opens Rubber Research Center in Qingdao
Lanxess: Reported bid for DSM's EPDM division
LANXESS responds to global economic crisis and shifts investments
LANXESS Acquires Polyol Specialist in China
LANXESS divests Chinese joint venture stake
Lanxess in talks to buy rubber group Eliokem
LANXESS: new Jhagadia site up and running
LANXESS starts up new plant for ion exchange resins in India
LANXESS and TSRC to create rubber joint venture in China
LANXESS expands capacity of butyl rubber plant in Belgium
LANXESS: Largest Leather Chemicals investment in China ever
LANXESS to acquire DSM Elastomers
LANXESS produces five millionth metric ton of caprolactam
LANXESS steps up commitment to biobased raw materials
LANXESS Acquires Syngenta’s Material Protection Business
LANXESS selects Singapore as site for world’s largest Nd-PBR plant
LANXESS to break ground in Singapore for world’s largest Nd-PBR plant in September, 2012
Lanxess in talks about acquiring Taminco
LANXESS to produce first bio-based EPDM rubber in the world
LANXESS to expand its EPDM operations in the Netherlands
LANXESS strengthens commitment to Brazilian automotive sector
LANXESS strengthens global phthalate-free plasticizer portfolio
LANXESS strengthens commitment to renewable raw materials with investment in BioAmber
LANXESS strengthens its butyl rubber site in Belgium
LANXESS starts up new nitrile butadiene rubber plant in China
LANXESS builds new plant for polyamide in Belgium
LANXESS to build world’s largest EPDM plant in China
| Bｒitish Plastics &
Rubber September 17, 2006 Lanxess says it's time to stop consolidating and to start expanding Lanxess
has formally launched itself on the acquisition trail.
After 18 months of
consolidation since it was created from a
group of businesses not fitting with the new Bayer life
sciences image, Lanxess has declared
itself not only seeking acquisitions, but able to spend a
lot of money. |
New joint venture
strengthens business in China
LANXESS in China ー managing chemistry
Weifang: New site sets LANXESS on course for growth
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Bayer AG has
reorganized practically all of its chemicals operations and large
parts of its polymer activities into a new company called LANXESS, which is subject to the
approval of Bayer AG's stockholders'
meeting, will
be spun off and its shares will be distributed to the existing
shareholders of Bayer AG.
Aiming for success with clear objectives - in China and
worldwide
The LANXESS
Shanghai Pigments Company manufactures color pigments in Shanghai
for use in the Chinese construction and paint industries.
Bayferrox® and chrome oxide pigments
for coloring a diverse range of products, such as concrete parts,
roofing tiles, paints and coatings, plastics, paper and special
pigments for toners and other applications, have been proving
their mettle for many years now. The products offer high
standards of quality as well as being simple and environmentally
friendly to process.
In 1999, the Rhein
Chemie (Qingdao) Ltd. began producing additives for the rubber
and mineral oil industries. Lubricant additives, for example, are
used everywhere where there is a need to prevent friction,
frictional heat and wear and to protect material against
corrosion. Rhein Chemie has established itself in the lubricant
industry as one of the leading additive manufacturers for
industrial lubricants.
Today the leather business unit has the highest sales volume
amongst all the business units of LANXESS in China. The company
offers its customers cutting-edge products and technologies
coupled with application-specific expertise. The LANXESS Wuxi Leather
Chemicals Company, founded in conjunction with the Wuxi
Dyestuff Factory, has been producing leather chemicals since 1998
in Wuxi, north-west of Shanghai.
LANXESS - Top company in a growth market
A joint-venture
company is therefore to be set up in collaboration with the Weifang
Yaxing Chemicals Company in Beijing on September 28, 2004. This is
a further instance of LANXESS' concept of flexible, goal-focussed
management of the chemicals business. The purpose of the joint
venture is to manufacture hydrazine hydrate, whose market is
currently enjoying annual growth rates running into double
figures. ヒドラジン水和物
With its
involvement in Weifang LANXESS (* LANXESS Yaxing
Chemical (Weifang) Company Ltd. )expects to become one of the leaders on
the Chinese hydrazine hydrate market for three reasons: "We
will have a production unit with very high capacity, we will
offer the best quality and we also will be way out in front in
terms of process engineering," said Wang Yongli, President
of the LANXESS Chemical Company in China.
Weifang - a viable location with a strong partner
Weifang Yaxing Chemicals Company is an ideal joint-venture
partner for manufacturing top-quality hydrazine hydrate. And
Weifang is also the perfect location for such a facility. For
this reason, LANXESS
will transfer its hydrazine hydrate plant from its site in
Baytown, Texas, USA, to Weifang, which is intended to begin supplying the
Chinese and international market from the end of 2005.
September 28,
2004 Bayer WEIFANG ：山東省維坊
Weifang Yaxing Chemical ：維坊亜星化学
LANXESS
intensifies operations in China
New chemicals joint venture
http://www.press.bayer.com/News/News.nsf/id/1EF7B0C599FD6CBEC1256F1C0036567A
Leverkusen-based
chemicals company LANXESS and the Weifang Yaxing Chemical Company
Ltd. of Weifang are founding a joint-venture company to
manufacture hydrazine hydrate, an intermediate for the chemical
industry. Hydrazine hydrate is used by the agro and the
pharmaceutical industry as well as for the production of plastic
additives and for water conditioning. LANXESS will own 55
percent,
meaning the Weifang
Yaxing Chemical Company's stake will be 45 percent.
"We're looking to achieve concerted growth in China,"
says Dr. Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the LANXESS Board of
Management. "And we're collaborating with expert partners in
order to reach this goal. It means we can cost-effectively tap
into new markets and develop existing market positions without
having to make large investments."
LANXESS: Top company in a growth market
Partnering for better performance
The joint-venture company will be called LANXESS Yaxing Chemical
(Weifang) Company Ltd. and headquartered in Weifang in Shandong
province, China. Dr. Ming Guang Chen of LANXESS is the designated
general manager of the new company.
LANXESS has over 550 employees in Mainland China and Hong Kong
and currently three production facilities in Shanghai, Qingdao,
Wuxi and a soon to count Weifang among these sites.
Backgrounder
hydrazine hydrate
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Hydrazine hydrate
is a colorless liquid with a smell similar to ammonia. The
substance was synthesized for the first time by German chemist
Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius in 1887. He had his discovery
patented in Germany and the USA.
Hydrazine hydrate is sold in different concentrations. The
LANXESS Yaxing (Weifang) Chemicals Company Ltd. production
facility will be capable of manufacturing 64 %, and therefore the
best quality hydrazine hydrate. With the launch of production in
Weifang, it will be the only plant in China to produce hydrazine
hydrate of this quality.
The possibilities for use and potential application areas of this
inorganic substance as an intermediate for the chemicals industry
are extremely varied. Hydrazine hydrate is used by the agro- and
pharmaceutical industry as well as for the production of plastic
additives.
It is used as an intermediate for chemical synthesis and, for
example, for the production of azodicarbonamide, a blowing agent
for the foaming of plastics. Foam plastics are processed in many
consumer goods as for shoes, furniture and cars.
The pharmaceuticals industry requires hydrazine hydrate to
manufacture medicines, including those for the treatment of TB,
forms of depression and hypertension. And for crop protection
products, hydrazine is a vital intermediate for growth
regulators, for instance.
A further important application for hydrazine hydrate is
corrosion protection in closed water circuits. As an antioxidant,
it protects pipes from rust and premature aging, particularly in
the steam circuits of the power industry, thus significantly
increasing plant reliability.
Bayer 2004/10/6
Bayer sets allotment ratio for Lanxess shares at 10 to 1
http://www.press.bayer.com/news/news.nsf/id/2004-0591
- Stockholders to
vote on the spin-off on November 17
- Lanxess issues EUR 200 million mandatory convertible bond to
Bayer
In connection with the planned spin-off of new chemical company
Lanxess, stockholders of Bayer AG will be granted one Lanxess
share for every ten Bayer shares that they hold. This is provided
for in the Spin-Off and Acquisition Agreement to be voted on at
an Extraordinary Stockholders' Meeting in Essen on November 17.
Lanxess
net debt EUR 1.5 billion
Lanxess will have net debt of approximately EUR 1.5 billion,
including pension commitments, when the spin-off takes effect.
The financial liabilities to the Bayer Group are to be redeemed
by drawing on a syndicated credit line. This EUR 1.0 to 1.5
billion credit line will consist of a short-term and a long-term
tranche.
Trading
relationship will continue
Bayer and Lanxess will continue to trade with each other despite
their separation, with supply and service agreements running for
between one and seven years. Some of these agreements include
exclusive supply relationships, especially for strategically
important products.
日本経済新聞 2004/11/26夕刊
独バイエル 化学子会社を完全分離 来年１月上場 事業絞り込み
独バイエルは２５日、化学事業子会社ランクセスの株式を来年１月に上場させると発表した。バイエルは化学に加え、医薬などヘルスケア、農業化学、素材科学の４事業による分社経営だが、ランクセスヘの出資をゼロにして完全分離。医薬など高付加価値事業に絞ってグループ経営を進める。
化学は自動車と並ぶドイツの基幹産業で、第二次大戦後は化学・医薬兼業のＢＡＳＦとヘキスト、バイエルの三大総合化学メーカー体制が続いてきた。だが、ヘキストは仏社と合併して仏バイオ大手のアベンティスに変身。ＢＡＳＦは医薬部門を売却して化学専業となった。今回バイエルが医薬などに特化することで、ドイツの総合化学時代は名実ともに終わる。
LANXESS sees
itself as an independent company that is well-positioned for the
future
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・ Major European chemicals producer makes
competitiveness and earnings power elements of its core strategy
・ Sales in first nine months grow 4.5
percent to EUR 5.0 billion
・ EBITDA margin increases to more than 7
percent
・ First investments announced
A new global company presents itself to the public today: formed
from the chemicals arm and some of the polymers activities of
Bayer AG, LANXESS will begin operating as an independent company
at the start of 2005. A completely new company with some 20,000
employees, its own corporate structure and 2003 sales of EUR 6.3
billion (based on the combined financial statements) has been
created in record time since the decision was taken to spin off
these operations in November 2003.
LANXESS has four segments, each of which already reports annual
sales of well over EUR 1 billion. The Performance Rubber segment specializes in solid
rubber for the rubber and tire industries. LANXESS is thus a
leading partner to the global tire industry.
Engineering
Plastics
focuses on the production of high-quality plastics for electrical
and electronics appliances, furniture, sports and leisure
applications and automotive engineering.
The Chemical
Intermediates segment comprises basic chemicals, intermediates
for the pharmaceuticals and crop protection sectors and inorganic
pigments for coloring concrete and coatings.
Performance
Chemicals is
a classic area of the specialty chemicals business. Its portfolio
comprises material protection products, processing chemicals for
leather, textiles and paper, ion exchange resins, polymer
additives such as flame retardants.
Platts 2004/12/25
Lanxess closes rubber, fiber plants at Marl, Goch, Germany
Lanxess announced Thursday it has closed down two plants in
Germany as part of a major restructuring program to save Eur25-mil
($33-mil). "Reducing debt will be a main priority for
Lanxess," according to a company spokesman. The plants that
have been closed were the polybutadiene rubber facility at Marl and elastic rotro garn fiber
plant at Goch,
the company said. The fiber plant producers Lanxess's trademark
Dorlastan fiber.
February 28, 2005 Lanxess
Joint venture established with two partners in China
LANXESS accelerates growth in China
http://mediarelations.lanxess.com/lanxess/lnxnews.nsf/id/2005-0012-EN
Access to the
world's most dynamic tire market Doubling of capacities for
leather chemicals
LANXESS AG is stepping up its growth in the rapidly developing
Chinese chemicals market. With a new joint venture, LANXESS
intends to be the first western player to set up a production
facility in China for antioxidants for the rubber industry. The joint venture, in
which LANXESS is a minority shareholder, will begin manufacturing
the well-proven high-tech product in the second half of 2006. The
plant is located in an industrial park in Tongling in the Chinese
Province of Anhui.安徽省銅陵市
The new
company is called Anhui Tong Feng Shengda Chemical Co. Ltd. The two major partners are
Xinda, which is involved on the production side and is an
established chemicals manufacturer, and TongFeng, a financial
investment company listed on the Shanghai stock market.
A second project that will drive LANXESS's
Chinese and Asian business involves the doubling of production
capacity for leather
chemicals.
For this, two new production plants have been built in the Wuxi無錫Industrial Park in a record time of 15
months, and these are now to be formally dedicated. "We are
taking advantage of the opportunity to expand our leading
position on the Chinese leather chemicals market," said
Wienkenhover.
The third project involves a hydrazine hydrate facility, for which the
groundbreaking ceremony will be held on March 1 in Weifang山東省維坊.
2005/4/11 LANXESS
Restructuring in Fine Chemicals and Styrenic Resins business
units
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- Talks with employee
representatives have started
- Analysis of styrenics facilities at Dormagen and Tarragona
The Board of Management of LANXESS AG has decided to structurally
realign its Fine Chemicals business unit and consolidate
production capacities in its Styrenic Resins unit. The economic
situation of both these business units is unsatisfactory. Talks
with the employees' representatives started today. The intention
is to improve the chemical company's international
competitiveness.
The plans call for the closure of unprofitable fine
chemicals production units in Leverkusen and a European Styrenic
Resins facility.
Analyses of the facilities in Tarragona, Spain, and Dormagen,
Germany, are currently ongoing in this connection. The annual
savings are estimated at about EUR 100 million.
Second phase of
restructuring
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The newly announced
restructuring measures relate mainly to the following business
units and locations:
| ・ | Technical
Rubber Products (TRP): The goal in this business unit is to streamline the manufacture and marketing operations of the nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) business. Some EUR 150 million has been invested in this business over the past decade, yet losses of roughly EUR 200 million were incurred in the same period. The reorganization will focus on the production site at La Wantzenau, France. |
| ・ | Leather
(LEA): Plans call for an increase in the efficiency of global administration and production activities. |
| ・ | Inorganic
Pigments (IPG): The production site for yellow pigments at New Martinsville, West Virginia, United States will be closed. |
| ・ | RheinChemie (RCH): The U.S. site at Trenton, New Jersey, which has been operating below capacity for years, will be closed. |
| ・ | Textile
Processing Chemicals (TPC): The loss-making site at Wellford, South Carolina, United States will be closed. |
Said LANXESS Management
Board Chairman Axel C. Heitmann: “The extensive restructuring in the
United States will boost our competitiveness in a market that is
very important for LANXESS.” U.S. sales account for about 20
percent of the Group total. LANXESS currently has 15 sites there,
10 of which house production facilities. About 2,100 people work
for LANXESS in the U.S.
First
phase of restructuring on schedule
Implementation of the savings program presented at the beginning
of June for the company's two biggest loss-makers, the Styrenic
Resins and Fine Chemicals business units, is proceeding to schedule. In Styrenic Resins, new appointments have been made to
key global management positions. The carve-out of the Fine Chemicals business unit into an
independent, medium-sized company under the umbrella of the
LANXESS Group is due to be completed by the end of the first
quarter of 2006. The company will be headquartered in Leverkusen
and will employ about 1,350 people worldwide. Two production
units have been closed as part of the reorganization already
initiated. The fine chemicals production operation at Murcia,
Spain, is to be relocated to Leverkusen.
October 14, 2005
Important element of second package of restructuring measures
negotiated
LANXESS saves EUR 11 million in France
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LANXESS has commenced the
restructuring measures for the French site La Wantzenau that were
announced in August. From 2006 LANXESS aims to save EUR 11
million annually there. “I am delighted that the management
has put a package of measures on the table that is acceptable to
all sides,” says LANXESS CEO Dr. Axel C.
Heitmann. “Therefore, we can sustainably
lower our annual cost base and at the same time safeguard as many
jobs as possible at the La Wantzenau site.”
The savings will be
achieved through process optimization and a solidarity pact that
has been negotiated with all unions concerned. Through this
solidarity pact and the corresponding accompanying measures 83
jobs will now be reduced in a socially responsible manner instead
of the 100 jobs initially envisaged.
The measures in France are part of the second phase of
restructuring announced in August through which LANXESS will
achieve savings of EUR 60 million.
In La Wantzenau the Technical Rubber Products Business Unit
produces nitrile-butadiene rubber, currently employing around 400
staff there. Before implementation the La Wantzenau cost saving
package is subject to a number of formalities according to French
law.
On a global level, the Technical Rubber Products Business Unit
will achieve further savings through job reductions and process
optimization.
In September, following negotiations with union representatives
LANXESS announced a EUR 10 million savings package in the
Styrenic Resins Business Unit in Spain.
British Rubber & Plastics 2005/6/27
Lanxess to cut jobs and restructure styrenics
Losses in Lanxess' styrenics business are to be curtailed with a major restructure and substantial job losses. The styrenics business is focused on two sites, Dormagen in Germany and Tarragona in Spain. Lanxess plans to concentrate its speciality grades at Tarragona, reducing capacity at Dormagen which will make high quality products for use in Bayer Material Science's Bayblend PC/ABS. Around 300 jobs will be lost at Dormagen.
Alongside the styrenics restructure Lanxess is also making economies in its fine chemicals business at the two sites, with a view to making it an independent business. Some 500 jobs will be lost in Germany, and a further 160 jobs are likely to be lost across the two businesses bringing total German job cuts to 960 by the end of 2007 with annual savings of Eur 100 m.
LANXESS
subsidiary Rhein Chemie to consolidate U.S. production in
Chardon, Ohio
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Changes are part of the second global restructuring package announced in August
Chemicals group
LANXESS is consolidating the U.S. manufacturing operations of its
Mannheim, Germany-based subsidiary Rhein
Chemie Rheinau
GmbH at the latter's Chardon, Ohio, site as part of the group's
second restructuring package. This package, announced in August
2005, is designed to save LANXESS some EUR 60 million annually,
on a global basis. Rhein Chemie's other U.S. site at Trenton, New
Jersey, is to be closed by the end of 2006 and production
transferred to Chardon. The state of Ohio is supporting the
relocation with tax breaks and other financial incentives.
Rhein Chemie manufactures a variety of products for the rubber,
lubricants, plastics and polyurethane industries.
2006/4/7 Lanxess
LANXESS invests more than EUR 20 million in new capacities in
Germany
Expansion of performance polymers
production / Start-up of second facility to manufacture cold
sterilants for beverages
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Chemicals group LANXESS
is investing more than EUR 20 million to expand production
capacities in Germany.
At its Krefeld-Uerdingen site, the LANXESS Semi-Crystalline
Products (SCP) business unit is spending around EUR 12 million
expand the production of polyamide-6 for its Durethan（R） engineering plastic. The enhanced
unit is scheduled to come on stream in early 2007 and would give
LANXESS one of the world's largest production facilities for
polyamide-6. In the coming five years, the company is aiming for
a 50-percent increase in sales of its high-tech plastics Durethan（R） and Pocan(R).
At its Dormagen site, LANXESS has invested more than EUR 10
million in an entirely new facility to manufacture Velcorin(R), a
cold sterilant 滅菌剤 for beverages, for the Material
Protection Products (MPP) business unit.
April 27, 2006 Lanxess
LANXESS opens compounding plant in China
The LANXESS
chemical group's Semi-Crystalline Products (SCP) Business Unit
has opened its first production site in Asia, located some 120
kilometers northwest of Shanghai. A state-of-the-art compounding
plant for the engineering plastics Durethan(R)
(polyamide) and Pocan(R) (polyester) started production on April 27,
2006 on the site of LANXESS Wuxi Chemicals Ltd. Annual production of some 20,000 tons of
plastic is
envisaged in the first phase. The total investment is in the
region of EUR 20 million..
LANXESS Wuxi Chemicals Co. Ltd.
Activities
Leather business unit:
・ Production of leather chemicals
・ Distribution of leather chemicals for the entire Asia Pacific region
・ Research and development in the field of leather chemicals
Semi-Crystalline Products business unit:
・ From today: Production of high-performance plastics
Milestones 1998: Launch of leather chemicals production (Bayer) in Wuxi 2005: Commissioning of two new production plants for leather chemicals after only 15 months of construction, thereby doubling production of leather chemicals,and
opening of largest and most modern R&D center for leather chemicals in the region2006: Commissioning of a new production plant for the high-tech plastics Durethan(R) and Pocan(R), further expansion planned
ＬＡＮＸＥＳＳ、中国での活動強化 ヒドラジン水和物JV設立
New joint
venture strengthens business in China
LANXESS in China ー
managing
chemistry
Weifang: New site sets LANXESS on course for growth
http://www.press.bayer.com/News/News.nsf/id/665C2EC35E473A22C1256F1C0036B14E
LANXESS -
strong roots for a strong future
Aiming for success with clear objectives - in China and worldwide
The
LANXESS Shanghai Pigments Company manufactures color
pigments in Shanghai for use in the Chinese construction and
paint industries. Bayferrox® and chrome oxide
pigments for coloring a diverse range of products, such as
concrete parts, roofing tiles, paints and coatings, plastics,
paper and special pigments for toners and other applications,
have been proving their mettle for many years now. The products
offer high standards of quality as well as being simple and
environmentally friendly to process.
In 1999, the Rhein Chemie (Qingdao) Ltd. began producing
additives for the rubber and mineral oil industries. Lubricant
additives, for example, are used everywhere where there is a need
to prevent friction, frictional heat and wear and to protect
material against corrosion. Rhein Chemie has established itself
in the lubricant industry as one of the leading additive
manufacturers for industrial lubricants.
Today the leather business unit has the highest sales volume
amongst all the business units of LANXESS in China. The company
offers its customers cutting-edge products and technologies
coupled with application-specific expertise. The LANXESS Wuxi
Leather Chemicals Company, founded in conjunction with the
Wuxi Dyestuff Factory, has been producing leather chemicals since
1998 in Wuxi, north-west of Shanghai.
LANXESS - Top company in a growth market
Following its objective to remain efficient and growth-oriented,
LANXESS is currently tapping into the particularly fast-growing
Chinese market for hydrazine hydrate, an intermediate for the
chemical industry. Hydrazine hydrate is used by the agro and
pharmaceutical industry as well as for the production of plastic
additives and for water conditioning.
A joint-venture company is therefore to be set up in
collaboration with the Weifang Yaxing
Chemicals Company 維坊亜星化学
in Beijing
on September 28, 2004. This is a further instance of LANXESS'
concept of flexible, goal-focussed management of the chemicals
business. The purpose of the joint venture is to manufacture hydrazine
hydrate, whose market is currently
enjoying annual growth rates running into double figures. ヒドラジン水和物
With
its involvement in Weifang LANXESS (* LANXESS Yaxing
Chemical (Weifang) Company Ltd. )expects to become
one of the leaders on the Chinese hydrazine hydrate market for
three reasons: "We will have a production unit with very
high capacity, we will offer the best quality and we also will be
way out in front in terms of process engineering," said Wang
Yongli, President of the LANXESS Chemical Company in China.
Weifang - a viable location with a strong partner
Weifang Yaxing Chemicals Company is an ideal joint-venture
partner for manufacturing top-quality hydrazine hydrate. And
Weifang is also the perfect location for such a facility. For
this reason, LANXESS will transfer its
hydrazine hydrate plant from its site in Baytown, Texas, USA, to
Weifang, which is intended to begin
supplying the Chinese and international market from the end of
2005.
July 12, 2006 Lanxess
LANXESS inaugurates hydrazine hydrate plant in Weifang
Successful relocation of plant from Texas, USA, to China
http://mediarelations.lanxess.de/LANXESS/lnxnews.nsf/ID/2006-0142-ENThe LANXESS chemicals group today inaugurated a plant for producing hydrazine hydrate in Weifang in the Chinese province of Shandong 山東省維坊. The plant had previously been dismantled in the USA and transported to China. “This marks a further key milestone for us in boosting our profitable growth in Asia,” said Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the LANXESS Management Board, at a press conference in Weifang. “Relocating the plant enables us to become one of the leading hydrazine hydrate producers in China,” adds Heitmann. China is the fastest growing hydrazine hydrate market in the world.
LANXESS - a leading hydrazine hydrate producer in China
With an initial capacity of 12,000 metric tons a year, the new plant is one of the largest of its kind in the world and complies with the latest US standards in environmental protection and occupational safety. Hydrazine hydrate is used in the agro, pharmaceuticals, automotive and leisure industries, for example. Most of the raw materials required are being supplied by the joint venture partner Weifang Yaxing Chemical Company Ltd. LANXESS has a 55 percent share in the joint venture LANXESS Yaxing Chemical (Weifang) Company Ltd., founded in September 2004. LANXESS is the first international investor in the new Weifang Industry Park.
2006/8/30 Lanxess
New name for LANXESS business unit
Lustran
Polymers - a new strong ABS brand
Focus
on colored ABS and ABS specialties
The LANXESS business unit
Styrenic Resins has a new name: Lustran Polymers. With this name
change, the chemical group's business unit is focusing on the top
brand Lustran(R). The name change is a consequence of the
repositioning of the business, which has already taken place, to focus on ABS
specialties and pre-colored grades. The name Lustran Polymers
visualizes the color-intensive new beginning of the LANXESS
business unit Styrenic Resins. A new graphic with a
color-balanced logo gives vivid expression to the claim: “The colorful difference”. With its wealth of technical
expertise and cutting-edge technology, Lustran Polymers will make
its debut as a distinctive and independent brand on October 1,
2006.
On gaining its independence, LANXESS started an exemplary
restructuring of the previously unsatisfactory business. The key
feature of this process is regionalization with independent
management teams who
manage the business under their own regional and operational
responsibility from product development and production through to
marketing. This allows them to deal with customer requirements
more quickly, on a more individual basis and with more focus,
because they are familiar with the peculiarities of the regions
and product portfolios concerned.
Lanxess portfolio Bayer／Lanxess Bayer
Engineering Plastics
Lustran Polymers a major global supplier of ABS, SAN and PA-ABS plastics.
ABS grades: Novodur®, Lustran® and AbsolacTM
SAN grades: Lustran® and AbsolanTM
ABS/PA grades: Triax®,
ASA and AES
Polymers: Centrex®Semi-Crystalline Products Durethan®, engineering plastics based on polyamide 6 and 66,
Pocan®, engineering plastics based on polybutylene terephthalate,
range of glass fibers as reinforcements for plastics, caprolactam, adipic acid,
Perlon®, Atlas® and Bayco®, Polyamide monofilamentsDorlastan Fibers（スパンデックス） LANXESS has sold its Dorlastan fibers business (the former Business Unit Fibers)
to the Japanese company Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
Performance Rubber
Butyl Rubber
Polybutadiene Rubber
Technical Rubber Products
Chemical Intermediates
Basic Chemicals Producer of high-quality industrial chemicals and aromatic compounds Inorganic Pigments for the coloration of construction materials and special applications for toner pigments and catalysts. Saltigo fine chemicals and intermediates for the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Performance Chemicals
Material Protection Products Full range of biocides and specialty products for wood preservation, disinfection and industrial
and beverage preservation._Functional Chemicals Plastics additives, phosphorus and specialty chemicals, and organic and inorganic colorants. Leather One of the the major suppliers of leather chemicals and systems solutions for all stages
in the manufacture of leather goods.Textile Processing Chemicals Development of chemicals for a wide range of textile processing applications Rhein Chemie additives for the rubber, lubricants, polyurethanes and plastics industries Rubber Chemicals High-quality rubber chemicals for the tire industry and the production of technical rubber products. Ion Exchange Resins Lewatit® ion exchange resins are used in water treatment and in the production of food and pharmaceuticals. LANXESS has sold its former Business Unit Paper to the Finnish chemicals group Kemira Oyj
Official opening of the new European headquarters of
Lustran Polymers in Tarragona
Investments of more than EUR 20 million / LANXESS business
unit is largest ABS manufacturer in Spain
The LANXESS chemical company today officially opened the new European headquarters of the recently renamed Lustran Polymers business unit in the Spanish city of Tarragona. Part of the production facilities for manufacturing ABS plastics had earlier been transported from Dormagen in Germany to Tarragona. Regional management for business in Europe and Latin America was also transferred from Germany's Lower Rhine region to Catalonia in July. This increased the Lustran Polymers workforce in Spain to 300.
September 20, 2006
Lanxess
LANXESS invests in
chloroprene rubber
Chemicals group
LANXESS has invested more than EUR 15 million in the production
of chloroprene rubber (CR) in Dormagen. The project is aimed at
optimizing processes and safety and expanding capacity, and is
due for completion by the end of the year. This move by the
company has been in response to the changing global market
environment.
“The investments
will enable us to continue reliably serving our customers from
the CR processing industry in the future,”
says Ingo Fischer,
head of Global Product Management for CR at LANXESS's Technical
Rubber Products business unit. ”In addition we are in close
contact with the authorities to prepare for additional expansion.”
The aim is to
increase further the capacity. If the project runs smoothly, the
chances of obtaining a permit from the authorities quickly are
rated high.
Chloroprene is used
in a large number of applications in the field of technical
rubber goods, e.g. hoses, cables, transport belts, and in the
automotive segment in axle boots, windscreen wiper blades and
belts. Apart from technical rubber goods CR is also used in
adhesive raw materials and latex applications.
The Technical
Rubber Products business unit belongs to the Performance Rubber
segment, which achieved total sales in fiscal 2005 of EUR 1.678
billion.
ランクセス、繊維加工用化学品事業を売却へ
～ オランダの投資会社エゲリアと、繊維加工用化学品ビジネスユニットの経営陣が同事業を獲得 ～
ドイツの化学会社ランクセスグループは、繊維加工用化学品事業の売却を発表しました。北米地域以外の全ての拠点における繊維加工用化学品ビジネスユニットの業務は、オランダの投資会社エゲリア（Ｅｇｅｒｉａ）と、繊維加工用化学品ビジネスユニットの経営陣に売却されます。売却される事業の２００５年の売上は、約１億３，０００万ユーロで、約３３０人が同事業に従事しています。繊維加工用化学品の北米地域の業務については、現在、売却とは別の選択肢が検討されています。エゲリア社との売買契約書は、１１月１０日午前（現地時間）に締結されました。売却価格は５，４００万ユーロで、売却は今年末までに完了する予定です。
売却完了後、この事業は、タナテックス ケミカルズ（Tanatex
Chemicals BV）に社名変更されます。
2006/12/14 Lanxess
LANXESS acquires
activities from The Dow Chemical Company in South Africa
and divests
textile processing chemicals business in North America
・First corporate
acquisition implemented
・Leather business
unit strengthens core business
・Complete control
of value chain from chromium ore to leather tanning materials
・World's most
modern processing facility for the precursor of tanning materials
Chemicals group
LANXESS is purchasing the chrome chemicals activities of The Dow
Chemical Company in South Africa. LANXESS is to acquire the 50%
interest in Chrome International South Africa
(CISA),
Newcastle, South Africa, which The Dow Chemical Company currently
owns through its subsidiary Sentrachem. The remaining 50% of CISA
is already owned by LANXESS. It has been agreed not to disclose
the purchase price. Closing of the transaction, which is subject
to the approval of the antitrust authorities and the Board of The
Dow Chemical Company, is expected for the first quarter of 2007.
CISA社は、1990年代半ばに設立され、1999年より操業を開始した、年間70,000トンのニクロム酸ナトリウム（Sodium Dichromate）を製造する化学会社です。ニクロム酸ナトリウムは、主に皮革用なめし剤（Chorome Tanning Salt）の製造に使用されており、CISA社はニクロム酸ナトリウムの原料を、南アフリカのルステンブルグにあるクロム鉱山で採掘しています。CISA社の主な取引先は、ランクセスの無機顔料
ビジネスユニット（Chrome
Oxide 製造）
と同社の南アフリカのメルバンクにあるクロムなめし剤の製造プラントです。従業員数は約120人を擁し、2005年の売上高は、約4,000万ユーロです。
皮革用化学品
ビジネスユニットは、世界の皮革業界におけるリーディング・サプライヤーで、南アフリカで従事する330人を含めて、現在約1,000人の従業員を擁しています。CISA社のランクセスグループへの統合後、皮革用化学品
ビジネスユニットの従業員の約30％は、南アフリカにて業務に従事することになります。
Textile processing
chemicals business in North America to be divested 北米以外
At the same
time, LANXESS is now divesting all the activities of its Textile
Processing Chemicals (TPC) business unit in North America. Star Chem, a specialist in textile and
speciality chemicals, will acquire the operations based in the
United States and Canada and will employ major parts of the
workforces. StarChem is a subsidiary of Star Holdings, Inc.,
Dalton, Georgia, USA, and will be headquartered in Wellford,
South Carolina, USA.
StarChem Ltd is a supplier of automotive paint refinishing products.
http://www.starchem.co.uk/
LANXESS plans package of
measures to speed development at Saltigo
EUR
30 million investment to modernize the production base /
EUR
10 million to build a high-tech multi-purpose plant /
New,
specially tailored worktime models
LANXESS, the Leverkusen-based chemicals group, plans to develop the business of its fine chemicals subsidiary Saltigo. EUR 30 million has been earmarked for plant modernization, and new worktime models are to be introduced. A state-of-the-art multi-purpose facility costing a further EUR 10 million is already under construction.
February 15, 2007
Lanxess
LANXESS steps up expansion in India
Significant investment possible in 2007 / Objective is to grow
sales appreciably
Only recently, LANXESS launched two projects to accelerate
profitable growth in India. In January, a new plant for the
production of the polymer-bound
rubber chemical Rhenogran went on stream in Madurai. This
was the response from the LANXESS Rhein Chemie Business Unit to the rapidly growing demand
from Indian tire manufacturers and other rubber processors for
polymer-bound chemicals to improve product quality, processing,
economic efficiency, health and environmental protection. ゴム薬品のマスターバッチであるレノグラン
At the same time,
LANXESS is in the process of building a new facility in Moxi for coloring ABS
plastics.
With double-digit growth rates, India is the strongest-growing
market for ABS plastics in Asia, and Lustran Polymers boasts the
highest sales of any LANXESS business unit in India. In 2006 LANXESS
ABS Ltd.,
which is listed on the Mumbai stock exchange and belongs to the
Business Unit Lustran Polymers, increased its operating profit by
around 40 percent compared with the previous year.
The new facility is a further step towards the expansion of ABS capacity from
60,000 to 80,000 t/y.
Capacity can be further raised to 100,000 t if needed. The
project will enable LANXESS to consolidate its leading position
with this business in India and to continue participating in the
strong market growth.
ラインケミー、インドで「レノグラン」の製造を開始
～インドのゴム加工会社で定評のあるレノグランの提供を強化～
ドイツの化学会社、ラインケミーは、インドのマドゥライにある親会社ランクセスの製造拠点に併設された新プラントでゴム薬品のマスターバッチである「Rhenogran（R）」の製造を2007年1月22日付けで開始したことを発表しました。これは、市場におけるゴム薬品のマスターバッチへの需要の高まりに対応するためです。
ラインケミーは、新たにインドでもレノグランの製造を開始することで、インドのゴム業界の需要に対応した製品ポートフォリオを揃えるだけでなく、ゴム薬品のマスターバッチ業界における国際的なサプライヤーとしての地位を確固たるものにしつつあります。ラインケミーは、2006年3月に中国の青島にある製造拠点のレノグランの製造能力を2倍に引き上げました。ランクセス インド社は、以前からラインケミーの一部製品を製造しています。日本でもまた、レノグランはラインケミージャパンの豊橋工場で製造されています。ラインケミーは、すべての主要な市場でレノグランを提供することをめざしており、世界中の顧客の需要に対しても個別に対応したソリューションを展開します。
LANXESS ABS Limited （← Bayer ABS ← ABS Plastics Limited ）
http://www.lanxessabsindia.com/companypro.htmlThe erstwhile ABS Plastics Limited now LANXESS ABS Limited played a pioneering role in developing the market for the versatile engineering thermoplastic material - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) in India, when it started its operation in 1978 by manufacturing and marketing ABS polymer under the brand name of ABSOLAC. Since then the company has been continuously growing through a planned process of aggressive market development and consolidation, technology updation and capacity build up. The company also set up India's first modern and dedicated Styrene Acrylonytrile (SAN) plant in 1993, with technical know-how from JSR, Japan for manufacture of various grades of ABSOLAN- SAN.
In early 1997, Bayer Industries Private Limited, a 100% holding company of the German major, Bayer AG acquired a majority share of 51% in ABS Industries Limited. The company then became a part of the Bayer group and was rechristened as Bayer ABS Limited.
LANXESS India Private Ltd. (which is 100% subsidiary of LANXESS AG Germany) acquired 89,63,564 equity shares of Rs.10/- each in Bayer ABS Ltd (BABS) constituting 50.97% of paid-up capital of the paid up share capital of Bayer ABS Limited from Bayer Industries Private Ltd and became a holding Company of the Company.
To meet the increasing demand, LANXESS ABS Limited intends to enhance the capacity of ABS to 80,000 tpa from the current 60,000 tpa within a short period and the Company is further increasing this capacity to 100,000 tpa in the course of next two years, which is quite possible at a nominally higher cost through an additional investment in machinery and de-bottlenecking in the existing plants.
Lanxess in India
Thane
At Thane, 245 LANXESS employees manufacture 6,000 tons of caoutchouc 天然ゴム chemicals per year. The technical development center for the Asian pacific region for caoutchouc chemicals is also located here.
Madurai
The Madurai site manufactures leather chemicals, but LANXESS also uses the production plant to produce caoutchouc additives for the product line Rhenodiv. This project is to satisfy the rapidly growing demand from Indian tire manufacturers. In January 2007 a new plant in Madurai started to produce the rubber chemical Rhenogran.
Nandesari, Moxi and Katol
The production sites for Lustran Polymers ABS・SAN products are located near Vadodara at Nandesari, Moxi and Katol, where about 413 employees manufacture 60,000 tons of ABS and 60,000 tons of SAN per year. The largest turnover in India is achieved by the Lustran Polymers business unit which has a share of more than 50% of total sales there. LANXESS also operates a research and development center at Moxi as part of its global ABS development network.
LANXESS realigns its EPDM rubber business
To strengthen
its competitiveness, chemicals group LANXESS is to realign its
ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) business. Marketing,
research, production and controlling will in future be
assigned to LANXESS Buna GmbH in Marl, Germany.
Similarly, LANXESS will pool its EPDM operations in the USA in a
separate legal entity to be known as LANXESS
Buna LLC.
Robert Gnann, Managing Director of LANXESS Buna GmbH, will assume
global responsibility for the EPDM business.
The EPDM line is part of the portfolio of the Technical Rubber
Products (TRP) business unit. To take advantage of synergies, sales and
technical service for EPDM will continue to be managed together
with the other products of the TRP business unit.
"EPDM is an important element of our core business. This new
focus will help us meet customer demand more quickly, respond
more speedily and expand our position as a major global supplier
of technical rubber," explains Dr. Günther Weymans, the head of
LANXESS's Technical Rubber business unit. "These measures
also increase cost transparency, thus making cost monitoring more
efficient."
Buna® EP has been the only rubber
material to qualify for the discipline of sealing the roof of the
soccer stadium in Tianjin for the Olympic Games in Beijing in
2008. It impresses with its outstanding resistance to weathering,
ozone and aging and its good dimensional stability even in the
face of strong fluctuations in temperature. Other fields of use
are hoses, extruded profiles, including dense automotive class A
profiles, and injection molded goods.
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In Germany the core EPDM activities of marketing management, controlling, manufacturing, and research and development will be organized as part of LANXESS Buna GmbH in Marl, Germany. The global EPDM business will be headquartered in Germany. In the United States, the marketing management, manufacturing and controlling activities of EPDM will be carved out into a new company, LANXESS Buna LLC, early next year. This includes the production unit in Orange, Texas.
2001年2月6日 バイエル株式会社
バイエル、米国とドイツにおける合成ゴム生産能力増強へ
バイエルは、伸び続ける合成ゴム需要に対応するため、1億ユーロ以上の投資をして、マール（ドイツ）とオレンジ（米国テキサス州）にあるエチレン - プロピレン - ジエンゴム (EP(D)M) 生産施設拡大のプロジェクトを実施する。
マールでは、第三生産ラインを増設することによって、同施設の生産能力は、6万トン増え、11万 5,000トンになる。また、オレンジにある生産工場に最新設備を導入することによって、米国での生産能力が 7万トンに拡大される。このゴムの総生産能力は、2003年以降年産18万5,000トンになる見込みである。
これら 2つの生産施設の拡大により、市場への EP(D)M の継続供給が確保され、高品質製品に対する顧客の要求も満たされることになる。バイエルは世界有数の EP(D)M 生産者としての地位を確立することを長期的目標としている。
バイエルのEP(D)M は、ブナEPという商標のもと販売されており、主として、自動車業界で窓やドアのシールに、また建設・電線用でも使用されている。
1933年 スチレン・ブタジエンゴム ブナＳ の工業化に成功。
1938年にドイツ政府の戦争準備のための4ヵ年計画に基づいて、スチレン・ブタジエンゴム Bunaの製造のため、I.G. Farben 74%、Hibernia （当時は国営であったエネルギー会社Vebaの子会社の鉱山会社）26%出資でHulsが設立された。 http://www.knak.jp/blog/2006-8-2.htm#sabic
Lanxess March 5,
2007
LANXESS invests in new site in China
As part of its Asia strategy, the LANXESS chemicals group is
building a new plant for the manufacture of lubricant
additives in Qingdao, China. The production facility, which
belongs to LANXESS's subsidiary Rhein Chemie, will go on stream at the latest
in the fourth quarter of 2008 and will initially employ 50
people. It is estimated that the amount in euros to be invested
will be a single-digit million value. “The new facility is a further step
in our drive to increase profitable growth in Asia,”
said LANXESS
Management Board Chairman Dr. Axel C. Heitmann. “We are rigorously expanding our
presence here.”
In Qingdao Rhein
Chemie has been producing rubber chemicals since 1999 within a
joint venture. Capacity of polymer-bound chemicals (Rhenogran)
was doubled last year with the commissioning of a second
production unit. LANXESS currently employs more than 800 staff in
China, of which 160 work for Rhein Chemie in Qingdao.
LANXESS has not made an offer for Degussa
Chemicals Group LANXESS denies the claim of a newspaper article that the company has issued a take-over bid for Degussa.
Today's edition (Wednesday, March 21, 2007) of the “Rheinische Post” newspaper claims that LANXESS has “surprisingly issued a new bid to acquire the RAG subsidiary Degussa”. LANXESS denied this to various news agencies today.
LANXESS has not issued a bid to take over Degussa, either now or in the past, according to Christoph Sieder, head of Corporate Communications at LANXESS AG. "Degussa is wholly owned by the RAG Group, there is therefore no acquisition project on our part," he added.
Last September LANXESS announced that it would be moving into the acquisition phase. When examining strategic options in the sector as a whole, Degussa has also played a role. LANXESS had, however, always maintained that the chemical company Degussa was not for sale.
LANXESS increases
capacities for EPDM rubber
Optimization measures take effect
To meet rising consumer demand for ethylene-propylene(-diene) rubber (EPDM), the LANXESS chemicals group wants to increase its annual production capacities to more than 140,000 metric tons. To this end, the company is investing in debottlenecking and modernization measures such as enhanced process control.
Last year LANXESS realigned its EPDM business. Marketing, research, production and controlling were assigned to LANXESS Buna GmbH in Marl, Germany. In the USA, LANXESS is to pool its EPDM operations in LANXESS Buna LLC, which became a separate legal entity on March 1, 2007.
LANXESS opens new plant
in China
Facility ensures economic supply of raw materials for pigment
production - low capital expenditure - fast commissioning
Chemicals group LANXESS today opened a new plant in Shanghai as part of its Asia strategy launched in 2006. This is the Group's second production facility for inorganic pigments in China.
The plant with an annual capacity of approximately 20,000 tons will be operated by the Inorganic Pigments business unit to supply raw materials for the production of inorganic pigments in Shanghai, which started in 1996. LANXESS had previously sourced these raw pigments from suppliers.
“The new facility is an important step in our drive to increase our profitability in Asia,” said LANXESS Management Board member Dr. Ulrich Koemm at the inauguration. “With this backward integration, we can significantly improve our profitability in this segment.”
2007/5/6 forbes.com
Lanxess CEO
Heitmann says co is prepared to pay 4-6 bln eur for RAG's Degussa
Lanxess AG chief
executive Axel Heitmann told Handelsblatt his company is prepared
to pay 4-6 bln eur for RAG AG's Degussa chemical business, should
the conglomerate's plans to launch an initial public offering
fail.
Heitmann told the
newspaper in an interview scheduled to appear in tomorrow's
edition that if RAG is 'looking for alternatives to a listing',
Lanxess will make an offer for the business.
RAG has yet to set
a date for its IPO, which could take place as early as next year.
May 8, 2007 Lanxess
LANXESS and Hankook Tire sign long-term supply contract
LANXESS's Polybutadiene Rubber business unit and the South Korean
tire manufacturer Hankook Tire have put their cooperation on a
firm footing with the conclusion of a long-term supply
contract. In
the next five years LANXESS will supply solution SBR and
polybutadiene rubber. It is planned to more than double
the volume supplied within the next five years. The contract was
signed in Dormagen on May 7, 2007 by Jeong Ho Park, General
Manager of Global Raw Material Purchasing of Hankook Tire, and
Dr. Joachim Grub, head of the Polybutadiene Rubber business unit.
Hankook Tire operates tire manufacturing facilities in South
Korea and China and from the middle of 2007 in Hungary. The
Polybutadiene Rubber business unit, which is the world's biggest
supplier of polybutadiene rubber, belongs to the Performance
Rubber segment. This segment recorded sales of EUR 1.776 billion
in fiscal 2006.
LANXESS projects significant new investment in rubber business
With costs of a magnitude of roughly EUR 400 million, the new production facility would be the largest investment in the company's history
Chemical group LANXESS seeks to expand its global position in the butyl rubber market and is pursuing plans to build a new facility in Asia.
Negotiations at three possible sites, Singapore, Kuantan in Malaysia and Map Ta Phut in Thailand, will begin immediately.
LANXESS presses ahead with worldwide butyl rubber expansion
North America: Plant
expansion by more than 40 percent implemented, further expansion
by 10 percent started - Europe:
Capacity increase by 10 percent completed - Asia: New world-scale
plant projected
The chemicals group LANXESS is pressing ahead with the worldwide expansion of its butyl rubber business. At its Canadian Sarnia site the company has completed the first phase of a plant expansion that will increase its butyl rubber capacity there by 42 percent. LANXESS has already started a second phase of expansion at the Sarnia plant, increasing annual capacity by another 10 percent in 2009.
In order to satisfy the growing global demand for butyl rubber the company is also accelerating its expansion in Europe and Asia. At the Zwijndrecht, Belgium facility LANXESS already increased capacity by 10 percent in 2006. In addition, LANXESS announced plans last week to build a new butyl rubber facility in Asia.
LANXESS
builds new ion exchange facility in India
Around 200 new jobs / Investment
volume approx. EUR 30 million
The
LANXESS chemicals group is to build its new ion exchange
resin plant
in the Indian state of Gujarat. Construction work on the EUR 30
million site at the new Jhagadia Chemical Park near Baroda is set
to begin in the second quarter of 2008. Production is scheduled
to start at the beginning of 2010, with 200 new employees being
taken on.
In March of this year, LANXESS launched an international
competition that sites in China, India and Singapore entered. The Jhagadia Chemical Park in
India was selected because it already has an excellent industrial
infrastructure in place.
Germany's Lanxess invests Eur10 million in Dormagen EVM facility
German specialty chemicals group Lanxess announced Friday that it is to invest Eur10 million ($13.875 million) to expand its ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVM) plant at Dormagen. A current permit allows for a maximum volume of 15,000 mt/year at the site, an amount that could be realistic by 2009, the company said.
Lanxess walked away from talks to buy Petroflex of Brasil - report
Lanxess AG was in advanced talks to buy Brasilian rival Petroflex but walked away from negotiations, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing unidentified sources at Petroflux and other unnamed people familiar with the matter.
The deal would have been worth between 250 and 300 mln eur, according to the newspaper.
A Lanxess spokesman declined to comment on what he called 'market rumors,' Financial Times Deutschland said.
LANXESS to
invest about EUR 1 billion by 2009
New segment structure for the 13 business units / Earnings
targets will now be reached in 2008
LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, will now position itself as a specialty chemicals group following the divestment of its Lustran Polymers business unit. “Our place is as a specialty chemicals group at the core of the chemical industry,” declared Management Board Chairman Axel C. Heitmann at this year's Investor and Media Day in London. As part of a systematic market orientation, LANXESS will organize its 13 business units into three segments starting in October 2007 following the divestment of the commodity plastics activities. The new segments are named Performance Polymers, Advanced Intermediates and Performance Chemicals.
Ineosは2007年6月29日、Lanxess との間でＡＢＳ事業の合弁会社設立で合意したと発表した。
合弁会社の社名は INEOS ABS で、Lanxess のABS事業のLustran Polymers を引き継ぐ。
Ineos が合弁会社に51%を出資
2007/7/4 Ineos、Lanxess のABS事業を買収へ
Only
acquisitions that create value
A central criterion for an acquisition, said Heitmann, is that it
must be accretive to earnings per share within three years at the
latest. LANXESS is well prepared for acquisitions, he went on,
but “we will never pursue an
acquisition simply for the sake of size. We will act only when
the time is right.”
New three-segment
structure.
| 従来の組織 | 新組織 |
| Performance
Rubber （Butyl Rubber, Polybutadiene Rubber, Technical Rubber Products） |
Performance Polymers |
| Engineering Plastics - Semi-crystalline | |
| Engineering Plastics - Lustran Polymers | （INEOS ABS） |
| Chemical Intermediates - Basic Chemicals | Advanced Intermediates. |
| Chemical Intermediates - Fine Chemicals | |
| Chemical Intermediates - Inorganic Pigment | Performance Chemicals |
| Performance
Chemicals （Material Protection、Functional Chemicals、Leather、Rhein Chemie、 Rubber Chemicals、Ion Exchange Resins） |
Lanxess
walked away from talks to buy Petroflex of Brasil
2007/12/13 Lanxess Lanxess walked away from talks to buy Petroflex of Brasil
LANXESS to acquire Petroflex chemicals group of Brazil
Leverkusen-based
specialty chemicals group LANXESS is to acquire an interest of
approximately 70 percent in Petroflex S.A, Brazil, at a provisional price
equivalent to EUR 198 million. Petroflex, a listed company based
in Rio de Janeiro, is among the world's large-scale producers of
synthetic rubber. The stake to be purchased by LANXESS includes
the holdings of the current major shareholders Braskem and
Unipar. The
transaction requires the approval of the relevant antitrust
authorities.
LANXESS will submit
a
public takeover offer for the remaining ordinary shares at the proper time under Brazilian
law.
In 2006 Petroflex had some 1,300 employees and sales equivalent
to about EUR 500 million. The group's 2007 output at its three sites in
Brazil -
Cabo in Pernambuco State, Duque de
Caxias in Rio de Janeiro State and Triunfo in the State of Rio
Grande do Sul - will exceed 400,000 tons. Its elastomer products range
from solution rubber to emulsion rubber and comprise 70 brands.
The products are used especially in the manufacture of tires as
well as for tubing and plastics. One third of its output is
exported to more than 70 countries.
December 13, 2007 PRNewswire-FirstCall
BRASKEM S.A. , the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third- largest Brazilian industrial company owned by the private sector, announces that, jointly with Unipar -- Uniao de Industrias Petroquimicas S.A. ("Unipar") and other parties, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement on this date with the German company Lanxess Deutschland GmbH ("Lanxess") for the sale of Petroflex Industria e Comercio S.A ("Petroflex") shares. The amount of shares to be sold add up to 17,102,002 common shares and 7,416,602 preferred shares representative of 72.38% of total common shares and 69.68% of capital stock of Petroflex, at a total price of R$ 526,680,000, which corresponds up to R$ 22.86 per common share and R$ 18.29 per preferred class "A" share. Braskem is selling its total share interest, which represents 33.57% of Petroflex common shares and 33.46% of its preferred shares.
2007/12/13 BRASKEM
Braskem Announces Sale of
Share Interest in Petroflex
BRASKEM S.A., the leading company in the thermoplastic resins
industry in Latin America and third- largest Brazilian industrial
company owned by the private sector, announces that, jointly with
Unipar -- Uniao de Industrias Petroquimicas S.A.
("Unipar") and other parties, entered into a Share
Purchase Agreement on this date with the German company Lanxess
Deutschland GmbH ("Lanxess") for the sale of Petroflex
Industria e Comercio S.A ("Petroflex") shares. The
amount of shares to be sold add up to 17,102,002 common shares
and 7,416,602 preferred shares representative of 72.38% of total
common shares and 69.68% of capital stock of Petroflex, at a
total price of R$ 526,680,000, which corresponds up to R$ 22.86
per common share and R$ 18.29 per preferred class "A"
share. Braskem is selling its total share interest, which
represents 33.57% of Petroflex common shares and 33.46% of its
preferred shares.
LANXESS:
Petroflex to become a wholly owned subsidiary
Successful
tender offer for remaining shares in Brazil
Petroflex
to be delisted
Way
cleared for squeeze-out of minority stockholders
The
tender offer by specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG for the
remaining shares of Petroflex S.A. in Brazil has been met with
great interest. Under the public tender offer to the minority
stockholders LANXESS has acquired a further 27 percent of
Petroflex shares, giving it a total interest of around 97 percent
in the company. The offer period ended on October 16, 2008. This
high acceptance rate enables LANXESS to acquire all the remaining
shares by way of a squeeze-out and thus to become the sole owner
of Petroflex. The success of the offer also means that Petroflex
can be delisted from the stock exchange. The purchase price for
the 27 percent of the share capital now acquired is equivalent to
about EUR 60 million. In the tender offer, LANXESS had offered
the minimum price which is required by law to be paid to holders
of common shares. As previously announced the total price for 100
percent of the shares including net debt therefore amounts to
about EUR 370 million.
Said LANXESS CEO Axel C. Heitmann: “I'm pleased with the positive
response to our offer. Now that we are about to successfully
complete the acquisition procedure, we can focus our energies on
further integrating Petroflex into the Group.”
The German based
group purchased a majority shareholding in Petroflex earlier this
year. This acquisition has allowed LANXESS, one of the leading
global suppliers of synthetic rubbers, to significantly improve
its presence in the South American region.
LANXESS Corp. announces restructuring of LANXESS Inc. Sarnia Site to maintain competitive leadership in global rubber industry
Sarnia butyl operation
restructures
At the site of the company's recently completed $100 million butyl plant expansion, LANXESS Inc. is
implementing a 24 month restructuring aimed at improving the
global competitiveness of its butyl products. The move is aimed
at removing increased operating expenses due to higher energy and
raw material costs in addition to the impact of the Canadian
dollar on labor.
The expansion of the Sarnia butyl plant made it the largest, most modern facility of its kind in the world. By December of 2008, total production capacity will be 150 thousand metric tonnes. Together with today's announced site restructuring, the plant modernization will improve the plant's productivity. Over the next 24 months the site will reduce its manpower operating requirements by approximately 270 positions.
Global NBR production consolidated
LANXESS AG will consolidate global NBR production in La
Wantzenau, France over the next few months. The process will
involve closing a 64 year old nitrile
butadiene rubber production facility located in Sarnia, Canada by the end of May, 2008.
LANXESS to
make record investment in Singapore
Expenditures
of up to EUR 400 million for a new chemical site /
Production
of halobutyl for tire industry from 2011 /
Around
200 new highly-skilled jobs
Specialty
chemicals group LANXESS AG is set to make the biggest single
investment in its history in Singapore. A new chemical production
site for synthetic rubber is to be built at the chemical park on
Jurong Island. LANXESS has earmarked a record amount of EUR 400
million for this investment. From 2011, the site in Singapore
will produce up to 100,000 tons of butyl rubber annually, making the LANXESS plant
the largest facility of its type in Asia. Construction is due to
begin in the first quarter of 2009 and will be completed by the
end of 2010. Some 200 new jobs will initially be created.
LANXESS began evaluating potential locations in Malaysia, Thailand
and Singapore in
June 2007.
Already today, LANXESS is a global market leader in the synthetic
rubber business. In the past two years, LANXESS significantly
expanded its production rubber facilities in Zwijndrecht,
Belgium, and Sarnia, Canada. The Singapore site will complete the
global production network. In combination with the completion of
the latest expansion phase in
Sarnia,
the company will have an annual capacity totaling 280,000 metric
tons of butyl rubber in
2010.
シェルケミカルズは、2010年からジュロン島に隣接するブコム島にあるシェル・イースタン・ペトロケミカルズ・コンプレックス（SEPC）のブタジエン抽出設備から、パイプラインを通してブタジエン抽出後のラフィネートをランクセスに供給することにしている。
LANXESS
makes first acquisition in China
Take-over of one of China's largest iron oxide pigment facilities
With its
first acquisition in China, specialty chemicals company LANXESS
AG is expanding the Asian business of its Inorganic Pigments
business unit. In Jinshan near Shanghai LANXESS is to acquire two
production units from its previous cooperation
partner Jinzhuo Chemicals Company Ltd, one of which it had already
leased since 2007. With this acquisition LANXESS will expand its
global production capacity for inorganic pigments by five percent. The parties have
agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Jinshan: The most modern iron oxide pigment facility in China
The site started producing iron oxide yellow pigments last year
and has a total capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year. Half of this capacity
was already utilized by LANXESS. The facility is one of China's
largest and uses state-of-the-art and environmentally compatible
production methods.
Next step
within “LANXESS goes Asia”
initiative
LANXESS opens Rubber Research Center in Qingdao
Win-win situation for LANXESS and
Chinese rubber industry
German specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG today opened a new Rubber Research Center (RRCQ) in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Established in close cooperation with Qingdao's University of Science and Technology (QUST), the world-class research center is located within the university's vicinity. It is jointly operated by the LANXESS business units Technical Rubber Products, Butyl Rubber and Performance Butadiene Rubbers, and marks an investment of some USD 16 million.
2008/10/7 Plastics Information Europe
Lanxess: Reported bid for DSM's elastomers division
The “Financial Times Deutschland” newspaper has reported that chemical company Lanxess has made a bid for the EPDM business of DSM. Neither company has commented on the possible transaction.
DSM has assigned its elastomers business to its base chemicals unit whose operations are earmarked for divestment. The elastomers segment generates sales of around EUR 500m annually with sealing systems for automotive, construction and electrical applications.
LANXESS responds to
global economic crisis and shifts investments
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG responds to the global
economic crisis by taking further measures.
Affected by the decision is the construction of the Butyl
Rubber plant in Singapore. According to the revised plans,
the new Butyl Rubber facility is expected to commence operations
in 2012, with groundbreaking - previously scheduled for January
2009 - postponed until the fall. Additionally, plans for capacity
expansions in Leverkusen and Antwerp and the planned move of the
group headquarters from Leverkusen to Cologne will also be
postponed.
LANXESS Acquires Polyol Specialist in China
LANXESS AG is
strengthening its market presence in the important Asia region by
acquiring the business and production assets of Jiangsu Polyols
Chemical Co., Ltd.
in Liyang, Jiangsu province, eastern China.
The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2009,
pending for regulating authority's approval.
Jiangsu Polyols mainly produces trimethylolpropane. LANXESS' business unit Basic
Chemicals is already a major supplier of TMP in China and will
integrate Jiangsu into its global operations.
| 主な用途 | アルキッド樹脂塗料、ポリウレタン樹脂塗料、印刷インキ | |
|---|---|---|
LANXESS: Production in Singapore to start in 2014
Postponement made necessary by drop in demand / New technology for the large-scale project / Bulk order from tire manufacturer Hankook
Due to
the continuing global economic crisis, specialty chemicals group
LANXESS AG is postponing the construction of its
new butyl rubber facility in Singapore. Production is now scheduled to start in 2014. LANXESS will use the time to
finish developing an innovative technology for butyl rubber
production that will then be used at the new facility. The 100,000 tpa plant originally planned for
Singapore, which would have cost up to EUR 400 million to build,
had been due on stream in 2012.
Independent of the
project postponement, LANXESS will continue to expand its
presence in Singapore. The company is currently negotiating with
the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) with a view to managing the
global business of the Butyl Rubber business unit from there in
the future.
Said Heitmann: “This dynamic city is the hub of
our activities in Southeast Asia and continues to play a key role
in our highly successful strategy for the Asian region.”
The Group currently
runs the Southeast Asian business of all its 13 business units
from Singapore.
LANXESS is a technology leader in the global market for synthetic
rubber and supplies all the leading tire manufacturers and other
customers worldwide. The focus is on the premium segment,
including numerous new grades of rubber for energy-saving tires
with improved running properties such as braking characteristics. A five-year
agreement recently signed with South Korean tire manufacturer
Hankook
underlines the growing importance of the Asian market. This new
supply agreement for butyl rubber covers the period from 2010
through 2014. LANXESS already concluded a long-term supply
agreement with Hankook, the world's seventh-largest tire
manufacturer, for styrene-butadiene rubber and
polybutadiene rubber in 2007. Hankook has a workforce of 14,000
and had sales equivalent to about EUR 2.5 billion in 2008.
LANXESS completes acquisitions in India and China
German
specialty chemicals group LANXESS has successfully completed the
acquisitions of the chemical businesses and production assets
belonging to Indian company Gwalior Chemical
Industries Ltd as
well as China's Jiangsu Polyols Chemical Co. Ltd. The transactions have received
the necessary approvals from the anti-trust authorities and
Gwalior shareholders. Both transactions have taken economic and
legal effect on September 1, 2009.
LANXESS is paying EUR 82.4 million - including debt - for the assets of Gwalior, while
the acquisition price for Jiangsu Polyols will remain
undisclosed. Both transactions complement the portfolio of
LANXESS' business unit Basic Chemicals,
which is one of the leading manufacturers of raw materials for
agrochemicals, polymers, surface coatings, and pigments.
“These
acquisitions in India and China are further milestones in our
company's long-term growth strategy in the BRIC countries”, said Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of
LANXESS' Board of Management. “We will start to integrate these
two businesses into our group and warmly welcome the new
employees into the LANXESS family.”
Gwalior
is one of the largest Indian producers of benzyl products and one
of the leading global producers of sulphur chlorides for the agrochemicals and
pharmaceuticals as well as for the flavor and fragrance
industries. In its business year 2008/2009 (ended March 31) the
Indian company achieved sales of approximately EUR 57.8 million
and currently employs about 400 permanent staff mainly based at
its production site in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh state.
Jiangsu
Polyols achieved
sales of about EUR 10 million in 2008 and currently employs some
170 staff at its facility in Liyang, west of Shanghai. It mainly
produces trimethylol propane (TMP) that is used in lubricants,
paints, and coatings. LANXESS's business unit Basic Chemicals is
already a major supplier of TMP in China.
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 6.58 billion in 2008 and currently 14,335 employees in 23 countries. The company is represented at 46 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.
LANXESS streamlines
global production network
Divestment
of Chinese joint venture stake and U.S. site
LANXESS AG has taken further steps to streamline its global
production network and thus reduce operating costs in the face of
the economic crisis and competitive business environment.
The specialty chemicals group has sold its 55 percent stake in
the hydrazine hydrate joint venture LANXESS Yaxing
(Weifang) Chemicals Company Ltd. to its Chinese partner Weifang
Yaxing Group 亞星集団. The joint venture was founded in
September 2004 and is based in the Weifang Industry Park in
Shandong province, China. Both parties have agreed not to
disclose financial details.
2005 3 山東省イ坊市 ヒドラジン水和物工場起工（Baytown, USAから設備移設）〈2006/7稼動〉
July 12, 2006 Lanxess
LANXESS inaugurates hydrazine hydrate plant in Weifang
Successful relocation of plant from Texas, USA, to China
The LANXESS chemicals group today inaugurated a plant for producing hydrazine hydrate in Weifang in the Chinese province of Shandong 山東省維坊. The plant had previously been dismantled in the USA and transported to China. “This marks a further key milestone for us in boosting our profitable growth in Asia,” said Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the LANXESS Management Board, at a press conference in Weifang. “Relocating the plant enables us to become one of the leading hydrazine hydrate producers in China,” adds Heitmann. China is the fastest growing hydrazine hydrate market in the world.
LANXESS will continue to
produce hydrazine hydrate at its Leverkusen plant in Germany and
is committed to providing a regular and long-term supply to its
customers worldwide. Weifang Yaxing Group will continue to
operate the assets after LANXESS' exit.
In addition, LANXESS Corporation has sold the infrastructure and
supporting services at its site in Bushy Park, South Carolina,
U.S., to the investment company Cooper River Partners, LLC, for
10 million USD.
The company's Rubber Chemicals business unit will continue to
manufacture at the site and has reached a long-term lease and
service agreement with Cooper River.
LANXESS recently announced its Functional Chemicals business unit
will transfer its colorants 着色剤production from Lerma, Mexico, to
its existing facility in Leverkusen, Germany, in the coming
months. LANXESS also sold its remaining shareholding in the
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) joint venture to its
partner INEOS in September, thus completely exiting the ABS
business in 2009 as planned.
Ineosは2007年6月29日、Lanxess との間でＡＢＳ事業の合弁会社設立で合意したと発表した。
合弁会社の社名は INEOS ABS で、Lanxess のABS事業のLustran Polymers を引き継ぐ。
Ineos が合弁会社に51%を出資し、その分の対価として35百万ユーロをLanxessに支払う。2009 INEOS acquires 100% of Ineos ABS
These measures run
parallel to the company's “Challenge09-12”
program that has
been implemented since the start of the year to help mitigate the
effects of the crisis. In this way, LANXESS will cut costs
worldwide by about EUR 360 million by 2012.
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of
EUR 6.58 billion in 2008 and currently around 14,600 employees in
23 countries. The company is represented at 46 production sites
worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development,
manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates
and specialty chemicals.
2009/9/11 LANXESS、インドと中国の企業買収手続き完了、"LANXESS goes Asia" 推進
Lanxess in talks to buy
rubber group Eliokem
Lanxess is in talks to buy synthetic rubber company Eliokem, in a move that would bolster its
position as the world's largest producer of synthetic rubber.
Lanxess managers met with bankers to discuss the deal last week,
the Financial Times Deutschland said, citing unnamed sources.
Lanxess declined to comment.
Eliokem which is specialised in natural and synthetic latex and
rubber compounds, was founded in 2001 when it was spun out of the
specialty chemicals business of the Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Company.
Eliokem has been put up for sale by its owners, which include Axa
Private Equity, the paper said.
2010/3/3
LANXESS: new Jhagadia site up and running
* Successful start up of rubber chemicals plant
* Construction of ion exchange resins plant on schedule
* Indian domestic market driving demand for high-quality chemical
products
The specialty chemicals company LANXESS has completed the first
phase of construction of its new site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state,
India. The production of the rubber chemicals plant was started
up, as planned, after being relocated from Thane, Maharashtra
state.
The plant features the latest technology and was constructed over
a period of less than two years. It will supply the global rubber
and mineral oil additive market as well as the rapidly growing
Indian tire and rubber industry with high-quality
antioxidants belonging
to LANXESS' Vulkanox(R) brand.
The expansion of the tire market in India is being driven by the
mega-trend towards greater mobility among the growing
middle-class in the country. At the same time, major tire
manufacturers are expanding production capacities in the local
market.
“The
Jhagadia site will become LANXESS' largest production site in India
and highlights our long-term commitment to the growing domestic
market as well as our Group's BRIC strategy,”
said Rainier van
Roessel, member of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG. “With the plant, LANXESS stands out
as the only Western company to be manufacturing rubber chemicals
in India.”
LANXESS is
investing about EUR 50 million in total at the 13 hectare
Jhagadia site, which will also include a new ion exchange resins
plant. This plant is on schedule to start up production this year
and will be the most modern of its kind in Asia. Some 250 workers
in total will be employed by LANXESS at the site.
The
ion exchange resins plant will manufacture products
for industrial water treatment, for the semiconductor and
pharmaceutical industries, for food production and for power
generation. There is a growing demand for clean water due to a
booming population and the trend towards urbanization in India.
The LANXESS site is part of the newly-developed Jhagadia Chemical
Park. The park, which is a project supported by the local
government, is the home to other large companies and provides the
necessary infrastructure required for operations. For example,
there is an inland waterway to the international seaports of
Nhava Sheva and Kandla on India's west coast.
The Rubber Chemicals business unit (RUC) is one of the world's
leading manufacturers of rubber chemicals, which help improve the
service life and properties of synthetic rubber. With production
sites on four continents, RUC predominantly supplies tire
manufacturers and the producers of technical rubber goods. Other
major customers include companies in the cosmetics and
pharmaceutical industries as well as mining industry. The
VulkanoxR brand of common antioxidants protect rubber goods ?
particularly those made of unsaturated elastomers ? from gradual
degradation through contact with oxygen, ozone or heat. Vulkanox
thus protects rubber from premature material fatigue, crack
formation or embrittlement. RUC belongs to LANXESS'
Performance
Chemicals segment, which achieved sales of EUR 1,148 million in
the first nine months of 2009.
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of
EUR 6.58 billion in 2008 and currently around 14,600 employees in
23 countries. The company is represented at 43 production sites
worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development,
manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates
and specialty chemicals.
2010/4/20 Lanxess
LANXESS expands capacities for high-tech plastics in China
LANXESS will expand capacities at its state-of-the-art compounding
plant for high-tech plastics in Wux 無錫市, China. The German specialty chemicals
company will invest in a third production line at the plant, which will increase
compounding capacities by nearly 50 percent and is scheduled to
go on stream mid-2011. After the expansion, the plant will have a
capacity of approximately 60,000 metric tons per year.
“This
investment will serve the growing demand from Chinese and Asian
customers for premium, high-performance engineering plastics,
mainly driven by the booming automotive industry,”
said Axel C.
Heitmann, LANXESS Chairman of the Board of Management. He added
that LANXESS was considering further investments in Wuxi in the
near future.
Lanxess is to increase the capacity of its engineering plastics compounding plant in Wuxi, China, by around half with a third production line capable of around 20,000 tonnes/year, while Borouge today inaugurated a 50,000 tonnes polyolefins compounding plant in Shanghai.
The Lanxess plant, which produces Durethan nylon and Pocan PBT compounds, was opened in 2006 and its capacity was doubled with a second line a year later. Lanxess is considering further investments at Wuxi in the near future.
2010-05-07 LANXESS
LANXESS and TSRC to create rubber joint venture in China
Germany's LANXESS and Taiwan's TSRC Corporation will enter into a
50:50 joint venture in Greater China called LANXESS-TSRC
(Nantong) Chemical Industrial Company Ltd. The two companies are jointly
investing 50 million USD (approx. EUR 36 million) in a new plant
that will produce Nitrile Rubber (NBR) in Nantong 江蘇省南通市, northwest of Shanghai. The plant
will have an initial capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year and serve the rapidly
growing Chinese market with high-quality grades of NBR.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for September, 2010, and production
is expected to start up in the first half of 2012. The marketing
activities of the joint venture will begin in the summer of 2010.
The joint venture will serve Chinese customers with NBR produced
at LANXESS' La Wantzenau site in France - the world's largest NBR site -
until the Nantong plant starts up.
May 2010
We have transferred production of NBR rubber from our site in Sarnia, Canada, to the site in La Wantzenau, France. We will also transfer to La Wantzenau the NBR production operation in Brazil that we gained with the Petroflex acquisition.
With this global consolidation, La Wantzenau will become our sole NBR site worldwide. We plan to manufacture more than 100,000 tons of this specialty rubber there in the future - at just one plant, rather than three.
日本ゼオン NBR能力
日本 45千トン
米国 35千トン
英国 15千トン
合計 95千トン
“The
Chinese NBR market is the fastest growing in the world, boasting
double-digit growth rates,” said Werner Breuers, Member of
LANXESS' Management Board. “The partnership brings us a step
closer to our customers and opens the door to further tie-ups in
the emerging Asian market in the future.”
“The partnership
is a win-win-combination. It brings together TSRC's long-history
of engineering and production know-how in China with LANXESS'
marketing and
technical expertise in synthetic rubber,”
said TSRC's CEO
Wei-Hua Tu.
The Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone is
located in Jiangsu province and is the home to many chemical,
textile and electronic companies. It is located alongside China's
coastline and the estuary of the Yangtze River. The investment
will create 100 local jobs at the NBR plant - the most modern of
its kind in Asia. Up to 500 people will be working during the
construction phase. Clearance for the joint venture from the
relevant anti-trust authorities is expected by the end of July,
2010.
TSRC currently operates highly cost-efficient emulsion
styrene-butadiene rubber (ESBR ), polybutadiene rubber (BR) and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) plants in Nantong and is one of
the largest synthetic rubber producers in Asia. The products are
sold under the tradename Taipol. TSRC posted sales of USD 700
million in 2009 and currently employs 1,100 people worldwide. In
addition to its Nantong site, TSRC has production plants in
Shanghai and Jinan in China as well as in Taiwan and Thailand.
会社名：Shen Hua Chemical Industrial Company Limited 申華化学
場所 ：Nantong Economic & Technological Development Zone, Nantong ,Jiangsu
出資者：Polybus Pte Limited ( a subsidiary of TSRC Corporation 台湾)
Marubeni Corporation
Nantong Petro-Chemical Corporation
製品 ：SBR 170千トン
会社名： 台橡宇部(南通)化学工業 有限公司
場所 ： 江蘇省南通市南通経済技術開発区
出資者： TSRC（台湾） 55％、宇部興産25％、丸紅 20％
能力 ： BR 50,000 ㌧／年 （2009 年稼働、2011 年に72,000 ㌧/年に増強予定）
設立 ： 2006年9月
TSRC (Shanghai) Industries Ltd. was set up in the Song-Jiang Zone and TSRC (Jinan) Industries Ltd. was established in Shandong Province, providing a total annual production capacity of 18,000 metric tons of TPE applied materials.
LANXESS is the world's
largest producer of synthetic rubber and NBR. Its products sold
under the brand names Perbunan, Krynac, Baymod and Nanoprene are
part of LANXESS' Technical Rubber Products business
unit (TRP). The products have a higher resistance to oil than
conventional rubbers. They also demonstrate a better resistance
to ozone, UV light, hot air and long-term aging. NBR is used in a
wide-range of applications such as seals, hoses for hydraulics
and pneumatics, rubber gloves, elastic threads, as well as
blankets for print cylinders and rolls.
TRP has production sites in Leverkusen, Dormagen, Marl (Germany),
La Wantzenau (France), Orange (United States) and is part of
LANXESS' Performance Polymers segment,
which recorded sales of EUR 2.38 billion in 2009.
With approximately 1,000 employees and five production sites,
LANXESS achieved total sales in Greater China of EUR 584 million
in 2009.
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of
EUR 5.06 billion in 2009 and currently around 14,300 employees in
23 countries. The company is represented at 43 production sites
worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development,
manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates
and specialty chemicals.
2010-05-13
Construction starts on first LANXESS plant in Russia
German specialty chemicals group LANXESS is today officially
starting work on construction of its first production facility in
Russia. In the future, LANXESS subsidiary Rhein Chemie will produce rubber chemicals in
Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region for the markets in
Russia and the CIS.
“Russia
and the CIS are key growth markets for us as part of our
strategic focus on the BRIC countries. Construction of this plant
is a further important step in our long-term strategy, following
our official entry onto the Russian market last year,”
said Rainier van
Roessel, member of the LANXESS Board of Management. “We are currently seeing a gradual
recovery of the rubber industry in Russia, which we want to
accompany with a targeted, market-oriented investment.”
LANXESS supplies
the markets in Russia and the CIS countries mainly with
high-performance rubber and rubber chemicals for the tire and
automotive industry, color pigments for the construction industry
and ion exchange resins for industrial water treatment.
The new plant in the Dzerzhinsk Industrial Park will meet LANXESS’
high international
standards of safety and sustainability and will be equipped with
state-of-the-art production technology. The project is due to be
completed at the start of 2011, with Rhein Chemie creating 50 new
jobs at the site in the medium term.
Rubber chemicals for car and tire industries
The company will produce up to 1,500 metric tons
of Rhenogran (予備分散ゴム薬品) and Rhenodiv
rubber additives and release agents at the new plant. These products
are used primarily to manufacture car tires and technical rubber
products such as hoses and seals.
“We
expect to see a rise in demand from the Russian car and tire
industries for quality products and we will be able to cater to
their needs in the future through our new plant and high-quality,
innovative product portfolio. Our rubber additives and release
agents enable us to help our customers enhance the quality of
their rubber products and boost their position on the global
market,” explains Anno Borkowsky, Managing
Director of Rhein Chemie GmbH. “The excellent location in close
proximity to our customers and the good infrastructure in the
Nizhny Novgorod region were crucial in choosing the site.”
Until now, Rhein
Chemie has supplied Russian customers from facilities in Germany.
Own LANXESS presence in Russia since 2009
LANXESS has had its own company in Russia since 2009. The sales
office of OOO LANXESS was opened in the Federation Tower in
Moscow in March of last year and has a current workforce of
around 30.
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of
EUR 5.06 billion in 2009 and currently around 14,300 employees in
23 countries. The company is represented at 42 production sites
worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development,
manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates
and specialty chemicals.
2010-05-17
← 延期 ← 当初計画
LANXESS breaks
ground for most modern rubber plant in Asia
* Production to start in Singapore in first quarter of 2013
* Good 10% of total investment going towards environmental
protection
* Ceremony on Jurong Island
LANXESS, the world's biggest manufacturer of synthetic rubber, is
breaking ground for the construction of a new butyl rubber plant in Singapore. The facility
on Jurong Island is designed for a capacity of 100,000 metric
tons per
year and will require an investment of up to EUR 400 million (USD
575 million). Between 10 and 15 percent of the total investment
for the plant, the most modern of its kind in Asia, will go into
environmental protection measures.
"In terms of volume, this investment is the largest in our
five-year history," said LANXESS CEO Axel C. Heitmann.
"It underlines our commitment to synthetic rubber as well as
to our customers and to the future growth markets in Asia."
“I
also welcome Lanxess‘ decision to relocate its Butyl
Rubber Global Headquarters and its top management to Singapore.
It affirms Singapore’s value as a strategic vantage
point in the region for global companies.“
said Mr Lim Hng
Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry.
By the time production is launched in the first quarter of 2013,
some 3,500 metric tons of steel, 350 kilometers of cabling and 80
kilometers of piping will have been installed in the new
facility.
The new rubber plant is being built on an area of 200,000 square
meters. The property is leased from JTC Corporation, an
authorized agent of the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry.
The neighboring Shell refinery will ensure a long-term supply of
isobutene, the main raw material for the production of synthetic
rubber. Through its new plant, LANXESS will create some 200 new,
highly skilled jobs and fill them locally. At the height of the
construction phase, some 1,500 workers will be employed at the
site.
The new plant also sets standards for the region and the world in
terms of environmental protection. Between 10 and 15 percent of
the building sum is to be invested in modern technologies
engineered to protect the environment. With the help of
pioneering technology, the manufacturing process will require
significantly less steam, thus lowering the plant's overall
energy consumption. The process not only is evidence of LANXESS'
many years of experience in rubber manufacturing, but also raises
the bar in the industry. Ultramodern flue gas purification
systems will break down undesirable chemical compounds and
release lower volumes of greenhouse gases. Thanks to a modern
wastewater treatment plant and closed circuits, only half as much
wastewater will be produced in the future.
Booming Asian market
LANXESS will be able to meet the rising demand for butyl rubber
in tires, driven by the mobility trend, which is developing
particularly among the growing middle classes in China and India.
In addition, on account of its unique properties, butyl rubber is
also a key product for use in the pharmaceutical industry,
primarily in Asia.
The butyl rubber market is expected to see average growth rates
of over three percent again in coming years. At present, the two
LANXESS rubber plants in Zwijndrecht (Belgium) and Sarnia
(Canada) are producing at high capacity.
シンガポールの新工場が稼働すると年産能力は合わせて38万トンに達する。
Butyl rubber is a
synthetic rubber characterized by high impermeability to air due
to the properties of its raw materials: isobutene and isoprene.
The largest field of application is the manufacture of
innerliners - the innermost layer of a tire that prevents air
from escaping - and innertubes. The tire industry uses halobutyl
to make innerliners for car, truck, bus and aircraft tires. Butyl
rubber is used in tire innertubes for cars, trucks, bikes and for
balls used in various sports. Special applications include seals
and closures for the pharmaceutical industry. The use of butyl
rubber in making chewing gum is an interesting secondary line of
business.
The Butyl Rubber business unit is part of the Performance
Polymers segment, which achieved total sales in 2009 of EUR 2,388
million.
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of
EUR 5.06 billion in 2009 and currently around 14,300 employees in
23 countries. The company is represented at 42 production sites
worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development,
manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates
and specialty chemicals.
