Jul 9 2007
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.
“We are highly committed to the future of butyl rubber,” Dr. Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Management, LANXESS AG said at the dedication ceremony of the expanded Sarnia facility. “With the capacity expansions we are boosting our profitable growth in this innovative business segment.”
The Butyl Rubber Business Unit is a leading manufacturer in its field and belongs to the Performance Rubber segment, which achieved total sales in 2006 of EUR 1,776 million.