Dec 6 2004
Polychloroprene - an elastomer at the end of its life cycle? " We do not think so" says Ingo Fischer, the new Global Product Manager for Chloroprene Rubber at LANXESS Deutschland GmbH. "Baypren® is still a viable business. Expanding rubber applications like replacement of natural rubber in air springs is a base for solid growth". The good weathering resistance of Baypren® , its good gas impermeability, dynamic flexibility and excellent adhesion to fibers support a vast variety of applications.
The seven million Euro investment includes new process control, a capacity stretch to 80,000 metric tons per year and further significant process improvements.
"An increased packaging capacity will also support our customer's growing demand of Baypren® in PE bags. The largest Polychloroprene plant worldwide becomes state of the art", claims Guenther Weymans, the new Head of the LANXESS Technical Rubber business unit.
"Our continuous polymerization technology gives us a particularly strong edge in efficiency and homogenous product quality", said head of production, Robert Gnann.
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