Keyword: butyl rubber

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Reliance and Sibur Establish Indian Rubber JV

20.01.2017 - India’s Reliance Industries and Russia’s Sibur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build the first halogenated butyl rubber plant in south Asia. Signed last week at...

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Lanxess CEO Confirms Plans for Substantial Job Cuts

07.11.2014 - Lanxess CEO Matthias Zachert has confirmed plans for substantial job cuts leaked days earlier by a German newspaper, announcing plans to slash 6% of its 16,700-member workforce up...

Strategy & Management

The Steep Climb Back to Profit

04.06.2014 - If Matthias Zachert mounted the steep steps to the new Lanxess headquarters on the Rhine River in Cologne, when returning to the German chemical producer as CEO on April l, he may...

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Lanxess Restarts Rubber Plant as Belgian Strike Ends

25.04.2014 - German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is in the process of restarting its 150,000 t/y butyl rubber plant at Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, Belgium, after a nine-week strike that...

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Lanxess Strike Threatens Industry, Belgian Grouping Says

17.04.2014 - The ongoing strike at the Lanxess 150,000 t/y butyl rubber plant at Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, will have a negative impact on the industry, the company's partners and clients if...

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More Managerial Changes in Store for Lanxess

03.04.2014 - The personnel carousel continue to turn at ailing German chemical producer Lanxess, and not only at the top. Along with the return of Matthias Zachert, this time as CEO, and other...

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Lanxess Opens Butyl Rubber Plant in Singapore

04.06.2013 - Lanxess has inaugurated its new butyl rubber plant on Jurong Island in Singapore on schedule. The specialty chemicals company has invested approximately €400 million in the plant...