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...
17.03.2014
- German chemical producer Lanxess is said to be close to a sale of two of its rubber businesses which it last September identified as non-core and said it was studying "strategic...
27.01.2014
- In a surprise move late on Jan. 26, German chemicals, plastics and rubber producer Lanxess announced the resignation of Axel Heitmann, its chief executive since the company's split...
18.11.2013
- Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), Malaysia's state oil firm, and Italian oil company Eni's chemical unit said they have inked a joint venture agreement to make synthetic rubber in...
18.04.2013
- German specialty chemicals company Lanxess, a producer of synthetic rubber, has inaugurated the new headquarters of its Keltan Elastomers business unit in Sittard-Geleen in the...
06.10.2010
- While often viewed in the shadow of its massive Northern neighbour, China, the Southeast Asian group of nations known as ASEAN continues to be a hotbed of activity in the plastics...
10.03.2010
- Specialty chemicals group Lanxess said it will expand the global capacity of its high-performance rubber Nd-BR (neodymium butadiene rubber). The €20 million investment will...
04.03.2010
- 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...