5 September 2012
Details (LANXESS to build the world's largest EPDM plant in China)
Company LANXESS
Location Changzhou Yangtze Riverside Industrial Park,
Jiangsu Province, China
Product EPDM synthetic rubber
(Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer)
Capacity 160,000 MT per year
Investment Eur 235 million
Schedule Start-up in 2015
LANXESS' major rubber investment in Asia
1. LANXESS will start up a world-scale butyl rubber plant
on Singapore's Jurong Island in the first quarter of 2013.
2. LANXESS will break ground for a
neighboring neodymium-based performance butadiene rubber plant
on September 11 this year
3. LANXESS' EPDM plant in China also represents
third major rubber investment in Asia.
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Global and Chinese EPDM market growth rate
- Global demand for EPDM is expected to increase by
more than 4 percent per year in the coming years.
- Demand in China is expected to grow by
around 8 percent per year,
driven by automotive and construction industries
- China will be the largest NET importer of EPDM in the coming years.
-LANXESS and EPDM
- LANXESS is the world's leading supplier of EPDM
following the successful acquisition and integration of
DSM Elastomers in 2011.
- LANXESS has combined EPDM capacity of 320,000 MT/year
and operates EPDM plants in
1. Geleen, The Netherlands
2. Marl, Germany
3. Orange, USA.
4. Triunfo , Brazil
- Since 2011, LANXESS has been commercially producing and marketing
EPDM from bio-based ethylene.
- LANXESS is using ethylene supplied by Braskem S.A.
in comparison to petroleum-based ethylene,
Braskem's ethylene is produced by dehydrating ethanol from sugar cane.
- LANXESS will use new technology to enable sustainable production
in the new EPDM plant in China.
In comparison to the conventional technology, the new technology
1. reduces energy requirements for the production and
2. does not require catalyst extraction
as a result of high catalyst efficiency
3. enable the manufacture of new EPDM rubber grades,
such as oil-extended EPDM and
special high molecular weight EPDM.
- The new EPDM plant in China will produce
in total 10 premium grades of EPDM tailored to
chinese customers needs.
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EPDM : use, application and properties
- EPDM is used above all in automotive industry as
1.door sealants or
2.windscreen wipers
Approximately 7 kilograms of EPDM is used in every car.
- EPDM is also used in
3.plastics modification
4.cable and wire
5.construction
6.oil additives industries
- EPDM properties include
1.very low density
2.good resistance to heat, oxidation, chemicals and weathering
3.good electrical insulation properties
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