Performance Rubber
LANXESS has many years of experience with synthetic rubber and rubber chemicals. The first synthetic rubber was discovered and patented by the original predecessor of today's Performance Rubber segment.
LANXESS customers - tire makers and manufacturers of technical rubber articles - create high-performance finished products from synthetic rubber. Our rubber products are used, for example, in buildings, vehicles, automobile tires, shoes and the electronics industry.
The Performance Rubber segment comprises the following business units:
Poly-Butadiene Rubber
The Polybutadiene Rubber Business Unit of LANXESS is one of the world's major manufacturers of the specialty rubbers polybutadiene (PBR) and solution-styrene polybutadiene (SSBR). The rubbers we produce are sold under the trade names Buna® (CB, VSL, SL, BL) and Taktene®.
Polybutadiene rubber accounts for 24.5 % of the world's production of synthetic rubber. Approximately 70 % of total production is used in tire compounds, with another 20 % being used for modifying plastics (HIPS). With our product portfolio, we are able to offer our customers specialized solutions in both markets.
Besides neodymium and cobalt products, our product range also includes lithium-catalyzed polybutadiene. With three production sites located in Dormagen (Germany), Port Jérôme (France) and Orange (USA), we are well positioned to serve our customers worldwide.
With an innovative product portfolio and efficient links between marketing, production and research, we are able to provide products of a consistently high level of quality for our customers. We also consider reliable delivery and dependable performance to be the cornerstones of a long and successful working relationship with our customers.
Butyl Rubber
Butyl is currently the only rubber to be impermeable to air. This property is the starting point of our activities. The product family comprises three main types:
- Butyl
- Bromobutyl
- Chlorobutyl
Technical Rubber Products
The Technical Rubber Products Business Unit of LANXESS is a globally operating supplier of specialty elastomers for the rubber-processing industry.
Our broad product range is tailored to meet the requirements of a wide variety of applications in automotive engineering, construction, electronics, mechanical engineering, industrial plants, oil exploration, aviation, domestic goods and many other industries.
Resistance to abrasion, heat and aggressive environmental influences are just a few of the properties which make our products so attractive to our international customers.
