MOSCOW (MRC) -- Brilon - Bond-Laminates GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals company LANXESS, is strengthening its business with innovative Tepex lightweight plastics, according to Lanxess' press release.
The company is expanding production capacities at the Brilon site, Germany, by around 75% in the period up to summer 2014. A total of 1,300 square meters is being added to the building complex in Brilon, comprising a new production hall and supplementary storage areas and office space.
The additional production capacities are scheduled to go on stream in summer 2014. The high-tech materials of the Tepex brand are used in the automotive, sporting goods and electronics industries among others.
Tepex is the name of the innovative fiber composites that Bond-Laminates produces. These primarily comprise thermoplastics that are reinforced with fibers of various other materials such as glass or carbon, depending on the field of application. Tepex products are characterized by their high strength and stiffness, while also being extremely lightweight and economic to process.
In the automotive industry, these innovative materials from Brilon are making new types of design possible, enabling heavier metal components to be replaced by many parts. Tepex can thus help reduce the weight of vehicles, thereby also cutting fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, while also offering outstanding safety properties.
As MRC wrote previously, Lanxess has recently developed a new polyester material grade based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The new material grade - Pocan TP 555-001 - is excellently suited to manufacturing housings, sockets and other components for light-emitting diodes (LED). What makes the product unique is its excellent light reflection, which hardly declines at all over time, and its high heat stability. Besides, it is reinforced with glass fibers and contains special additives.
Bond-Laminates GmbH was founded in Brilon in 1997 and currently employs around 100 people. The company has been collaborating with LANXESS since 2006. The specialty chemicals company acquired the Brilon-based enterprise in September 2012, a beneficial venture for both sides. The link between Bond-Laminates and LANXESS has now become more widely visible to the outside world too: Bond-Laminates' appearance is now supplemented with the LANXESS logo, such as on the signs on the facade of the head office and at the surrounding parking lot and goods entrance.
Lanxess is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR9.1 billion in 2012 and roughly 17,400 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 50 production sites worldwide. The core business of Lanxess is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.
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