MOSCOW (MRC) -- Kraiburg Rubber Suzhou Co., Ltd. has announced that it has recently completed the construction of a second building at its site in the Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, China, reported GV.
According to the company, the building offers sufficient space for a new and enlarged research and development area and also increases the company's mixing capacity for colour and especially for FKM-based compounds.
Currently, a new mixing line GK45E with full process control and collection of process related data is being installed. According to Kraiburg, a second line with the same size will follow in the second quarter of 2016. The company says the investment will meet the increasing market demand for its quality rubber compounds, in particular FKM and "non-black" materials.
With the focus on more specialised polymers and colour compounds it was also necessary to upgrade the R+D mixing area, says Kraiburg. In addition to the already existing Intermeshing Mixer with 5 L volume (GK5E), which is typically used for black materials, soon two additional mixers with a volume of 1.5 L (for the production of FKM compounds) and 3.0 L (for colour compounds) will be available.
Furthermore, the company announced that it is also investing in new laboratory testing equipment.
As MRC informed previously, in March 2015, for automotive exterior applications with wide flow paths and exceptionally challenging weathering requirements, thermoplastics elastomer manufacturer Kraiburg TPE (Waldkraiburg/Germany) developed a new class of compounds within the Thermolast K family: High-flow compounds.
Kraiburg Rubber (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. was established in 2005 and is part of the Waldkraiburg-based German company Kraiburg Holding GmbH & Co. KG. The company produces a wide range of standard rubber compounds (based on NR, EPDM, CR, AEM, SBR, FKM, etc.) for automotive, building and construction applications, and other industrial markets as well as highly customised products for all kinds of industries at its Suzhou site. The compounds are produced on highly automated and fully process-controlled mixing lines, based on state-of-the-art technology. The company has 130 employees.
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