MOSCOW (MRC) -- Lanxess has started the production of high performance prepolymers at its site in Porto Feliz, Brazil. With this measure, the Urethane Systems business unit is expanding its production capacity for prepolymers, said Process-worldwide.
Cologne/Germany — In addition to the production of prepolymers, Lanxess has now opened a state-of-the-art laboratory in Porto Feliz, Brazil. The aim is to provide customers with technical service and support in application development. By combining production and application development, the specialty chemicals group aims to provide know-how for the design and processing of PU systems and other technical services. The company's Urethane Systems business unit is a systems provider to the global PU industry with expertise in cast elastomers, coatings, adhesives and sealants.
As MRC informed earlier, Lanxess envisages an extensive range of potential applications for blow-molded components made from technical plastics in automobiles.
Lanxess is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 7.2 billion in 2018. The company currently has about 15,500 employees in 33 countries and is represented at 60 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics. LANXESS is listed in the leading sustainability indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World and Europe) and FTSE4Good.
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