Rubber Journal Asia

Work on NBR plant commences
Lanxess-TSRC (Nantong) Chemical Industrial, a 50:50 joint venture between Germany-based Lanxess and Taiwanese company TSRC Corporation, has broken ground for the construction of a nitrile rubber (NBR) plant in Nantong, Shanghai. The US$50 million plant is scheduled to start production in 2012 with an initial annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes.

NBR products have higher resistance to oil than conventional rubbers. They also demonstrate better resistance to abrasion, ozone, UV light, hot air and long-term ageing. With these properties, they are used in a wide-range of applications such as seals, hoses for hydraulics and pneumatics, rubber gloves, elastic threads as well as blankets for print cylinders and rolls.

TSRC is one of the largest synthetic rubber producers in Asia. It posted sales of US$ 700 million in 2009 and currently employs 1,100 people worldwide.