Rhein Chemie Additives develops, manufactures and distributes additives and services for polymer and specialty chemicals processors with more than 4,000 customized agents.
The unit's rubber additives business area provides a range of pre-dispersed chemicals, processing agents, vulcanization and filler activators, anti-sun check waxes, release agents, tire marking inks and high-performance bladders for tire production. Among the unit's brand names are Aktiplast, Rhenodiv, Rhenogran, Rhenoshape and Vulkalent.
Lanxess reported sales of about $9 billion in 2014. It employs 16,300 in 29 countries at 52 production sites.
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This report appeared on the website of Rubber & Plastics News, an Akron-based sister publication of Tire Business.