News & Press

After one year, energy efficiency and waste reduction projects yielding significant results. In 2008, Rhein Chemie Corporation began implementing a package of initiatives designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce waste at its Chardon, Ohio, manufacturing plant. more

Since August this year, additives specialist Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH has offered its customers the option of purchasing selected products from all three divisions through its new WebShop. more

September 8, 2009 marked the official opening of Rhein Chemie LOA (Qingdao) Ltd., the company’s new production facility for lubricant additives in Qingdao, China. “We aim to benefit from the above-average growth in China’s industrial lubricants segment. Our strategy focuses on offering customers in China and other countries in the Asia Pacific region a customized range of high-quality additives for industrial lubricants....more

Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of German specialty chemicals company LANXESS, announces that its high-performance rubber additive Micromorph® is a key ingredient in the GARIT G5 studless tire from Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Kenji Nakakura) scheduled for release today.more

Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, an additive specialist for industrial lubricants, extends its product portfolio about with product line for water-miscible metalworking fluids. The new Additin® RC 5000 series includes a total of twelve products and can be divided into the following product groups: Lubricity additives, EP additives, Corrosion inhibitors plus Additive packages. more

On July 3, 2009, Rhein Chemie (Qingdao) Ltd. celebrated 10 years since the start-up of production in Qingdao, China. In this eastern port city, the company manufactures additives and service products for rubber processors in China.more

Rhein Chemie has been highly successful with Rhenogran® and continues to expand the line with new product developments. Rhenogran® is the brand name under which the company produces and markets pre-dispersed, polymer-bound rubber additives. Rhenogran® can significantly improve the quality of a rubber compound thanks to the selected, pre-dispersed powder chemicals it contains. Because Rhenogran® is dust-free, it also eliminates the health risks associated with inhaling dangerous chemical dusts. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are the latest example of the application of this concept to an innovative raw material. CNTs display extraordinary physical properties, such as very high electrical and thermal conductivity combined with the immense strength of the individual nanotubes. more