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Rhein Chemie has opened its new production facility at the Jhagadia site in the Indian state of Gujarat, successfully completing the transfer of production from Madurai in southern India after a construction time of just under a year. The main factors in the decision to relocate were the excellent infrastructure and good opportunities for future expansion offered by the large LANXESS production site at Jhagadia and its proximity to key customers. more

Rhein Chemie will be presenting its broad portfolio for the rubber industry at the Rubber Tech China in Shanghai, from November 22 to 24, 2011 (stand 3B355, hall W3). The company will highlight its release agents, high performance curing bladders and processing promoters for the manufacturing of tires.more

Rhein Chemie is investing roughly EUR 10 million in a new production facility in Porto Feliz, Brazil, to manufacture Rhenoshape high-performance curing bladders and Rhenogran predispersed, polymer-bound chemicals. Production is scheduled to be up and running by the fourth quarter of 2012. After Burzaco, Argentina, and Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, Porto Feliz will be Rhein Chemie's third site to produce Rhenoshape bladders. Production capacity in Porto Feliz will be 170,000 bladders annually. more

Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH is expanding its product range for the tire industry by acquiring the tire release agents business of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, as of July 8, 2011. more

Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH is expanding its product portfolio through the acquisition of two businesses from Flexsys America L.P., a subsidiary of Solutia Inc. based in St. Louis, Missouri.more

LANXESS continues to expand its activities in the growing Latin America region. The specialty chemicals company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rhein Chemie will invest a single-digit million USD amount in its newly-acquired production site in Burzaco, Argentina.more

Subsidiary Rhein Chemie to become one of the leading release agent providers worldwide - Access to tire bladder technology - Further investments planned in BRIC nations - Mobility mega-trend underpinning demand for tiresmore

Environmentally friendly tire tread marking inks tie in nicely with Rhein Chemie solutions for the tire industry more

Company expands its chemical offerings to include “sulfur safe” curative technology for the fluoro-polymer market.more

Japanese rubber processors take advantage of Rhein Chemie’s Premium solutions and the company’s strong global orientation.more

Rhenomark® MP is a cost-effective alternative to solvent-based products more

New Process Promoters for Highly Loaded Silica Tire Tread Compounds. more

Rhein Chemie Corporation will showcase its expertise in rubber and polymer technology.more

Therban® (HNBR) is a high performance elastomer especially used for seals, o-rings, and belts. more

Many accelerators used in rubber formulations create harmful N-nitrosamines, that have been shown to be carcinogenic. Dithiophosphates offer an effective way to compound around these potentially hazardous materials. more