LANXESS to build new compounding facilities in Gujarat

LANXESS is expected to build compounding facilities with an initial capacity of 20,000 metric tonnes annually for the production of the engineering plastics Durethan and Pocan at Jhagadia in the Indian state of Gujarat. Construction of the new compounding facilities will begin in Fall this year and they are due to go on stream with a workforce of 60 at the start of 2012. "With an investment of over EUR 10 million, we will be strengthening our position as a premium supplier of hightech plastics in the Asia-Pacific region. As one of the fastest-growing markets for high-tech plastics, India offers the ideal environment for this," said Mr. Hubert Fink , head of the Semi - Crystalline Products business unit at LANXESS. Together with the compounding plant in Wuxi, China, the new facilities will supply the entire Asia-Pacific region with Durethan and Pocan. To date, LANXESS has invested a total of around EUR 50 million in the 13-hectare Jhagadia site. A new facility for ion exchange resins is due to start production at the end of this year. The first construction phase for the new Jhagadia production site was concluded at the beginning of March with the completion of a facility for the production of rubber chemicals. Production has now started as planned after relocation of the Thane operations in the state of Maharashtra. www.lanxess.comAir Jordan VII 7.5 Ture Flight