Specialty chemicals company Lanxess commissioned a new production line for the manufacture of specialty compounds at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site. The company has invested approximately seven million euros in expanding the production capacities of its engineering plastics.
Lanxess is thus expanding its position as one of the world’s leading suppliers and developers of high-performance compounds based on polyamide 6 (PA6), polyamide 66 (PA66) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). The new line has an annual capacity of up to 10,000 metric tons.
At the Krefeld-Uerdingen site, it complements the compounding lines designed for the production of Durethan polyamide compounds and PBT compounds of the Pocan brand.
The new production line includes a high-performance twin-screw extruder with a modern raw material feeding, precise dosing and
an efficient cooling and classifying technology.
“The extruder provides all the equipment necessary for the economical production of high-quality compounds. The line is very well suited, for example, for our glass fiber-reinforced polyamides, which are used in the structural lightweight design of automobiles. We also see great potential in flame-retardant compounds, for example for components in electric drives,” explained Dr Stefanie Nickel, Head of Compounding in the High Performance Materials business unit.