PITTSBURGH (Jan. 8, 2008)—Lanxess Corp. has signed on Intertex World Resources Inc. as its North American distributor of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber.
Akron-based Intertex will be responsible for distribution sales to primarily non-tire application customers of Lanxess' ESBR products sourced from Petroflex S.A. facilities in Brazil. Intertex has worked with Lanxess A.G.'s Performance Butadiene Rubber business for many years, the company said.
Lanxess acquired about 70 percent of Petroflex in April and another 27 percent of the business in the fall.