HAGUE, Netherlands—Arlanxeo is responding to growing demand for its synthetic rubber, debottlenecking production processes for Therban plants in the U.S. and Germany.
Arlanxeo's Therban lines are hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber, produced in Orange, Texas, and Leverkusen, Germany. The debottlenecking activities should be complete by the end of this year and will add close to 1,000 tons of additional HNBR capacity.
"The activities reiterate Arlanxeo's commitment toward meeting the growing demand for advanced synthetic rubber products," Arlanxeo said in a Nov. 30 release.
Therban synthetic rubber finds its applications in automotive, new mobility, oil exploration, mechanical engineering and aerospace.
Arlanxeo is owned by Saudi Aramco and has 12 production sites in nine countries.
The chemical company announced in September that it would close a butyl rubber production site in Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, Belgium, due to oversupply in the market.
