Expansion of engineering plastics compounding output / German group also to compound in the US

摘要

Lanxess (Leverkusen / Germany; www.lanxess.com) and DuPont (HQ: Wilmington, Delaware / USA; www.dupont. com) plan to spend EUR 10m to double compounding capacity for polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) produced by their 50:50 joint venture DuBay Polymer (Hamm-Uentrop / Germany) at the jv's German headquarters. Start-up is scheduled for early 2012. Separately, Lanxess has broken ground on its first US compounding facility for engineering polymers, which also will cost EUR 10m and start up in 2012.