Around 70 percent of the high-tech rubber produced by LANXESS is used in the manufacture of car tires. Alongside safety and cost-effectiveness, environmental protection plays an ever increasing role here. Tires currently account for 20 to 30 percent of a vehicle's fuel consumption. If all the vehicles in Europe alone were fitted with tires with low rolling resistance and thus reduced fuel consumption, around six billion liters of fuel could be saved annually, resulting in approximately 15 Million metric tons fewer CO₂ emissions every year.

Long service life, good grip
Innovative neodymium-butadiene rubbers from LANXESS – Nd-BR for short – help reduce rolling resistance and thus cut fuel consumption. At the same time, the materials provide good wet grip – and thus shorter braking distances – and excellent mileage. The rubber additive Nanoprene also helps improve the performance of tires in the long term, extending both their service life and grip by around 15 percent. This particularly improves the safety of winter tires.