LANXESS, the world's biggest manufacturer of synthetic rubber, is breaking ground for the construction of a new butyl rubber plant in Singapore. The facility on Jurong Island is designed for a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year and will require an investment of up to EUR 400 million (USD 575 million). Between 10 and 15 percent of the total investment for the plant, the most modern of its kind in Asia, will go into environmental protection measures.
LANXESS breaks ground for the most modern rubber plant at Jurong Island in Singapore. (From left to right: Ron Commander, Head of the Businesss Unit Butyl Rubber; Beh Swan Gin, Managing Director, Singapore Economic Development Board; Werner Breuers, Member of the Board of Management, LANXESS AG; Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry; Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Management;Joerg Ranau, Ambassador to Singapore, Federal Republic of Germany;Heah Soon Poh, Director, Biomedical & Chemicals Cluster; Ian Wood, Country Representative Singapore, LANXESS AG)
Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore, congratulates Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG, for Groundbreaking of the new Butyl Rubber Plant at Jurong Island , Singapore.
About 400 guests of honor participated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new butyl rubber plant that LANXESS is building on Jurong Island in Singapore. This new plant will set new standards in terms of efficiency, sustainability and protection of the environment. At 400 Million Euros, it is the largest single investment in the company’s history.