Rhein Chemie (Qingdao) Ltd. manufactures polymer-bound chemicals, processing promoters, vulcanization and filler activators, together with release agents, in other words its entire range of products for the rubber processing industry in Asia. These products are used to manufacture rubber articles, such as tires, technical rubber goods and sports shoes.

 

By investing in the construction of a new production plant, in 2006 the company doubled its capacity in China for polymer-bound rubber chemicals (Rhenogran®) in response to rising demand. Rhenogran® helps tire manufactures and other rubber processors to improve product quality, processing and cost efficiency, along with aiding health and environmental protection.

 

Rhein Chemie (Qingdao) Ltd. was established in 1995, and remains one of the first foreign investments in this industrial sector. Rhein Chemie had already focused its attention on this market at a very early stage, and has since then been able to grow further, today employing 180 people at the site. The newly established Rhein Chemie Lubricant Oil Additives (Qingdao) Ltd. began producing industrial lubricant additives in the beginning of 2009.

 

Rhein Chemie is a company with a successful track record in customized additives and service products stretching back over 100 years. The approximately 850-strong workforce produces and sells products for various sectors of the rubber, lubricants and plastics industries. The company has subsidiaries and production facilities in Europe, Asia as well as North and South America. Rhein Chemie is a wholly owned subsidiary of LANXESS Deutschland GmbH,