China to Build First Butyl Rubber Production Equipment

Xinhua English Newswire;  February 12, 1998 ;     232 words ......will begin to build the country's first butyl rubber production equipment, which is able...development of China's auto industry. Butyl rubber is an important material in manufacturing...now controlled by a few countries. The butyl rubber project is based on an agreement signed...

High isoprene butyl.(Suppliers Showcase: Materials)

Rubber World;  August 1, 2007 ;     176 words ...Butyl rubber is a specialty elastomer said to offer...isoprene as a building block allows butyl rubber to be chemically modified and/or permanently...the company. Working at the heart of butyl rubber chemistry, the presence of isoprene...

Chemical Profile: Butyl Rubber.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Chemical Market Reporter;  June 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ...BUTYL RUBBER June 3, 2002 PRODUCER CAPACITY * Bayer...isobutylene with isoprene. Halogenated butyl rubber, which accounts for over half of global consumption, is made by reacting butyl rubber in a hexane solution with either bromine...

How to pick proper model vulcanization systems: Part 1 of 2.(Technical)

Rubber & Plastics News;  July 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Second of two parts) Vulcanization of butyl rubber The major applications utilizing butyl rubber are tire innertubes, curing bladders...Quinone cure systems The crosslinking of butyl rubber with para-quinone dioxime (QDO) or para-quino...

Lanxess to increase butyl rubber capacity by a third.(materials...

British Plastics & Rubber;  March 1, 2008 ;     186 words ...A BUTYL rubber plant to be built in Singapore will...will polymerise the isobutylene for butyl rubber and sell on the residual Raffinate...isoprene, the second raw material for butyl rubber production, of which much lower volumes...

U.S. Rubber Reclaiming sold.

Rubber & Plastics News;  May 21, 2001 ;     89 words ......entrepreneur Dr. Beurt SerVaas for an undisclosed sum. U.S. Rubber has had a long tenure in supplying the finest reclaimed butyl rubber in the industry, Obsidian CEO Timothy Durham said in a news release. Our goal is to maintain USRR's already high...

Butyl rubber. (minimal growth in demand foreseen for material)(Chemical...

Chemical Market Reporter;  March 3, 1997 ;     554 words ...BUTYL RUBBER March 13, 1997 PRODUCER CAPACITY(*) Bayer...isobutylene with isoprene. Halogenated butyl rubber, which accounts for over half of global consumption, is made by reacting butyl rubber in a hexane solution with bromine or chlorine...

Bayer invests in Russian butyl

European Rubber Journal;  May 1, 1998 ;     281 words ......GERMANY - Bayer AG and the Russian butyl rubber manufacturer AO Nizhnekamskneftekhim...It has capacity for 50 ktpa of butyl rubber. Exxon Chemical and Bayer together...virtually all of the world's butyl rubber. Bayer is smaller of the two...

CHEMICAL PROFILE

Chemical Market Reporter;  March 3, 1997 ;     554 words ...BUTYL RUBBER March 13, 1997 PRODUCER CAPACITY(*) Bayer...isobutylene with isoprene. Halogenated butyl rubber, which accounts for over half of global consumption, is made by reacting butyl rubber in a hexane solution with bromine or chlorine...

Technology for butyl rubber production.(Up Front)

Rubber World;  September 22, 2007 ;     239 words ...Commercial production of butyl rubber has begun at the company's plant...to significantly increase its butyl rubber production capacity from its existing...efficiencies, as it enables the butyl rubber polymerization process to be run...

Butyl rubber: a primer.

Adhesives & Sealants Industry;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Butyl rubber is a copolymer of isobutylene and...copolymers are known as regular or clear butyl rubber, or simply butyl. When butyl rubbers...components made entirely out of butyl rubber, such as inner tubes. However...

Lanxess projects new investment in rubber.(Acquisitions, expansions)

Rubber World;  August 1, 2007 ;     167 words ......to expand its global position in the butyl rubber market and is pursuing plans to build...with the worldwide expansion of its butyl rubber business. At its Canadian Sarnia, Ontario...plant expansion that will increase its butyl rubber capacity there by 42%. Lanxess has already...

First Butyl Rubber Unit to Be Constructed in Yanhua Group Corporation

China Chemical Reporter;  February 26, 1998 ;     175 words ...The first 30 000 t/a butyl rubber unit, a major construction project of...March this year. The world capacity of butyl rubber is around 770 000 t/a. China imports around 15 000 tons of butyl rubber each year at an average price of over...

Xanthate accelerators in vulcanizing isobutylene-based elastomers.

Rubber World;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Isobutylene-based elastomers include butyl rubber and halogenated butyl rubber, and their respective star-branched versions...differs from that of general-purpose rubbers. Butyl rubber has approximately 2% unsaturation in the backbone...

ExxonMobil adds halobutyl capacity in Baytown, Texas; Butyl rubber...

European Rubber Journal;  November 1, 2006 ;     175 words ......capacity for 71 000 tonnes/year of all butyl rubber materials. Bromobutyl uses ordinary butyl rubber as a raw material and adds bromine groups...ExxonMobil said it quadrupled capacity for butyl rubber at Baytown in 2002. The company added...