The plant for technical rubber production (NBR) was built in Sarnia over 60 years ago and will be closed in the second quarter of 2008.
"Our modernized plant in La Wantzenau near Strasbourg is due to its scale in a position to take over the entire NBR production from Sarnia at much more competitive conditions, thanks to the work that has been carried out to realign the French site.
The project was successfully concluded in 2006", explained Breuers. Customers in North America and Mexico will be supplied in future from the modern, highly competitive La Wantzenau site.
LANXESS Inc has a workforce of 750 at its Sarnia site. In the first nine months of fiscal 2007, the Performance Polymers segment posted sales of EUR 1.996 billion.