LANXESS selects Singapore as site for world’s largest Nd-PBR plant
EUR 200 million investment
A corresponding memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed between LANXESS CEO Axel C. Heitmann and Leo Yip, Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). The signing is in connection with the first-ever official visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Singapore.
“It is only one year since we broke ground for our butyl plant in Singapore. Now we are ready to move forward with the second largest investment project in our history,” said Heitmann. “The dynamic Asia region is a key cornerstone of our mid-term growth strategy.”
LANXESS conducted a feasibility study to evaluate potential locations for the plant in Asia. Singapore won due to a very good raw materials supply.
LANXESS and the Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (Private) Limited (PCS) have signed a MoU on the long-term supply, via pipeline, of butadiene from PCS to LANXESS and raffinate II from LANXESS to PCS. Butadiene is the raw material LANXESS needs to produce Nd-PBR and raffinate II will be a product stream from LANXESS’ future butyl rubber plant in Singapore.
Other arguments in favor of Singapore were its excellent infrastructure, highly-skilled workforce, large sea port and close proximity to growth markets.
LANXESS’ new Nd-PBR plant will be located on Jurong Island next to the company’s EUR 400 million butyl rubber plant, which is currently under construction and will come on stream in the first quarter of 2013.
Construction of the butyl rubber plant is progressing according to schedule. Engineering and soil preparation have been completed and the installation of infrastructure and steel is underway. In addition, LANXESS reached one million man hours without lost time incident this month on the building site, at which 750 employees are currently active.
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