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Sustainable Tire Protection: LANXESS Launches New Anti-Aging Agent as an Alternative for 6PPD

LANXESS has developed Vulkanox 4060, a new anti-aging agent for the tire industry. The innovative additive with the chemical name CCPD (N,N’-Dicyclohexyl-p-phenylenediamine) was designed as an alternative to 6PPD – an anti-aging agent used in nearly all tires to protect them from damage caused by oxygen and ozone. The degradation products of 6PPD, particularly 6PPD […]

LANXESS Powers Large-Scale Plant with Hydrogen for the First Time

LANXESS is making its production at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site more sustainable. The specialty chemicals company will use hydrogen instead of natural gas to dry its iron oxide pigments. This will make the spray dryer one of the first large-scale industrial plants in Germany to use hydrogen as a fuel in continuous operation. LANXESS will thereby […]