LANXESS has completed the expansion of its production capacity for sustainable light-colour sulfur carriers by several kilotons. The project was completed at the Mannheim site in around two years as planned. The additional volumes will be available from 2024.
“Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important topic for our customers,” said Neelanjan Banerjee, Head of the LANXESS Lubricant Additives Business (LAB). Neelanjan added, “With our sustainable light-colour sulfur carriers, we have the right offering to meet customer needs and further expand our market position in extreme pressure additives”.
The company is offering a broad range of extreme pressure additives under the brand names additin EP and scopeblue additin EP. They are highly effective in reducing wear on metal surfaces and prevent cold welding. These additives are used in metalworking fluids, as well as greases, gear oils and slideway oils.
Most additin EP are eco-friendly and are based on locally sourced, renewable raw materials such as rapeseed oil and its ester derivatives. Lanxess has labeled the variants that are based on more than 50 percent sustainable raw materials with its sustainability brand scopeblue.
The press release stated that with their favourable eco-toxicological profile and excellent performance even at high machining speed and in heavy-duty metalworking processes, additin EP and scopeblue additin EP are an effective solution for formulators who wish to replace substances such as medium-chain chlorinated paraffins, which have been classified as substances of very high concern (SVHCs) by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) due to their environmental persistence and high bioaccumulation potential.
