ExxonMobil Chemical announced the expansion of halogenated butyl rubber production capacity

ExxonMobil Chemical announced today that it will be a substantial increase in its Texas plant Pui Tong halogenated butyl rubber production capacity. The U.S. plant will be on the technological transformation of existing equipment and purchase new equipment, so that Exxon ™ Bromobutyl (bromide) of production capacity by 60%. The company is committed to meeting the global halogenated butyl rubber market and tire industry, strong demand and rapid growth, the expansion project is one of the initiatives. The project is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2008.

"Tony Tong, for companies of the chemical halogenated butyl rubber production investment, investment in the project since 2000, has more than 400,000,000 U.S. dollars," ExxonMobil Chemical butyl polymers, vice president of global adventure. Sullivan said, "This shows that the tire industry on the global supply commitment to customers, which is based on our technology in butyl rubber research and development, products, services and know-how in the field of 70 years of experience."

And other halogenated butyl rubber vulcanized rubber for processing, to form a low permeability, high heat resistance, excellent processing and bending resistance, and other characteristics of crack, halogenated butyl rubber in the tire inner liner applications China has a very high value. Halogenated butyl rubber tire inner liner made of the excellent performance of moisture moisture, to help prevent passenger vehicles and tire belt and the carcass of rusty steel cord. It also can help to improve the rate of inflation to maintain the pressure (IPR), it has to improve tire durability aspects of aging has been confirmed.

ExxonMobil Chemical is the world's tire industry halogenated butyl rubber of the main suppliers. Over the past decade, the company has halogenated butyl rubber production capacity increased 80%.

In 2002, Tony Tong completion of the expansion of the plant, so that halogenated butyl rubber production capacity quadrupled.

Asia-Pacific region to meet the growing market demand for butyl rubber Japan Co., Ltd. (ExxonMobil Chemical joint venture) recently completed the expansion of the transformation of the halogenated butyl rubber production capacity of 70,000 tons per year.

Tony Tong in the butyl rubber plant in another capacity expansion projects, plans to proprietary Exxpro ™ specialty elastomers to double the production capacity. It will develop new higher security for air-tightness of technical support. The expansion project was made known to the public in 2005 and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

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