Lanxess' High Performance Elastomers business unit has transferred its distribution business in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Krahn Chemie Polska based in Poland.

The unit's portfolio includes Baypren polychloroprene rubber, Therban HNBR, the ethylene-vinyl acetate rubbers Levapren and Levamel and the NBR types Perbunan, Krynac and Baymod N, used mainly in automotive, mechanical engineering, construction and oil gas applications as well as in the electrical and cable industries.

Lanxess' high-performance elastomers are also used as modifiers for raw materials for plastics and adhesives.

In addition to the Lanxess products, the Krahn Chemie Polska portfolio for the rubber processing industry also includes epichlorohydrin rubber (ECO), CPE, EPDM, FKM as well as additives and plasticizers.