Lanxess relocates Thane Tech Centre to Chennai

Lanxess, the global specialty chemicals company, in partnership with its leading distributor for rubber businesses, RamCharan Co, has effected a shift in its Tech Centre.

The assets of the erstwhile Lanxess Rubber Chemicals Technical Centre in Thane have now been relocated to the Tech Centre of Ram Charan at Chennai. The Centre, which will serve rubber customers across the country, will also be staffed by Ram Charan.

This new Centre was opened today in the presence of B Jayamani, secretary – Indian Rubber Institute, who was the chief guest, Divyesh Palicha, chairman, Ram Charan and Vinay Jayade, head of Business Unit Rubber Chemicals, Lanxess India.

The Tech Centre, which houses all rubber testing equipment provided by Lanxess, will undertake testing, formulation development and application development to address specific customer problems in the rubber industry. This is in line with Lanxess’ philosophy of innovation through collaborative research in order to address customer specific needs and develop new product applications.

The shift is of strategic importance as Tamil Nadu is a key hub for the automotive and tyre industries, which are the key customers of the rubber industry. The Centre will help both Lanxess and Ram Charan to cater to the growing rubber markets in South India and Sri Lanka.

Speaking at the opening of the Tech Centre, Lanxess India’s Vinay Jayade said: “Ram Charan has been a major distributor in India and has been a partner in serving our customers. We are happy to now further collaborate with them to address specific customer requirements with new solutions. We are confident that this new initiative will strengthen our commitment to rubber customers in India.”

“Lanxess is the largest player in the synthetic rubber and rubber chemicals market and being able to support innovation in co-operation with a world class company is a matter of privilege for us. This mutually beneficial agreement will help us cater to the rubber customers even better,” added G Kanthasami, general manager – technical services, Ram Charan.

Photograph: Vinay Jayade, head of Business Unit Rubber Chemicals, Lanxess India, inaugurates the Tech Centre in Chennai.