Guanlian expanding rubber compounding capacity with south China plant

Guangzhou, China – Chinese rubber compounder Guanlian is set to start up a new 70 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) compounding plant in Jiangmen City, to better serve customers in southern China.

The company started construction on the site in 2021 and expects to commence production at the Jiantao Industrial Park by the yearend, Guanlian said in a report supplied to ERJ.

Operated by subsidiary Guangdong Guanju New Material Technology, phase I of the project spans 4.6 hectares and will have 11 'import' mixers, supported by advanced ancilliary and testing equipment.

With the new facility, Guanlian said it will provide “competitive and reliable” rubber 'solutions', including speciality compounds, produced in “totally enclosed clean workshop.”

Based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Guanlian was established in 2007 and currently operates three plants China.

They include a headquarters facility in Taicang, with a production capacity of 220  kilotonnes per annum (ktpa).

In 2017, the group opened its Sichuan Linshui facility near Chongqing, with two 150L kneader mixing lines, offering cured compound mixing and straining services to customers in the automotive sector.

In late 2021, Guanlian started up a rubber compounding facility in Wuhan, central China, with two 190E and two 150L mixing lines. Two more 250E mixers started operation there in 2022.

Guanlian listed its major customers as including: Trelleborg, Hutchinson, ContiTech, Toyoda Gosei, Continental Tires, Bridgestone, Zhongce Rubber, Cooper Tire and Sumitomo Rubber.