Guanlian has started up new rubber compounds plant

Guangzhou, China – Chinese rubber compounder Guanlian has started up a new 70 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) compounding plant in Jiangmen City, company officials have informed ERJ.

Commissioned two months ago at the Jiantao Industrial Park, the facility is being operated by subsidiary Guangdong Guanju New Material Technology.

"The latest branch of Guanlian mixing group started full operation in May and “since then the team has been very busy with reception of customer visits and audits,” the company reported 8 July.

With the phase I start-up, the facility operates eight mixing lines covering intermix, Banbury and kneader - sizes range from 55l, 135l, 190l ,200l to 430l – Guanlian stated.

The unit can supply a “full portfolio of rubber compounds”, supported by state-of-the-art automation, materials-preparation, mixing-control, mill-handling and packaging systems.

The Chinese company said it is looking to expand the workforce, now comprising 110 employees, and that it is in the process of achieving TS16949 accreditation for the facility.

On 20-21 May, the Guanju facility hosted a national rubber compounding seminar and plant tour, with over 200 representatives from customers, suppliers and the compounding industry.

During the seminar, Guanlian was “authorised as ‘excellent supplier’ by the China rubber association,” according to the company statement.

Based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Guanlian was established in 2007 and currently operates three plants China, including a headquarters facility in Taicang, with a production capacity of 220ktpa.

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 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 came into operation there in 2022.

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

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