Written on 28.04.2014 - Industry
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Strike at Lanxess butyl rubber plant in Belgium ends

Lanxess is in the process of restarting its world-scale butyl rubber plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, after union-represented production employees agreed to accept the terms of a new two-year collective labour agreement and subsequently ended their strike. This was announced by the company on 15 April 2014.

According to Lanxess, normal supplies to customers will be re-established once the plant is fully up and running. This process will take approximately one week, says the company. In total, Lanxess will have lost nine weeks of production due to the strike. During the strike, the company's global butyl rubber network has helped to reduce the impact on customers, with supplies coming from world-scale plants in Sarnia, Canada, and Singapore.

“We are pleased that the employees, who were on strike, have voted today in favour of accepting the negotiated proposal,” said Guenther Weymans, head of the Butyl Rubber business unit. Lanxess has invested roughly EUR 250 million in Zwijndrecht in the past years and currently employs 435 people at the site.