Mixing oil and rubber

摘要

Arlanxeo CEO Jan Paul de Vries has, arguably, one of the biggest jobs anywhere in the rubber industry right now: harnessing the energies of the two equal, but very different, partners in the synthetic-rubber (SR) joint venture. With annual sales of around ?2.8 billion in 2015 and 20 production sites worldwide, Arlanxeo is one of the world's largest suppliers of SR, which its develops, manufactures and supplies mainly to the tire, automotive components, construction and oil & gas industries.