ARLANXEO signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco Products Trading company for the sales and marketing of EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) rubber Keltan KSA produced in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With this agreement, ARLANXEO is expanding its market presence for EPDM rubbers. ARLANXEO will start to supply the new EPDM grades within the first half of 2018 under its own Keltan trademark with the extension KSA, that represents the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Keltan and Keltan KSA is a unique and broad EPDM portfolio. The EPDM Keltan KSA grades will be produced in Rabigh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The EPDM plant in Rabigh is part of a fully integrated chemical complex which operates under the name Petro Rabigh with Saudi Aramco as a shareholder.
EPDM rubbers are used to manufacture seals and hoses in the automotive industry, gaskets and sheeting in the building and construction industry and bulls-eye and seals in the consumer goods industry. EPDM rubbers stand out thanks to their high resistance to water, ozone, UV, heat, and weather. In addition, they offer excellent dynamic properties and a wide temperature range, are extremely flexible, durable, and have outstanding electrical properties.