Hurricane Laura
Aug 27, 2020
While Hurricane Laura made landfall close to Lion’s Orange, Texas, and Port Neches, Texas facilities, the early assessment is the sites suffered minimal damage. A detailed assessment is underway, but reports indicate no flooding at either...
TPC Group Fire Update #3
Dec 11, 2019
The Lion Elastomers LLC (“Lion”) team continues to diligently work through and resolve logistical and operational challenges presented by the TPC incident affecting our Port Neches facility. With the critical obstacles having been r...
TPC Group Fire Update #2
Dec 2, 2019
Lion Elastomers continues to monitor the TPC incident closely, working with local officials and first responders to assure the safety of personnel and property. As this incident is increasingly contained, Lion has shifted defensive and support ...
TPC Group Fire
Nov 27, 2019
Lion Elastomers (“Lion”) offers our sincerest sympathy to our neighbors and friends at the TPC Group production facility in Port Neches, Texas. Lion has maintained a long-standing relationship with TPC in which we will continue to w...
Join Lion Elastomers at the 2019 International Rubber Expo
Sep 9, 2019
Lion Elastomers will be exhibiting at the 2019 International Rubber Expo in Cleveland, Ohio from October 8th to October 10th.
Lion Elastomers has been manufacturing the highest performing and highest quality elastomer products available, and we ar...
Development Scientist Featured in National Online Publication
Sep 5, 2019
At Lion Elastomers, our employees continue to excel. We are proud of Applications Development Scientist, Gregory Brust, for his featured articles on Liquid EPDM for Waterborne Coatings. His writings appeared in the Paint & Coating Industry’...
Lion Elastomers Completes Acquisition
Aug 1, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Lion Elastomers has completed its acquisition of the Firestone Orange, Texas production site. The plant manufactures polybutadiene, styrene-butadiene block copolymers, and solution styrene butadiene rubber, produced un...
Lion Elastomers Set to Purchase Orange, Texas facility
Jun 3, 2019
Facility to continue operations under new ownership
Lion Elastomers, LLC today announces the execution of a purchase agreement for an Orange, Texas production site owned and operated by Firestone Polymers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bridges...
Join Lion Elastomers at the International Elastomer Conference
Sep 25, 2018
Lion Elastomers will be exhibiting at the 2018 International Elastomer Conference in Louisville, Kentucky from October 9th to October 11th.
Lion Elastomers leverages polymer expertise and technical capabilities to create significant, tangible busi...
Lion Elastomers Presents the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award
May 11, 2018
On May 9, 2018, Lion Elastomers’ Technical Service Manager, Jim Lockard, had the opportunity to present the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award to Ron Kennedy, who accepted the award on behalf of Dr. Joseph Padovan, at the ACS Rubber D...
Lion Increases EPDM Prices March 1st, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
Effective March 1st, 2018, Lion will increase Royalene EPDM and RoyalEdge EPDM pricing in the NAFTA and EMEA regions as follows:
NAFTA
Royalene® & RoyalEdge® EPDM, Clear grades: US$0.07/lb.
Royalene® & RoyalEdge® EP...
Lion Elastomers Employee Represents the Next Generation of the Rubber Industry
Oct 23, 2017
Lion Elastomers employee, Russ Vogelsong, had the honor of being selected as one of Rubber and Plastics News’ Under 40 Class of 2017.
This year, the magazine selected 28 candidates from different sectors of the rubber industry that they are ...
Meet Lion Elastomers at the 2017 Western Coatings Show
Oct 3, 2017
Lion Elastomers will be exhibiting at the 2017 Western Coatings Show in Las Vegas, Nev. at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Convention Centre on the 16th and 17th of October. Lion representatives will be at Booth 614 to answer all questions an...
Lion Elastomers Gears Up for the Annual International Elastomer Conference
Sep 14, 2017
During October 10 - 12, Lion Elastomers will be exhibiting at the 2017 International Elastomer Conference in Cleveland, Ohio at the Huntington Convention Center.
Lion Elastomers is a leading manufacturer of synthetic rubber. Lion is the only indep...
Lion Elastomers Completed the Purchase of Assets from East West Copolymer
Jun 2, 2017
Lion Copolymer Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lion Copolymer Holdings, LLC and a sister company of Lion Elastomers LLC, purchased assets of East West Copolymer, LLC, located at 5955 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The sale was ap...
Meet Lion Elastomers at the European Coatings Show
Mar 31, 2017
Come and find Lion Elastomers’ representatives at the European Coatings Show at the Omya booth (Hall 7, Booth 346) during April 4th-6th.
At this show, Lion Elastomers will present our Trilene® Liquid EPDM polymers and our new water dispe...
Lion Elastomers SBR Price Increase
Mar 16, 2017
As the high raw material cost environment is expected to continue due to constrained monomer availability through Q2 of 2017, Lion Elastomers is announcing a price increase of US $ 0.20/lb. ($440/mt) on all grades of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR). T...
Commerce Department Imposes Preliminary Antidumping Duties on ESBR Imports from Korea, Brazil, Mexico, and Poland
Feb 17, 2017
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today a preliminary determination that imports of Emulsion Styrene Butadiene Rubber are being dumped in the United States market at unfairly low prices. The agency found that imports from the four count...
Lion Elastomers to Increase Prices of SBR Products
Feb 15, 2017
Lion Elastomers is announcing a price increase of US $ 0.25/lb. ($550/mt) on all grades of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR). The increase is effective March 1, 2017, or as signed contracts allow.
This increase is attributed to raw material cos...
Lion Elastomers to Increase Prices of EPDM Products
Feb 2, 2017
Effective March 1, 2017, or as signed contracts allow, Lion Elastomers will increase prices for:
Royalene® EPDM
RoyalEdge® EPDM
Trilene® Liquid EPDM
RoyalTherm® Silicone Modified EPDM
Please contact your Lion Elas...
Specialty SBR Price Increase
Jan 9, 2017
Effective January 16, 2017, Lion Elastomers will increase specialty styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) prices globally, as outlined by grade below.
Specialty:
SBR 1000 series ...
Lion Elastomers in Motion at the International Rubber Expo
Sep 7, 2016
Lion Elastomers will be exhibiting at the International Rubber Expo during October 10-13 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. We look forward to meeting with you at booth #404.
We have been manufacturing the highest perfor...
Lion Elastomers at the China International Adhesives & Sealants Exhibition
Aug 30, 2016
On August 24-26, Lion Elastomers, along with Greatlim Chemical Ltd., participated in the 19th China International Adhesives and Sealants Exhibition in Guangzhou, China.
Lion Elastomers had the opportunity to showcase our company history and 7...
Louisiana Heavy Rain and Flooding
Aug 16, 2016
Geismar, LA Lion Elastomers’ Geismar operations for Royalene EPDM, Trilene Liquid EPDM and associated EPDM products, have not been adversely impacted by the recent severe rains and flooding in Louisiana. We anticipate on-time order fulfil...
ESBR Producers File Antidumping Petition Against Imports from Korea, Brazil, Mexico and Poland
Jul 21, 2016
July 21, 2016 - Today, American producers of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (“ESBR”) with the support of their labor unions, filed an antidumping petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International...