Madrid, May 18, 2026. The chemical, polymer, elastomer, and rubber industries are facing increasing operational and competitive pressure. Margins continue to tighten, energy and operating costs remain elevated, global competition from lower-cost regions is intensifying, and many industrial facilities are operating with aging assets and process limitations.

At the same time, producers are expected to:

• Improve productivity and operational efficiency
• Reduce OPEX and energy consumption
• Increase process flexibility
• Maintain product quality and consistency
• Develop differentiated products for higher-value applications
• Modernize operations without major CAPEX investments

These challenges are particularly relevant for medium and small producers seeking practical ways to remain competitive in increasingly demanding markets.

The Need for Practical Industrial Improvements

In many cases, significant opportunities for improvement already exist within current assets and operations. The challenge is not always the need for entirely new plants or disruptive investments, but rather identifying where inefficiencies, bottlenecks, operational limitations, and process instability are affecting performance.

Areas such as:

• Steam and solvent consumption,
• Reactor efficiency,
• Stripping and finishing operations,
• Process stability,
• Catalyst residues,
• Fouling,
• Yield losses,
• Operational consistency

can often be improved through targeted engineering assessments and implementation of advanced industrial process practices.

Innventik’s Approach

At Innventik Consulting and Engineering, we support chemical, polymer, elastomer, and rubber producers through practical engineering and industrial expertise focused on delivering measurable operational improvements and long-term competitiveness.

Our activities include:

• Process assessments, optimization, and debottlenecking
• Steam, solvent, and energy consumption reduction
• Yield and productivity improvement
• Troubleshooting of gels, color issues, consistency problems, fouling, and catalyst residues
• Reactor, stripping, and finishing enhancement
• Product differentiation and advanced grades support
• Batch, swing, hybrid, and batch-to-continuous process flexibility
• Conceptual (FEL1), Basic (FEL2), and Detail Engineering (FEL3)

Specialized Expertise Across Chemicals, Polymers, and Elastomers

Innventik works across a broad range of chemical and polymer technologies, including:

• SSBR
• Functionalized SSBR (SSBR-F)
• LCBR
• SBCs (SBS, SIS, SEBS)
• Styrenic polymers (ABS, HIPS, SAN and related technologies)
• Sustainable and advanced industrial process technologies

Our experience combines process engineering, troubleshooting, technology assessment, advanced materials understanding, and industrial implementation support.

Improving Existing Assets Without Massive CAPEX

Today, many producers are seeking alternatives to large greenfield investments. In this environment, maximizing the performance of existing assets becomes increasingly important.

Our focus is to:

• Reduce OPEX and energy consumption
• Improve the performance of existing assets
• Increase process reliability and operational consistency
• Integrate advanced industrial process practices
• Bring products and processes to the next level of competitiveness

In many cases, relatively focused process improvements can significantly improve productivity, consistency, flexibility, and profitability.

Looking Forward

The competitiveness of chemical and polymer producers will increasingly depend on their ability to modernize operations, improve efficiency, reduce operational risks, and develop differentiated products aligned with evolving market needs.

Industrial competitiveness today is no longer based only on capacity, but also on:

• Process efficiency,
• Operational flexibility,
• Product differentiation,
• Implementation of advanced industrial practices.

At Innventik, we believe many opportunities for improvement already exist inside current plants. The key is identifying them correctly and implementing practical, technically sound solutions effectively.

We would be pleased to exchange perspectives with companies evaluating opportunities to improve process performance, operational efficiency, and competitiveness in the chemical, polymer, elastomer, and rubber industries.