LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals group that focuses on premium business. With its extensive portfolio, it is the third largest German chemicals group and operates in all important global markets. In 2006, the company, which is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, achieved sales of EUR 6.94 billion.

Its core business comprises the development, manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals, plastics, rubber and intermediates. The Group focuses in particular on products and services in the areas of plastics, rubber and chemicals. In addition, it supports its customers in developing and implementing made-to-measure system solutions. In these areas, which are at the very heart of the chemical industry, LANXESS has core expertise in the form of chemical and application-related know-how, flexible asset management and customer proximity. Our aim is, through innovative products, optimized processes and new ideas, to generate added value for the customers and the company.

Many forces combine at LANXESS's 47 sites worldwide to produce the optimal result. This applies both to the products and services themselves and to the 14,500 or so staff in 21 companies that are responsible for the company’s day-to-day business. LANXESS is treading the path that is inherent in its name: Combined from the French verb “lancer” meaning to thrust forward and the English noun “success”, LANXESS represents the determined will to achieve and the readiness to embrace continual change.

In all its activities around the world, the Group subscribes to the principle of sustainable development: Sustainability is the basis of every action at LANXESS, and we consider environmental compatibility and social responsibility to be of equal importance. The success of the company in this regard is illustrated, for example, by LANXESS’s inclusion in the sustainability index FTSE4Good. This index, which was founded by the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange, lists companies which have performed particularly well in the areas of environmental protection, human rights and social standards.