2012-01-31 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Trade & Technical Press
LANXESS expands Jhagadia site to serve booming Indian market
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LANXESS is continuing to expand its Indian production site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state. The specialty chemicals group is underlining its commitment to the subcontinent by inaugurating three new plants this month to serve the growing India market. LANXESS has invested over EUR 70 million and created roughly 300 new jobs at the site.
Former Lufthansa building renamed “LANXESS Tower”
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Future LANXESS headquarters in Cologne receives a new name / Staff submit 600 suggestions / Building project proceeding as planned / Employees to move in during second half of 2013
High-tech products for green mobility
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Customized polyamides and polyesters for sustainable mobility concepts and colorants for plastics are the focal points of LANXESS’ exhibition at INTERPLASTICA 2012 in Moscow. The leading plastics and rubber fair in Russia and the CIS countries is an ideal forum for the specialty chemicals group to present state-of-the-art innovations such as new lightweight construction methods for car bodywork.
2012-01-23 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Performance Chemicals, Inorganic Pigments
A sustainable and reliable partner to the concrete industry
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Specialty chemicals company LANXESS, one of the world’s largest producers of iron oxide pigments, demonstrates its continued commitment to being a sustainably operating supplier and a reliable partner to the concrete industry at this year’s World of Concrete show.
2012-01-20 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Advanced Intermediates, Saltigo
Joerg Schneider succeeds Uwe Brunk
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Effective February 1, 2012, Joerg Schneider, Managing Director of LANXESS Elastômeros do Brasil S.A., will assume management of the Agro & Fine Chemicals business line of Saltigo GmbH. The 49-year-old will succeed Dr. Uwe Brunk, who is leaving the company at his own request.
LANXESS to build plant in Lipezk in Russia
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The German specialty chemicals group LANXESS is focusing on the megatrend of mobility on the Russian market too. At its new site in Lipezk, LANXESS subsidiary Rhein Chemie will produce rubber additives and release agents for the Russian and CIS markets, especially for the automotive and tire industries. Construction of the new production plant is due to start in early 2012, with the launch of production scheduled for the first half of 2013.
A successful future through optimal training
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Dr. Günther Weymans, head of the Technical Rubber Products business unit of specialty chemicals company LANXESS, has been awarded the honorary title of Professor h.c. by the Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST), Qingdao, China.
The best talents for a key material
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A Rubber Excellence Partnership was announced by representatives of the synthetic rubber manufacturer LANXESS, the German Institute of Rubber Technology DIK (Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e.V.) of Hanover, Germany, and Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China, at the LANXESS Green Rubber Day in Beijing on December 2, 2011.
Screeding begins at new LANXESS corporate headquarters
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The placement of floor screed has begun at the new corporate headquarters of specialty chemicals company LANXESS in Cologne, Germany. Raised access flooring is to be installed over the next five months on some 38,000 square meters of office space, including a load-bearing layer made of self leveling calciumsulfate screed. The self leveling screed is supplied by Düsseldorf-based CEMEX Deutschland AG on behalf of system flooring manufacturer Sybotec GmbH, Frammersbach, Germany, which is performing the work.
2011-12-02 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press
LANXESS and South Korean Tier-One automotive supplier Hwaseung strengthen partnership
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German specialty chemicals company LANXESS and South Korea’s tier-one automotive supplier, Hwaseung Corporation, have further strengthened their business partnership.
LANXESS: Sales in Greater China targeted to exceed EUR 1 billion in 2012
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LANXESS is continuing to focus on the growing Chinese market and is targeting sales of more than EUR 1 billion there in 2012.
2011-11-24 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Performance Chemicals, Ion Exchange Resins
LANXESS to increase prices for ion exchange resins
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Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is to increase its prices globally for its proven Lewatit ion exchange resins with immediate effect. These measures vary according to field of application and region.
Best supplier of high-performance plastics
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The Semi-Crystalline Products business unit of LANXESS has been honored as the best supplier of high-performance plastics. It was recently presented with the “2011 Global Supplier Award” from MANN+HUMMEL. The Ludwigsburg-based filtration specialist honors its best suppliers with the prize in recognition of their outstanding performance or achievements.
LANXESS pioneering high-performance rubber for ‘Green Tires’ in Japan and South Korea
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LANXESS will be underlining its status as a premium supplier of high-performance rubber to the tire industry at its first-ever Rubber Days in Japan and South Korea this week. The world’s largest synthetic rubber company is a key supplier of Nd-PBR and SSBR rubbers to leading tire manufacturers from both countries. Both products are essential in the production of ‘Green Tires’ that are more fuel efficient, safer and durable than standard tires.
2011-11-15 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Performance Chemicals, Inorganic Pigments
Quality pigments for paints and coatings – 85 years of experience serving the customer
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Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is presenting its high performance pigments under the motto “Sustainability and Technology” at ABRAFATI 2011, the main Latin American scientific and business event in the coatings industry, to be held in São Paulo, Brazil, from November 21 – 23. The comprehensive product portfolio includes in particular Bayferrox red shades for paint and coating applications and yellow pigments with special properties.
LANXESS acquires U.S. biocide specialist Verichem
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LANXESS is strengthening its portfolio of biocides with the acquisition of Verichem Inc. based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a result, the German specialty chemicals company will significantly bolster its position in the U.S. material protection market and broaden its global biocide manufacturing network. Both parties have agreed not to disclose financial details.
2011-11-10 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Trade & Technical Press, Standorte national
LANXESS on track for record year
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LANXESS achieved a record third quarter in 2011 due to ongoing strong demand especially for its synthetic rubbers and high-tech plastics. The German specialty chemicals company also reiterated its full-year outlook for EBITDA pre exceptionals to grow about 20 percent year-on-year and thus exceed the EUR one billion mark for the first time in the company’s history.
2011-11-03 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Performance Chemicals, Inorganic Pigments
The “red carpet” for the G20 Summit
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When the world's 20 most powerful heads of state met this year at the “Palais des Festivals” in Cannes on November 3 and 4, they arrived to a “red carpet” with a rich red color, thanks to Bayferrox 230 A iron oxide pigments from LANXESS. For the G20 Summit, the city of Cannes had renewed the red asphalt on walkways and in the squares around the congress center.
2011-10-27 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Performance Chemicals, Functional Chemicals
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Macrolex colorants from LANXESS have once again proven themselves in the plastics sector: The renowned U.S. legal firm Keller & Heckman LLP based in Washington, D.C., has certified that Eastman Tritan colored with Macrolex colorants meets the requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
2011-10-24 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Performance Chemicals, Ion Exchange Resins
Premium products for water treatment
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Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is presenting high-performance ion exchange resins from its successful Lewatit range together with a complete line of services at Aquatech 2011, taking place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from November 1 to 4. Another focus of the event is on Lewabrane-brand membrane elements, produced at the new manufacturing facility in Bitterfeld, Germany.
