2009-05-22 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Company News
LANXESS strengthens rubber R&D presence in Qingdao
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New rubber mixing/testing laboratory to accelerate development of innovative rubber products for domestic Chinese market / Group R&D investments to increase by ten percent in 2009 despite economic downturn / Investment of around EUR 10 million in facility
2008-11-04 | Press Releases, Standorte international, Financial & Business, Company News
LANXESS: Martin Kraemer to become new Country Representative of LANXESS Greater China
Martin Kraemer (42) is to become the new Country Representative of Greater China of specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG effective January 1, 2009. He succeeds Yongli Wang (38), who is leaving the company at his own request.“Yongli Wang has made...
2008-07-17 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Company News
LANXESS opens new rubber research center in China
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG has opened a new center for rubber research in Qingdao, China. The Technical Rubber Products, Butyl Rubber and Performance Butadiene Rubbers business units have invested around EUR 10 million in the joint...
2008-05-28 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Company News
Realignment of LANXESS Rubber NV at Belgian site in Zwijndrecht
The German specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG today announced plans for the realignment of its Belgian subsidiary LANXESS Rubber NV located in Zwijndrecht. The aim is to improve the competitiveness of butyl rubber production there. To do so, a...
LANXESS: Acquisition of majority share in Petroflex completed
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG has successfully completed the acquisition of an approximate 70 % holding in Petroflex S.A., Latin America’s biggest rubber producer. LANXESS is paying some EUR 200 million for the package of shares. The...
Premium products for the coatings industry
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The specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG is making its first ever appearance at the Middle East Coatings Show in Dubai from March 10 – 12, 2008. At this important trade show, the Inorganic Pigments business unit (IPG) is presenting its broad range...
2008-02-26 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Company News
LANXESS to make record investment in Singapore
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Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG is set to make the biggest single investment in its history in Singapore. A new chemical production site for synthetic rubber is to be built at the chemical park on Jurong Island. LANXESS has earmarked a record...
2008-02-26 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Performance Polymers, Butyl Rubber
LANXESS to build butyl rubber plant in Singapore
Strategic investment for a growing world market
LANXESS Ltd. establishes new headquarters in Newbury
LANXESS Ltd., British subsidiary of German specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG, has moved its head office to new premises within Newbury. The new headquarters is in the Vo-Tec Centre along Hambridge Lane. “The office space in our new location is...
2008-02-15 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Company News
LANXESS opens new headquarters for central and eastern Europe in Bratislava
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The specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG is responding to rapidly growing demand in central and eastern Europe by today officially opening the headquarters of its new distribution company LANXESS Central Eastern Europe s.r.o. in the Slovakian...
LANXESS to acquire Petroflex chemicals group of Brazil
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Leverkusen-based specialty chemicals group LANXESS is to acquire an interest of approximately 70 percent in Petroflex S.A, Brazil, at a provisional price equivalent to EUR 198 million. Petroflex, a listed company based in Rio de Janeiro, is among...
2007-08-20 | Press Releases, Trade & Technical Press, Company News
LANXESS young.euro.classic China Tour begins
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With tomorrow’s launch of the LANXESS young.euro.classic China Tour 2007, chemicals group LANXESS is bringing one of the best youth orchestras in the world to China. The ensemble, consisting of some of the most talented young musicians from...
2007-07-13 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Leather, Company News
Leather chemicals production in Zárate interrupted by regional strike
A regional strike in Argentina has interrupted leather chemicals production at the LANXESS site in Zárate. The strike affects a total of 14 companies and was initiated on July 7 by the regional chemicals and petrochemicals trade union in the cities...
2007-07-06 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Butyl Rubber
LANXESS presses ahead with worldwide butyl rubber expansion
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The chemicals group LANXESS is pressing ahead with the worldwide expansion of its butyl rubber business. At its Canadian Sarnia site the company has completed the first phase of a plant expansion that will increase its butyl rubber capacity there by...
China’s Premier Wen Jiabao visited LANXESS production site in Wuxi
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Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, visited LANXESS’s production site in Wuxi on June 29, 2007. The visit took place against the background of the Premier’s interest in companies with an outstanding...
2007-06-27 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Butyl Rubber, Company News
LANXESS projects significant new investment in rubber business
Chemical group LANXESS seeks to expand its global position in the butyl rubber market and is pursuing plans to build a new facility in Asia. “This would be the largest investment in the history of our company," said LANXESS Management Board...
2007-05-22 | Financial & Business, Press Releases, Company News
LANXESS promotes growth and innovation in China
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A year after the start of the Group-wide initiative “LANXESS goes Asia", the company is driving growth and innovation in China further forward. In Wuxi, near Shanghai, the LANXESS Semi-Crystalline Products business unit has opened a...
2007-04-29 | Press Releases, Financial & Business
LANXESS on the way to becoming the world’s biggest supplier of chrome ore to the chemical industry
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80 million tons of extra ore reserves have been found in the chrome ore mine operated by LANXESS in South Africa. “With these we will be able to safeguard the growth of this profitable business for several decades," said LANXESS Management...
2007-04-23 | Press Releases, Financial & Business, Inorganic Pigments, Company News
LANXESS opens new plant in China
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Chemicals group LANXESS today opened a new plant in Shanghai as part of its Asia strategy launched in 2006. This is the Group’s second production facility for inorganic pigments in China.The plant with an annual capacity of approximately 20,000...
LANXESS invests in new site in China
As part of its Asia strategy, the LANXESS chemicals group is building a new plant for the manufacture of lubricant additives in Qingdao, China. The production facility, which belongs to LANXESS’s subsidiary Rhein Chemie, will go on stream at the...
