Speciality chemicals company LANXESS is imposing global price surcharges for its inorganic pigments with immediate effect. Prices will rise by EUR 400 per metric ton for iron oxide pigments from the production site in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, and EUR 200 from the Porto Feliz site in Brazil – or the equivalent amount in national currency. In addition, the Inorganic Pigments business[Read More…]
Press Release LANXESS appoints Neelanjan Banerjee as the Global Head of its Lubricant Additives Business After a brief work-in period, Neelanjan Banerjee will take over as the new Global Head of the Business Unit Lubricants Additives at LANXESS Corporation, the USA on July 1, 2022. Since August 2018, he has served as Region Head, Vice-Chairman, and Managing Director for LANXESS[Read More…]
Press Release LANXESS completes acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical –Portfolio for industrial applications expanded Acquisition strengthens business in specialty chemicals for industrial applications Portfolio for the plastics, paint and varnish and adhesives industries significantly expanded Specialty chemicals company LANXESS completed the acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical on August 3. The U.S.-based company is a world-leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals. LANXESS[Read More…]
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has deployed modularity in the design of EV charging inlets. Team ACI looks at all that can change with its approach. Thermoplastic compounds have raised the bar of design. Durethan polyamides and Pocan polyesters are claimed to have given designers a free hand at bringing concepts to life. Specialty Chemicals company Lanxess demonstrated a new design[Read More…]
Speciality chemicals company LANXESS is accelerating its growth course and signed a binding agreement to acquire 100 percent shares in Emerald Kalama Chemical on February 15, 2021. The US-based company is a globally leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, especially for the consumer segment, and is majority-owned by affiliates of the US private equity firm American Securities LLC. The enterprise[Read More…]
LANXESS continues to drive forward digitalisation in its production plants. Over the next three years, the specialty chemicals company will introduce mobile operations and maintenance. In a first step, around 400,000 paper-based operations and maintenance checklists used every year will be replaced by digital equivalents, then filled out on tablets. In this initial phase, 65 LANXESS plants in Germany, Belgium[Read More…]
The demand for extremely load-bearing elastomers for wheel treads and rollers is growing worldwide. The materials are used, for example, in the wheels of forklift vehicles, in guide rollers of high-rise and industrial elevators, and in rollers for agricultural machinery and high performance roller coasters. LANXESS has answered this trend by developing customized thermoset elastomer prepolymer systems and related hardeners.[Read More…]
Speciality Chemicals Company LANXESS is raising its prices for its engineering plastics of the brands Durethan A (polyamide 6.6) by EUR 0.25 per kg, Durethan B (polyamide 6) by EUR 0.15 per kg and Pocan (polybutylene terephthalate, blends) by EUR 0.20 per kg with immediate effect. The adjustment is due to strongly increased raw material prices and applies to Europe,[Read More…]
LANXESS’ efforts in tackling climate change have again been recognized by international climate protection initiative CDP. In the most recent evaluation, the specialty chemicals company is once more listed in the “Climate A List” as one of 270 companies worldwide, placing it among the top 5 percent out of around 5,800 enterprises evaluated by CDP. The score “A” is awarded[Read More…]
Press Release Wins the following awards for the year 2019: · Best Company for Management of Environment · Best Company for Human Resource Management · Certificate of Merit for Best Compliant Company under Responsible Care – Process Safety Code & Distribution Code · Under the Nicer Globe Initiative of ICC, two drivers contracted by LANXESS awarded as ‘Best Drivers’ Specialty chemicals company LANXESS India[Read More…]
