 History
LANXESS operations have a long history, rich with a tradition of research and discovery. Our roots go back to 1863, the year Bayer was founded. In 2004, Bayer AG combined its most of chemical activities and approximately one third of its polymer activities into a new company, LANXESS.
LANXESS business was separated from the Bayer Group by way of a spin-off in return for the granting of shares in LANXESS AG to Bayer stockholders. The shares of LANXESS AG are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
LANXESS unites the former chemical business and part of the Bayer AG polymers business.
LANXESS – a new global presence
LANXESS is growing into an internationally active chemical company with customers in every corner of the world. Lanxess is the strategic source for high quality chemicals, synthetic rubber, synthetic fibers and plastics, providing support for the development and implementation of success-focused product system solutions.
The LANXESS portfolio includes basic and fine chemicals, colour pigments, plastics, fibers, specialty rubbers and rubber chemicals, chemicals for leather, textiles, and paper, material protection products as well as water treatment products.
LANXESS has a presence on every continent with approx. 20,000 employees worldwide – 11,000 in Germany. With sales of approximately 6 billion Euro in 2003, LANXESS ranks among the world‘s leading chemical manufacturers.
Business Unit Semi-Crystalline Products
Lanxess is one of the leading global producers of Nylon. All activities relating to these products are located in the Business Unit Semi-Crystalline Products.
The trade name for Lanxess’ range of engineering thermoplastics based on Nylon-6 is Durethan® B. Basis of this business is the integrated production of caprolactam.
As a strategic partner to the world‘s leading companies in the automotive and electronic markets, the Semi-Crystalline Products offer tailor made solutions for innovative applications.
One example for an innovative application is the hybrid technology combining two classes of materials: Engineering plastics and metal. From the group of semi-crystalline materials Nylon is particularly suitable in this connection. Durethan® hybrid components are used in several automotive applications.
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