LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.8 billion in 2011 and currently around 16,700 employees in 30 countries. The company is at present represented at 48 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.

Thirteen Business Units are responsible for the operative business of LANXESS. They are grouped in the three segments of Performance Polymers, Advanced Intermediates and Performance Chemicals and adapt their activities to a continually changing market environment.

Flat hierarchies keep LANXESS flexible: heads of Business Units and Group Functions report directly to the Board of Management. This ensures speedy decisions without a lot of red tape. Here you can learn more about the organizational structure of LANXESS and the biographies of the board members.

News from the LANXESS world of products, a comprehensive data base where you can also find all information on the regulations of REACH, the EU directive governing the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals.

Discover the amazing, multicoloured world of chemistry. In pictures, videos and news reports on LANXESS.