Lanxess AG Overview
Company Headquarters: Cologne, Germany
Founded: 2004
Workforce: ~15,441
Company Working: LANXESS AG (LANXESS) is a holding company that offers specialty chemicals, chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals, and plastics. The company operates through four business segments, including advanced intermediates, specialty additives, performance chemicals, and engineering materials. The advanced intermediates segment consists of industrial chemical intermediates, chemical precursors, and specialty active ingredients. The specialty additives segment focuses on the manufacturing specialty additive chemicals, such as plastic and rubber additives, phosphorus-based and brominated flame-retardants, plastic additives, such as flame-retardants and plasticizers, and lubricants. The performance chemicals segment covers application-oriented processes and functional chemical operations. The high-performance materials segment includes plastic engineering materials. The ARLANXEO segment offering synthetic rubber is shut down since April 2018. LANXESS operates around 74 production sites in 33 countries across Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA), North America, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific.



