LANXESS is a global specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 9.7 billion in 2017 and about 19,200 employees in 25 countries. The company is currently represented at 74 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics. LANXESS is listed in the leading sustainability indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World and Europe) and FTSE4Good.

LANXESS’ High Performance Materials business unit is one of the leading producers of the engineering plastics polyamide (PA) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). Both plastic product lines comprise exceptionally versatile polymer materials with high innovation potential, primarily used to make a number of technically sophisticated components. 

A global compounding network enables market and customer proximity as well as and uniform production standards worldwide for global quality and reliability. Customers benefit from an efficient, backward integrated value chain combined with high-end engineering support services.