Lanxess has in July opened the Kawasaki Technical Center at the Kawasaki Science Park in Kanagawa Prefecture. The center has been established to provide high quality technical services to customers in Japan. It is equipped with advanced testing capabilities and can serve a wide range of industries, from personal care products to industrial applications, by offering comprehensive microbiological testing. Lanxess,...
Lanxess doubled the production capacity of benzyl alcohol at its site in Kalama, Washington, USA, to support the growth of its established customer base in the Americas. The Kalama site currently serves as the central hub in a network of four manufacturing sites around the world that produce high-purity benzyl alcohol. The doubling of production capacity there will enable rapid...
Lanxess’ Rhein Chemie business unit, which is widely involved in rubber additives such as pre-dispersed rubber chemicals, rubber processing aids, antioxidants and anti-aging agents, has achieved a significant reduction of CO2 emissions at its Kallo plant in Belgium, where vulcanization accelerators are manufactured. From 2022, CO2 emissions in the generation of steam used for production have been significantly reduced. This...
Lanxess participated at the Tire Technology Expo 2023 in Hannover, Germany, from March 21 to 23, and presented new product solutions for sustainable tire production developed by its Rhein Chemie business unit. The products introduced include Vulkanox HS, an anti-aging agent made from more than 50% sustainable raw materials, and Aktiplast 79, a silicone-free mold release agent and rubber processing...
Lanxess has developed the Product Carbon Footprint Engine, a tool that automatically calculates the carbon footprint of its products. The tool uses existing data accumulated by the company’s divisions to calculate the emissions generated from the extraction of raw materials to the shipment of products to factories, following a cradle-to-gate approach in the product lifecycle. In addition to carbon emissions...
German chemical companies Lanxess and Covestro have agreed to cooperate in the production of energy-intensive basic chemicals and to take climate change more into consideration at their production sites located on the Lower Rhine River in Germany. Currently, Lanxess sources chlorine, caustic soda, and hydrogen from Covestro’s ISCC PLUS certified sites in Leverkusen and Krefeld-Uerdigen, Germany. Following the agreement, Covestro...
