Performance Chemicals
The Performance Chemicals segment is made up of various business units that specialize in the production of a broad spectrum of processing chemicals and chemical intermediates for many different industries.
Our products meet very high standards and are used in a variety of applications found in many everyday products.
The Performance Chemicals segment comprises the following business units:
Material Protection Products
The Material Protection Business Unit offers you very broad product lines in industrial biocides and preservatives. With applications ranging from wood protection to beverages, corrosion control to personal care, root resistance to antifouling, we are your source for expert solutions and products.
No matter what you need to protect, you can rely on the Preventol® range of bactericides, fungicides, insecticides and corrosion inhibitors.
The Material Protection Business Unit provides state of the art products, objective and efficient technical consulting, registration management and research and development.
Functional Chemicals
Baypure® is the new concept for water treatment. With this new product range LANXESS Chemicals offers efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for complexation, dispersing and crystal modification.
The products of our Baypure® range are based on nature. Consequently, they have a rapid biodegradability and an excellent ecotoxicological profile. Their environmental performance has recently been underscored: independent bodies have awarded major environmental prizes to products based on Baypure®.
Leather
In the fashion business, trends are moving quickly. With designers needing colorful, smooth, and quality material, leather provides an exciting material capable of meeting the demands of each season. Leather manufacturers can trust the support of LANXESS Leather.
LANXESS is among the few suppliers to the leather industry who has an almost complete chemical product range for the manufacturing of leather. Products include inorganic- and synthetic tanning agents, preservatives, tanning and finishing auxiliaries, fatliquors and dyestuffs. Cooperation agreements with Rohm and Haas Company and Seta S/A increase our product range even further.
Coupling our complete product range with the high standard of R&D, LANXESS customers can trust in the Leather Business Unit in virtually every step of leather processing.
Textile Processing Chemicals
As one of the major suppliers in the textile processing industry, LANXESS offers its customers product solutions for the pretreatment process and auxiliaries for dyeing, finishing and textile printing.
We work closely with our customers to develop innovative solutions thus providing them with a competitive advantage. To provide our partners the global service they need, we have established marketing subsidiaries in almost every country of the world. To guarantee timely delivery and efficient technical service, we established production sites and "Competence centres" in every major region of the world.
Paper
In a business where change is occurring so quickly, industry leaders must keep a focused eye on the future and be nimble enough to make necessary adjustments. In doing so, they must select suppliers with a deep commitment to product quality and problem solving.
The Business Unit Paper has that commitment. We apply superior people, technology and know-how to keep our customers coming out winners. The Business Unit Paper provides a solid line of paper colorants, fluorescent whitening agents, sizing and strength chemicals and other papermaking chemicals. You can count on LANXESS as a single source for virtually all of your high-quality paper colorant and chemical needs.
Rhein Chemie
A subsidary of LANXESS, Rhein Chemie serves a wide range of industries, supplying around 4,000 tailor-made active ingredient preparations and chemical specialties for the rubber, lubricant, polymer and polyurethanes industries.
Our products are used in a wide range of applications and the end products can be found in many everyday-life situations.
The headquarters for our international operations are based in Mannheim, Germany. The technical advisory service offered by Rhein Chemie represents the key to customized precision solutions.
Rubber Chemicals
The Rubber Chemicals Business Unit of LANXESS is a world-renowned manufacturer and supplier of rubber chemicals.
We offer manufacturers of tires and technical rubber articles a wide range of high quality products with excellent processing characteristics.
Our rubber chemicals are generally used to:
- enhance the mixing and/or processability of elastomers, blends or their rubber compounds;
- achieve certain properties in the elastomer or the finished rubber article/latex product, e.g. by means of cross-linking (vulcanization); and/or
- protect an end product against effects on its properties or from degradation (e.g. oxidation) under in-service conditions.
The Rubber Chemicals Business Unit also markets rubber chemicals in other areas of use such as the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, mining, material protection, and fuel and oil applications.
We operate extremely efficient production facilities in different world regions, providing our customers a consistently high level of quality. Our engineers and technical experts are also working continuously to further improve the efficiency of these facilities, enabling us to respond even more sensitively to our customers' requirements.
Ion Exchange Resins
LANXESS is one of the world's major ion exchange resin manufacturers.
Our aim is to provide our customers with innovative high quality products and the support of the full scope of our expertise in all application areas.
Our product range and technical support are divided into 3 main application-focused segments:
- Water
- Foodstuffs
- Catalysis and Chemicals Processing
Water treatment is the traditional and one of the largest application fields of ion exchange resins. Constantly growing demands on water quality require increasing sophistication of both the ion exchange resins and the related application technologies.
Lewatit ion exchange resins are particularly designed to meet these demands and offer numerous advantages to our customers.
