Segments

LANXESS focuses on chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals, rubber and plastics

The LANXESS Group is a globally operating chemical enterprise that is characterized particularly by flexible asset structures, a diversified customer base, a worldwide presence and an entrepreneurial management structure. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics. In these central fields of industrial chemistry we deploy our specific core competences of chemical expertise, application know-how, flexible asset management and close co-operation with our customers.   

The operational business of LANXESS is grouped into three segments which include Advanced Intermediates, Specialty Additives and Consumer Protection.

Advanced Intermediates

The business activities of Saltigo and Advanced Industrial Intermediates make LANXESS one of the world´s leading suppliers of industrial chemical intermediates and a key player in the custom synthesis and manufacturing of chemical precursors and specialty active ingredients.

Performance Chemicals

We have combined our application-oriented process and functional chemicals operations in the Performance Chemicals segment which assigns the business units Inorganic Pigments, Liquid Purification Technologies, Leather and Material Protection Products.

High Performance Materials

The advanced Engineering Materials segment (previously High Performance Materials) provides a broad range of engineering plastics and polyurethane systems to major industries around the world. We benefit from a global production network, strong backward integration into strategic raw materials and a powerful R & D network. 

Specialty Additives

In the specialty Additives segment, we bundle all areas that produce additives. This includes the businesses of the Additives business unit in the areas of plastic additives and lubricants. On the other hand, these are the technically driven businesses Rubber Additives and Colorant Additives in the Rhein Chemie business unit (RCH).