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Lanxess’ Rhein Chemie BU Makes Major CO2 Reductions at Kallo Plant in Belgium

on May 12, 2023 in Materials

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...

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Lanxess Promotes Products for Sustainable Tire Production at German Tire Expo

on April 13, 2023 in Industry

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...

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Lanxess Develops Tool to Automatically Calculate Carbon Footprint of Products

on March 16, 2023 in Innovation

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...

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Lanxess and Covestro Cooperate on More Climate-Friendly Production

on February 14, 2023 in Industry

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...

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Lanxess Japan Sales up 30% in January-September Compared to the Same Period Last Year

on December 9, 2022 in Materials

On Nov. 29, Lanxess Japan President and Representative Director Jacques Perez gave a business update at the Shin-Marunouchi Building Conference Square. For the first nine months of 2022, Lanxess reported net sales of 6.12 billion euros ($6.45 billion), up 38 percent year-on-year, and EBITDA of €755 million, up 17 percent. With regard to the forecast for 2022, the company says...

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Lanxess Certifies Carbon Footprint of Its PA6, PBT & Glass Fibers

on October 25, 2022 in Industry, Materials

German chemical company Lanxess has obtained certified carbon footprint values for the base resins used in its Durethan polyamide (PA) and Pocan polyester (PBT) products. The company will now be able to provide these values to its customers in the plastic processing sector. Certification here was carried out by an accredited certification body, and covers not only PA6 precursor caprolactam...

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