LANXESS has a growing presence in India. Operating from its registered office in Thane, the core business of LANXESS India is the development, manufacturing and sale of specialty chemicals, plastics, rubber and intermediates. LANXESS India has sales offices in Thane, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai and production sites in Jhagadia and Nagda.

LANXESS India manufacturers Advanced Industrial Intermediates at its Nagda site and Rubber Chemicals, Ion Exchange Resins, Rhein Chemie, Material Protection Products at the Jhagadia site.

LANXESS has Asia’s most state-of-the-art plant for ion exchange resins in India. The plant was constructed over a period of two years in the new chemical park in Jhagadia in the Indian state of Gujarat. It boasts an annual capacity of 35,000 metric tons. Ion Exchange Resins (ION) business unit manufactures products for industrial water treatment for the semi-conductor and pharmaceutical industries, the food sector and the power industry.

In June 2010, LANXESS India has announced the construction of a third production facility in Jhagadia which belongs to the business unit Semi Crystalline Products. This facility will commence production in 2012.

LANXESS currently employs 861 people in India. India is next to China the company’s most important market in Asia, and an integral part of its BRIC strategy. Despite the global economic crisis, India is expected to grow by six percent this year, with a rising middle-class driving demand for chemicals.


Company Name
LANXESS India Private Limited

Registered Office
Thane, Mumbai 

Country Representative
Dr. Joerg Strassburger

Employees
More than 850

Portfolio
13 Business Units in the fields of Performance Polymers, Advanced Intermediates and Performance Chemicals

Manufacturing Sites
Jhagadia
  - Rubber Chemicals
  - Ion Exchange Resins
  - Rhein Chemie
  - Material Protection Products
  - (Semi Crystalline Products plant will commence by 2012)
Nagda
  - Advanced Industrial Intermediates

Products
  - Performance Chemicals
  - Advanced Intermediates
  - Performance Polymers