LANXESS marked the beginning of the year by inaugurating its new Material Protection Products (MPP) and Rhein Chemie (RCH) production facilities in Jhagadia, Gujarat state, in India. Over a period of ten months the production facilities were relocated from Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, to the company’s site in Jhagadia. It now becomes the third plant which started on the Jhagadia site following the Rubber Chemicals and the Ion Exchange Resins business unit plant.
The plant opening ceremony was officially opened by Dr. Rainier van Roessel, Member of the Board of Management, Dr. Joerg Strassburger, Managing Director & Country Representative of the LANXESS India, Dr. Anno Borkowsky, CEO and President of RCH business unit, and Dr. Torsten Derr, Head of Material Protection Products business unit. The inauguration was attended by Jhagadia plant employees and MPP/RCH employees from all other locations around India.
The MPP business unit is expected to provide a range of biocidal active ingredients and preservatives to sectors such as wood protection products, industrial preservatives, disinfectants and beverages while the RCH plant will offer customized and service products for various sectors of the rubber, lubricant and plastics industry.