June 2009
LANXESS announced the acquisition of Gwalior Chemical Industries Limited for EUR 82.4 million, including debt.

September 2009
LANXESS successfully completed the acquisition of the chemical businesses and production assets belonging to Indian company Gwalior Chemical Industries Ltd.

December 2009
LANXESS India Nagda site received the Water Resource Management Award from Indian Chemical Council. The award paid tribute to LANXESS’ production site in Nagda for its innovative approach to recycling domestic sewage water and harnessing it for industrial use.

February 2010
LANXESS India support Special Need Education Home (SNEH) in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh for providing better well-being for 21 differently abled children. It will cover infrastructure improvement and new equipment that cater to the needs of the children

March 2010
LANXESS India Nagda site wins Outstanding Achievement Trophy 2009 in the “Manufacturing Category”. The site won through a unique visioning exercise that focused on key initiatives with respect to customers, suppliers and communities besides having a concerted performance bias.

April 2010
On the occasion of the 39th National Safety Day, Lanxess India, Nagda site also celebrated safety week from 04th March 2010 – 10th March 2010.

May 2010
LANXESS Nagda employees received a personal medical card stating medical fitness.
LANXESS India signed Memorandum of Understanding with Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai.

June 2010
On the occasion of World Environment Day, LANXESS announced the creation of a Green Zone at its Nagda site in Madhya Pradesh, India. To kick-off the initiative, a tree plantation drive was organized in-cooperation with the LANXESS employees of the Business Unit Advanced Industrial Intermediates, contractors, customers and local government representatives.



July 2010
LANXESS India support Bharat Commerce Vidyalaya in Nagda. Equipments for the modernization of the Physics and Chemistry laboratories and five computers have been provided to the school.



October 2010
LANXESS India, started up the production of a state-of-the-art co-generation power plant at its manufacturing site in Nagda,in October 2010.The Co-generation plant, which is fuelled by the biomass fuel - soya husk, meets virtually most of the power requirements of the Advanced Industrial Intermediates plant of LANXESS at the site



March 2011
LANXESS India bags the IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 2010 in the ‘manufacturing category’. This is the highest category of award for quality from an Indian industry body and has been conferred for LANXESS operations at its manufacturing site in Nagda in Madhya Pradesh.