LANXESS adjusts prices for liquid purification products 

Cologne – Specialty chemicals company LANXESS globally increases the prices for ion exchange resins, reverse osmosis membrane elements and iron oxide adsorbers for water treatment by three percent on average with immediate effect. Increasing input costs have lead to this price adjustment. These measures vary according to field of application and region.

LANXESS is one of the world’s most important providers of water treatment products and liquid purification solutions. The high-performance products of the Liquid Purification Technologies business unit (LPT) are used in numerous industries to treat and purify water and other liquid media. The most significant field of application is the treatment of industrial process water. Energy suppliers use these products in the production of boiler feed water and steam to avoid scale and corrosion. This results in a significant increase in the efficiency, operational reliability and service life of power plants. Another important area of application is the production of ultrapure water, which microelectronics manufacturers require to produce semiconductor components and other items.

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 7.9 billion in 2015 and about 16,700 employees in 29 countries. The company is currently represented at 54 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, specialty chemicals and plastics. Through ARLANXEO, the joint venture with Saudi Aramco, LANXESS is also a leading supplier of synthetic rubber. LANXESS is listed in the leading sustainability indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World) and FTSE4Good.

Cologne, 	February 21, 2017
eic		(2017-00013e)

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