A young company with strong roots

LANXESS is a global player with strong roots reaching as far back as 1863, the year Bayer was founded. Combining a long tradition with the dynamism of a young organization, LANXESS grew from a strategic realignment of the Bayer Group’s chemical and plastics businesses at the beginning of 2005.

Joerg Strassburger, Country Representative of LANXESS India about the spin-off: "The spin-off from Bayer is certainly going to help, as now we are totally focussed on chemicals and polymers businesses, which was not the case with Bayer," opines Joerg Strassburger and adds, "We can now look at these businesses in depth. We can react much faster and therefore our competitiveness will also improve".

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