Lanxess

Lanxess AG
Company type	Aktiengesellschaft (Public)
Traded as	FWB: LXS; MDAX Component;
Industry	Chemicals
Predecessor	Bayer Chemicals
Founded	1 July 2004; 20 years ago
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Key people	Matthias Zachert (CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management); Rolf Stomberg (Chairman of the Supervisory Board);
Products	polymers, intermediates and Specialty chemicals
Revenue	€7.2B (2018)
Operating income	€464 million (2016)
Net income	€192 million (2016)
Number of employees	14,000
Website	lanxess.com

Lanxess AG is a German specialty chemicals company based in Cologne, Germany that was founded in 2004, via the spin-off of the chemicals division and parts of the polymers business from Bayer AG.^[2]

^ "Ein führender Spezialchemie-Konzern - LANXESS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
^ Short, Patricia L.; Tullo, Alexander H. (June 22, 2004). "Bayer, Parting Ways". C&EN.

[1] "Ein führender Spezialchemie-Konzern - LANXESS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-01-17.

[2] Short, Patricia L.; Tullo, Alexander H. (June 22, 2004). "Bayer, Parting Ways". C&EN.

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