Lanxess

Lanxess AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft (Public)
IndustryChemicals
PredecessorBayer Chemicals
Founded1 July 2004; 20 years ago (2004-07-01)
Headquarters,
Key people
Productspolymers, intermediates and Specialty chemicals
RevenueDecrease 7.2B (2018)[1]
Increase €464 million (2016)
Increase €192 million (2016)
Number of employees
14,000
Websitelanxess.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]

  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.