Lanxess Expands Its Aromatics Network

Chemical News: Lanxess Expands Its Aromatics Network

https://www.chemnet.com Jun 02,2010
Lanxess has completed a ?5m ($42m) expansion of its unit for monochlorobenzene, cresols and derivatives in Leverkusen, Germany.

With the last expansion stage completed, overall production capacity has increased by up to 60% at three Leverkusen plants.

The specialty chemicals group is also planning to invest a further ?50m ($184m) in Germany this year, of which ?0m ($73m) will be invested into its main Leverkusen site.

The Lanxess aromatics network includes a total of seven large-scale plants, mostly in Leverkusen, and with further finishing stages in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Dormagen and Brunsbüttel, a capacity of nearly 300,000tpa.
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