Lanxess is preparing to open a new plant in China

It is planned that the plant will start to produce highly saturated red iron oxide pigments in the first half of 2016.

The company Lanxess have declared that the company will become a model of environmentally clean and safe production of high quality iron oxide red pigments. The highest quality of production will be achieved through judicious management of raw materials, aimed at resource conservation and sustainable process of production itself.

The total volume of investments in the creation of innovative production in Ningbo Lanxess, amounted to € 60 million. The initial design capacity of the plant will be 25 000 tonnes per year. In addition, Lanxess plans to build at the site mixing and grinding of inorganic pigments with an annual output of 70 000 tonnes.

In total, these two lines will create 200 jobs.

It should be noted that already has Lanxess China production. The company’s factory, located near Shanghai, released yellow and black pigments with a volume of 38 000 tonnes per year.

Such attention to China is not accidental. The country is the world’s largest consumer of iron oxide pigments.

At this point, the concern Lanxess China has 8 production sites, 8 research centers and 5 representative offices. In total, it employs about 1,400 people.

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