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Also known as Lanxess AG, Lanxess Aktiengesellschaft

Lanxess AG is a German specialty chemicals company based in Cologne, Germany. It was founded in 2004 after Bayer AG spun off its chemicals division and parts of its polymers business.

Key facts

Company.name
Lanxess AG
Company.logo
LanXess-Logo.svg
Company.type
Aktiengesellschaft (Public)
Company.predecessor
Bayer Chemicals
Company.location_city
Cologne
Company.location_country
Germany
Company.industry
Chemicals
Company.products
polymers, intermediates and Specialty chemicals
Company.revenue
€7.2B (2018)
Company.operating_income
€464 million (2016)
Company.net_income
€192 million (2016)
Company.num_employees
14,000

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Company

LNXSY, LNXSF
Exchange
OTC, OTC
State of incorporation
2M
Entity type
other
Latest filing
F-6EF · 2025-06-10

via SEC EDGAR

Research organization · ROR

Type
Company, Funder
Founded
2004
Location
Cologne, Germany
Status
Active

GRID grid.480252.9 · ISNI 0000 0004 0451 7859

Official website

▷ Specialty Chemicals | Energizing Chemistry | LANXESS

LANXESS' core business is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and modern plastics.

lanxess.com

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Wikidata facts

Employees
13200
Revenue
6400000000
Official website
www.lanxess.com
Image
MaxCologne 2013-05-27.JPG
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Commons category
Lanxess
inception
2004-07-01
social media followers
16782
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