LANXESS starts up new plant for ion exchange resins in India
- Annual capacity of 35,000 metric tons
- High demand for Lewatit products for water treatment
- Further expansion phase of Jhagadia site successfully completed
- New plant for high-tech plastics to go into operation in Jhagadia in 2012
“Demand for clean water is set to increase by around one-third worldwide by 2030. In Asia in particular, and in India especially, demand will grow disproportionately due to rapid population growth and increasing urbanization,” said Chairman of the LANXESS Board of Management Axel C. Heitmann at the official opening ceremony, which was also attended by the State Premier of the Indian state of Gujarat. “Production has therefore started at exactly the right time to benefit from this development.”
The new plant was constructed on an area totaling 30,000 square meters by up to 1,800 workers. Around 5,000 metric tons of steel and 400 kilometers of electric cable were used in the construction of the approximately 40-meter high production building in a process requiring nine million working hours. The wastewater is pre-cleaned in a separate wastewater treatment plant by LANXESS before it is released into the chemical park’s wastewater system. Huge amounts have been invested in environmentally friendly energy generation. LANXESS uses a cogeneration plant for the company’s own power station. This is run on natural gas. “We are also setting new benchmarks for sustainable production,” said Heitmann. “In total, around 20 percent of total construction costs were used for sustainability projects.”
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독일 레버쿠젠에 소재한 랑세스는 특수화학제품 제조분야의 선두기업으로 전세계 총 42개 공장을 가동 중이며 핵심 사업으로 플라스틱, 고무, 중간체 및 특수 화학제품을 개발, 생산, 판매하고 있다.
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