Lanxess

Lanxess AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft (Public)
IndustryChemicals
PredecessorBayer Chemicals
Founded1 July 2004 (2004-07-01)
Headquarters,
Key people
  • Matthias Zachert (CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management)
  • Rolf Stomberg (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Productspolymers, intermediates and Specialty chemicals
Revenue 7.2B (2018)
€464 million (2016)
€192 million (2016)
Number of employees
14,000
Websitelanxess.com

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.