LANXESS India Private Limited is a leader in specialty chemicals with 2007 sales of EUR 6.61 billion and around 15,000 employees in 21 countries. The company is represented at 44 production sites worldwide. LANXESS is a globally operating chemical manufacturer with a portfolio ranging from basic and specialty to fine chemicals and polymers. The strength of LANXESS lies in its chemicals – in their development, their production and their sales. A fully owned subsidiary of LANXESS Germany, LANXESS India is a leading supplier of Performance Chemicals, Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates. Operating from its head office in Thane, Mumbai the core business of LANXESS India is the development, manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals, plastics, rubber and intermediates. LANXESS India has its sales offices in Thane, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. LANXESS India manufactures leather chemicals, specialty rubber and material protection products at its factory in Madurai. A world scale state-of-the-art Ion exchange resins plant that caters to the domestic and global market will be the second plant of LANXESS in India. This plant will be commissioned by the first quarter of 2010. LANXESS India has an application laboratory for Rubber Chemicals in Thane and one for Leather Chemicals in Madurai. In all its locations LANXESS adheres to strict health, safety and environment norms. Its factories are safe mission locations that take pride in preserving their natural resources.