LANXESS

Employee Size

10,001+

Organization Type

Public Company

Headquarters

Pittsburgh, PA

Founded

2004

Headquartered in Cologne, LANXESS is a global specialty chemicals company that develops, manufactures and sells plastics, specialty chemicals and intermediates. Its Saltigo subsidiary handles custom chemical manufacturing from process scouting through pilot production and full-scale manufacture, with German production sites in Leverkusen and Dormagen. LANXESS operates with about 11,500 employees across 32 countries, while Saltigo’s production follows ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 standards.

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