- Lanxess
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Name = Lanxess AG
Unternehmensform =Aktiengesellschaft
Gründungsdatum =28. Januar 2005
Sitz = Gebäude K 10
51369Leverkusen
Leitung = Dr.Axel C. Heitmann (CEO)
* Dr. Werner Breuers
* Dr. Rainier van Roessel
* Matthias Zachert
Mitarbeiterzahl = 14 659 (Stand: 30. September 2007)
Umsatz = 6,944 MilliardenEuro (2006)
Branch =Chemie
Products = Spezialchemikalien, Kautschukprodukte, Polymere, Basis- und Feinchemikalien
Homepage = [http://www.lanxess.com www.lanxess.com]LANXESS AG (fwbr|LXSG) is a leading chemicals group with production sites and agencies all over the world: a global player in the fields of chemicals, plastics and rubber.
[http://www.lanxess.com/ LANXESS] operations have a long history under different names, rich with a tradition of research and discovery. Its roots go back to 1863, the year Bayer was founded. In 2004,
Bayer AG combined most of its chemical activities and approximately one-third of its polymer activities into a new company: [http://www.lanxess.de/ LANXESS Deutschland GmbH] .At Bayer's Extraordinary Stockholders' Meeting in November 2004 Bayer stockholders approved the separation of [http://www.lanxess.com/ LANXESS] from the Bayer Group as a spin-off, clearing the way for it to becoming listed as an independent company on the stock market. Bayer stockholders received one [http://www.lanxess.com/ LANXESS] share for every ten Bayer shares they owned. [http://www.lanxess.com/ LANXESS] has been listed as LXS.ETR on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since
January 31 ,2005 . The name is a portmanteau of "lancer", French verb for "launch", and the English word "success", signifying confidence in the venturing enterprise.
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