LANXESS expands ion exchange resin facilities at Leverkusen site
LANXESS is expanding its business in Leverkusen with solutions for water treatment. The company is investing around EUR 10 million in a new production line for weakly acidic cation exchange resins of the Lewatit premium brand, plus a state-of-the-art facility for food-grade-standard filling and packaging. One key area of application for these ion exchange resins is cartridges for domestic water filter systems. They remove unwanted calcium and magnesium salts and lead and copper ions from mains water and release other harmless substances in their place. This improves the quality and taste of drinking water.
As part of the capacity expansion, a new building for filling products for foodstuff applications will also be constructed on an area of 300 square meters. With this food-grade packaging facility, LANXESS is setting a high standard for product purity and ensuring even better quality. “Demand for products for foodstuff applications is growing. Hand in hand with our capacity expansion, our efficient filling and packaging system will enable us to fill even greater volumes,” says Jean-Marc Vesselle, who is responsible for the global ion exchange resins business at LANXESS.
Construction work to provide the additional volumes needed to fulfill the requirements of the global market has already begun and is due to be completed by mid-2014.
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