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September 22, 2005

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LANXESS Chemicals Facilities Prepare for Hurricane Rita

Seattle, WA, USA--(Jobwerx News)--Due to the approach of Hurricane Rita, chemicals company LANXESS has evacuated employees from its sites at Orange and Baytown, Texas.

Production has been temporarily shut down as a precautionary measure, with all plants in a safe condition. The company took this action to protect its approximately 300 employees at these sites even before an evacuation was ordered by the authorities. LANXESS’s local crisis management team is currently monitoring the situation. All necessary precautions have been taken to safeguard the environment in the event of flooding. It is planned to restart production as soon as the danger has passed.

At Orange, LANXESS manufactures various grades of polybutadiene rubber, while at Baytown the company produces maleic anhydride, a basic chemical. LANXESS employs a total of about 2,100 people in the United States. Its U.S. sales in 2004 totaled EUR 1.3 billion.

LANXESS 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. LANXESS is made up of 17 business units grouped into segments: Performance Chemicals, Chemicals Intermediates, Engineering Plastics and Performance Rubber.

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