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LANXESS to increase prices for ion exchange resins

LANXESS to increase its prices worldwide for several ion exchange resins products and announces plans to construct a new production unit in Asia.

LANXESS’s Ion Exchange Resins business unit will increase its prices worldwide for the Lewatit* and Ionac* ion exchange product groups by four to six percent – depending on the energy and raw material requirement in the manufacture of the grade concerned and will become effective on April 1^st, 2007.

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The reasons for the price rises are the continued very high cost of the raw materials and the increase in energy prices, which also lead to more expensive transportation.

To benefit even more strongly from the growing demand in Asia, LANXESS is planning to make an eight-digit investment in a new facility for producing ion exchange resins. This was announced by the Chairman of the Board of Management, Axel C. Heitmann, at the recent Financial News Conference.

Ion exchange resins undergo practical testing in strict quality controls in the laboratory. This ensures their safe use in a variety of applications such as water treatment, food manufacture, chemical catalysis or process flow treatment. photo: LANXESS

Like existing plants of this type, the new facility will provide important products for industrial water treatment, food processing, the purification of water and manufacture of ultrapure water and the remediation of contaminated areas, such as those with a high arsenic content.

Ultra-pure water is needed above all in the electronic and pharmaceutical industries. Demands made on the ion exchange resins used in these sectors are extremely high.

Because of the stringent specifications on water quality in terms of TOC emissions and residual ion contents, the ion exchange resins used for such applications have to be specially purified and treated.

The pharmaceutical industry needs ultra-pure water, for example for sterile applications and processes under cGMP conditions. In certain constellations, the Lewatit specialists can compile data for pharmaceutical customers needed for certification of the water treatment - for licensing procedures or official audits, for example.

The Lewatit range also includes a line of ion exchange resins developed specifically for the production of ultra-pure water for the highly sensitive production of semi-conductors, processors and electronic components. Residual salts or organic components remaining in the water can cause enormous damage, and can well be the reason for short circuits between the conductive tracks on a chip. The greater the density of the conductive tracks, the higher the specifications regarding the quality of the water.

To make sure right from the start that site costs for the new ion exchange resins plant in Asia are kept as low as possible, LANXESS has initiated an international bidding process in which sites in China, India and Singapore will participate. For this business unit, the new plant represents the biggest investment since the late 1990s.

*The brands Lewatit and Ionac are registered trademarks of LANXESS Deutschland GmbH.

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