Lanxess Is Investing a 1.6 Million in Its Krefeld-Uerdingen Site in Germany

Lanxess is investing a 1.6 million in its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany to modernise and expand its water treatment unit at the worldas largest facility for the production of iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments.The expansion project will also increase the synthesizing capacity for Bayferrox black and red pigments. A new boiling vat is currently being installed at the Lanxess site.Measuring five metres in diameter and nearly eleven metres in height,the boiling vessel has an effective volume of 150 cubic meters. Beginning in October 2012,the Lanxess pigment production wastewater will be treated in the vessel via the boiling process.With this sustainable process iron oxide pigments can be recovered from the process water. "Another positive side effect is the fact that the expansion of our water treatment unit will lay the foundation for future expansion projects by the Inorganic Pigments business unit,"said Lanxess global production manager Dr Birgit Blankemeyer-Menge.