Leather chemical maker LANXESS prepares for Hurricane Rita in US
24 Sep '05
1 min read
Leverkusen based leading leather chemical 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.
Due to the approach of Hurricane "Rita", 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.
German multi-national company LANXESS manufacturers of chemicals and intermediates, engineering plastics and performance rubber. As one of the major suppliers in the textile processing industry, LANXESS offers its customers product solutions for the pretreatment process and auxiliaries for dyeing, finishing and textile printing.
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