12 November 2018
ABOUT LANXESS Liquid Purification Technologies (LPT)
The LANXESS Liquid Purification Technologies (LPT)
business unit is one of the world’s most important
providers of water treatment solutions.
In addition to ion exchange resins,
the specialty chemicals company offers
membrane filter elements
for reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration membranes.
LANXESS is one of very few companies
to offer these two different,
complementary water treatment technologies
from a single source.
ABOUT Ion exchange resins
Ion exchange resins are polymer beads
that absorb undesirable substances in fluids.
Depending on the substance,
differently functionalized beads are used.
Possible household applications include, for example,
softening water in dishwashers and cartridges
in household water filters.
Here, ion exchange resins remove
undesired calcium and magnesium salts
or lead and copper ions from tap water.
This improves the quality and taste of the drinking water.
In power plants, the polymer beads are used
in the production of highly purified water and steam.
Deposits and corrosion can thereby be prevented
and efficiency, operational safety and service life increased.
Furthermore, ion exchange resins help in
removing selected heavy metals,
such as mercury and cadmium,
and organic pollutants
from both groundwater and industrial wastewater.
DETAILS
LANXESS is investing in
its ion exchange resin production facility
at the Leverkusen, Germany, site.
The company is optimizing
its process technology and operating efficiency
for a seven-figure EUR amount.
The project is scheduled for completion
in the first half of 2019.
In addition to Leverkusen, the business unit operates
further plants for the production of ion exchange resins
in Bitterfeld, Germany, and
in Jhagadia, India.
Moreover, LANXESS manufactures
reverse osmosis membrane filters in Bitterfeld.
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The LPT business unit is headed by
and employs around 530 people worldwide,
with roughly 120 of those in Leverkusen.
Demand for ion exchange resins is for example
rising in the battery industry, driven in particular
by the trend toward electromobility.
The metals essential for battery cell production
– lithium, nickel and cobalt –
can be extracted by means of ion exchange resins.
Contact:
Ingo Drechsler
Corporate Communications
Head of External Relations
50569 Cologne
Germany
Phone +49 221 8885-3790
ingo.drechsler@lanxess.com
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