26 September 2014
ABOUT LANXESS
Customized drinking water treatment
Weak acid cation exchange resins
are predominantly used
* in cartridges for household water filters and
* in installed domestic water systems,
which are becoming increasingly popular.
They remove calcium and magnesium ions,
which can cause mains water to become hard, and
in some cases also ions that are harmful to human health
such as lead and copper, releasing
other safe ions in the water instead.
This improves both the quality and taste of drinking water.
Recently, using particular ions to enrich drinking water
has also been gaining in importance.
In some regions of Italy, for instance,
special ion exchangers charged with calcium or magnesium ions
have been used to treat water that is very low in minerals.
LANXESS is one of the leading manufacturers of
ion exchange resins worldwide.
Premium products from the established Lewatit range
are used to treat solutions in
* the food and beverage industry,
* chemical catalysis,
* the power plant industry and
* pharmaceutical biofermentation,
for example. As well as ion exchange resins,
LANXESS also produces the Lewabrane brand of
membrane filter elements for reverse osmosis.
This makes LANXESS one of only a very few companies
that offer products and expertise relating to
both ion exchange and reverse osmosis from a single source
– two different yet complementary water treatment technologies.
The Liquid Purification Technologies business unit
is part of LANXESS’ Performance Chemicals segment,
which generated sales of EUR 2.13 billion in the 2013 fiscal year.
DETAILS
LANXESS is expanding its business with
water treatment solutions.
On September 26, 2014, the company inaugurates
a new production line at its largest site worldwide
in Leverkusen for the production of
the Lewatit premium brand of
weak acid cation (WAC) exchange resins,
as well as bringing a cutting-edge
food-compatible filling and packing system into operation.
Some EUR 10 million has been invested in the expansion,
which began in April 2013.
The additional volumes will be available to
the global market with immediate effect.
CONTACT
Ilona Kawan
Spokesperson Trade and Technical Press
Phone: +49 221 8885 1684
Fax.: +49 221 8885 4865
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