LANXESS starts up plant for ion exchange resins in Jhagadia

LANXESS opened Asia’s most state-of-the-art plant for ion exchange resins in India lately. The new plant was constructed over a period of two years in the new chemical park in Jhagadia in the Indian state of Gujarat. It has an annual capacity of 35,000 metric tonnes. Around 200 employees from the Ion Exchange Resins (ION) business unit manufacture products for industrial water treatment for the semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries, the food sector and the power industry. The opening marked the successful completion of the second expansion phase in Jhagadia. The first project phase, which was completed in March of 2010, saw a rubber chemicals production plant taken into operation. Overall, LANXESS has invested around €50 million in the site to date.

 The new plant was constructed on an area totaling 30,000 sq.m. by up to 1,800 workers. Around 5,000 MT of steel and 400 km. of electric cable were used in the construction of the approximately 40-metre high production building in a process requiring 9 million working hours. The wastewater is precleaned in a separate wastewater treatment plant by LANXESS before it is released into the chemical park’s wastewater system. Huge amounts have been invested in environmentally friendly energy generation. LANXESS uses a cogeneration plant for the company’s own power station and this runHighsnobiety Sneakers