New ion exchange resins plant in India

 

On December 2, 2010, specialty chemicals group LANXESS opened Asia’s most state-of-the-art plant for ion exchange resins in the Indian Gujarat state. The construction work for the new plant in Jhagadia chemical park near Baroda began in summer 2008. Overall, LANXESS has invested around EUR 50 million in the site. Around 200 employees from the Ion Exchange Resins (ION) business unit will be working at the new site. It boasts an annual capacity of 35,000 metric tons.

In terms of investment volume this is the biggest project undertaken by LANXESS’s Ion Exchange Resins business unit since the end of the 1990s. The new plant will manufacture products for industrial water treatment and the generation of ultra-pure water for the semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries.

 

LANXESS launched an international competition that sites in China, India and Singapore entered. The Jhagadia Chemical Park in India was selected because it already has an excellent industrial infrastructure in place.

 

Read more about this topic:

• The production of ion exchange resins in Jhagadia, India started on time, press release from March 31, 2011 _more
• The new plant for ion exchange resins in Jhagadia, India, was inaugurated, press release from December 2, 2010 _more
• WebMagazine: The Water Washing Machine, November 2010 _more
• The management team of BU ION got together for the semi-annual strategy meeting in India, News from February 17, 2010 _more
• „High performance Lewatit ion exchange resins for Indian customers”, Interview with Dr. Joerg Strassburger, Country Representative and Managing Director of LANXESS India, in Water Digest, June 2009 _Download Pdf (english) 
• WebMagazine: India’s way to the top – As the country tackles its problems, big rewards lie ahead – With LANXESS ideally positioned to benefit, June 2009 _more
• LANXESS on track to start up new Jhagadia site in 2010, press release  from May 13, 2009 _more
• LANXESS builds new ion exchange facility in India, press release from August 31, 2007 _more

 

Also see and hear:

• Audio podcast: Jhagadia, December 2010, _more

 

More information can be found _here.