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Lanxess

Lanxess, a Cologne-based specialty chemicals company, focuses on innovative chemical solutions for areas including synthetic rubber, polymer additives, material protection, and purification technologies. Its ion-exchange resins (Lewatit) are used globally for water treatment and in academic research on heavy-metal removal, uranium recovery, and soft-matter ion-sorption phenomena. Lanxess's Rhein Chemie business supplies rubber additives and release agents central to polymer-processing research at universities. The company maintains bilateral research partnerships with RWTH Aachen and TU Berlin, and participates in collaborative R&D under EU Horizon programmes on flame-retardant materials and sustainable polymer synthesis. Its KRYNAC nitrile rubber and LEVAPREN ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers are standard materials in academic elastomer research.

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