Vision & Mission

LANXESS is your global material protection partner, offering first class industrial biocides and preservatives and outstanding technical services, dedicated to saving environmental resources and ensuring a better quality of life.

LANXESS Material Protection provides state of the art products, _registration management, _research and development and _efficient technical services ex our local agencies, which are supported by our regional centres and the experts in the headquarters of LANXESS in Gemany.

Our sales and technical staff stands for objective and efficient consulting and technical service worldwide. High standards of LANXESS ensure sophisticated products, reliable results, innovation and new developments.


The history of Bayer Material Protection as predecessor of LANXESS

2008

MPP has received US FIFRA registrations for several products based on IPBC and TCMTB

2007

100 years of MPP

Dichlofluanide included in Annex I of EU BPD

Submission of EU BPD dossiers for 8 active substances in 22 product types.

MPP has received US FIFRA registrations for several formulations based on the benzisothiazolinone (BIT) and for bronopol

Move of Technical Marketing and R&D in completely new labs. All organizational units of MPP with the exception of production are unified in building Q 18 in Leverkusen.

2006

Transfer of business of Solbrol^® products to LANXESS Distribution

Velcorin^®:

Submission of EU BPD dossiers for 2 biocidal active substances in product type antifouling and for a new active substance

2005

Launch of LANXESS in the stock market

2004

Foundation of LANXESS

Take-over of exclusive distribution rights for the material protection products of Bayer Encironmental Science

Set-up of additional microbiological laboratories in all important regions of the world

Submission of EU BPD-dossiers for 5 biocidal active substances in product type wood protection

2003

Notification of 18 biocides within the European Biocidal Products Directive (BPD), identification of several other biocides.

2002

Acquisition of two families of biocide chemistry from Ondeo Nalco (Tektamer^®, Metasol^® and Biochek^®, based on dibromdicyanobutan and thiabendazole).

1999
Acquisition of bronopol business of Union Carbide (industrial preservatives).

1994

Market launch of imidacloprid (termiticide) for wood protection and preservation of plastics.

1990
Extension of Preventol^® wood preservative range to include such new active ingredients as tebuconazole and cyfluthrin.

1980

Bayer Material Protection takes in additional sectors such as concrete additives, antifouling paints, sawn timber and plastics.

1970

Sulfenamide agent group introduced as an anti-blue stain agent for wood lacquers.

Velcorin^® introduced to stabilize non-alcoholic soft drinks against microbial attack.

1950

Expansion of fields of application. Solbrol^® and Preventol^® products used in following sectors: paints, disinfectants, hygiene, wood preservatives, foodstuffs, leather, glues, paper and textiles.

1940

Inclusion of Preventol^® CMK and Preventol^® O extra in phenolics product range.

1930

Development and successful marketing of phenolic active ingredients.

1922

Registration of Solbrol^® trade name for para-hydroxy-benzoate esters / parabenes.

Registration of Preventol^® trade name for Bayer preservatives.

1913

Launch of wood preservative agents.

1907

Production begins with antimicrobial agents: preservatives based on benzoic acid.