2012-10-24

LANXESS Shanghai Pigments’ daily commitment to safety rewarded

Highlight in LANXESS’ China long history – IPG site achieves 3000-days safety record

On Oct 24 2012, LANXESS Shanghai Pigments, located in Taopu (Shanghai), and its employees wrote history by achieving an outstanding safety record: no injuries or recordable accidents have been recorded for 3000 days (above 8 years).

This great achievement is definitely a result of the dedication and safety awareness of all employees in all departments.

The IPG site in Taopu was founded in 1995 and is LANXESS’ oldest production site in China. The site has a capacity of 35,000 tons of milled iron oxide pigments and runs at high capacity utilization for the last years.

Safety meetings, discussion of equipment improvements and potential safety hazards as well as near miss reporting are their regular measures to guarantee a safe workplace and safety attitude.

“I am very proud of all my employees and congratulate everybody” said Wolfgang Oehlert, General Manager of LSP and Vice President of the LANXESS Inorganic Pigments activities in Asia Pacific. “Safety is a commitment of every employee at our site. We all at LANXESS Shanghai Pigments will ensure that we continue have the same safe work environment and even further improve our standards and processes.

LANXESS Shanghai Pigments will celebrate this remarkable achievement during the upcoming company outing in November.

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.8 billion in 2011 and currently around 17,100 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 49 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals. LANXESS is a member of the leading sustainable indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and FTSE4Good.