NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Leverkusen, Germany, 2011/09/15 - LANXESS has increased globally prices by 5 percent for the product group sulfur chlorides and with immediate effect - LANXESS.com. FRA: DE Frankfurt: LXS

The products thionyl chloride, sulfur chloride and sulfuryl chloride are affected. Ongoing high raw material costs as well as additional cost increases for energy and logistics are the reasons behind the price increase.

LANXESS is the leading company for the manufacturing and global marketing of sulphur chlorides and is covering a broad range of applications. Sulfur chlorides are applied for the chemical synthesis of active ingredients in the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industry as well as for intermediates in the vulcanization and dyestuff industries.

The Advanced Industrial Intermediates business unit belongs to the Advanced Intermediates segment, which achieved total sales in fiscal 2010 of EUR 1.321 billion. It has production sites in Germany (Krefeld-Uerdingen, Dormagen, Leverkusen and Brunsbüttel), China (Liyang), India (Nagda) and the United States (Baytown in Texas).

LANXESS (lanxess.com) is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 7.1 billion in 2010 and currently around 15,800 employees in 30 countries. The company is at present represented at 46 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.

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