LANXESS is Germany’s largest listed specialty chemicals group and operates in all important markets of the world. LANXESS maintains a site with around 50 employees in Granges-Paccot in the Swiss Canton of Fribourg. The company manages its global polybutadiene rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber business through its subsidiary LANXESS International S.A. These high-performance rubbers are used in particular for tire production.

Dr. Joachim Grub has headed the LANXESS Performance Butadiene Rubber business unit since July 2004. Since May 2010, he has also been the Managing Director of LANXESS International S.A. headquartered in Granges-Paccot in the Swiss Canton of Fribourg.

News from the LANXESS world of products, a comprehensive data base where you can also find all information on the regulations of REACH, the EU directive governing the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals.

"Listen and be astonished: brief reports about the world of LANXESS. LANXESS posts new audio podcasts at regular intervals. You can choose between the categories News and Science."

Competent employees provide a competitive edge for LANXESS. Our corporate success is based on more than 14,400 highly skilled employees around the world. LANXESS can offer attractive jobs and career prospects for professionals as well as newcomers straight from school or college.

For LANXESS, eBusiness means more than electronic communications. We also understand eBusiness as an indicator of our global orientation and connect with our customers around the world via our electronic trading platform providing you with all the information you may require.

As an international specialty chemicals group, we bear a major responsibility towards people and the environment. Safety, environmental protection, social responsibility, quality and commercial efficiency are all key corporate goals at LANXESS.