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Specialty chemicals manufacturer Lanxess India, part of Lanxess AG, today said it has started regular production of ion exchange resins for water treatment from its new production plant at Jhagadia in Gujarat's Bharuch district.
In a statement here, Mr Jean-Marc Vesselle, head of the ion exchange resins business unit, said the company has started five of the six lines and can immediately start supply.
The new facility, set up with an investment of €60 million boasts an annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes. Around 200 employees will manufacture products for industrial water treatment for the semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries, the food sector and the power industry.
The high-tech resins are used to treat water in the fields of power generation, microelectronics, and drinking water and food preparation industries.
The €1.98-billion Lanxess AG also produces Lewatit ion exchange resins at its plants in Bitterfeld and Leverkusen, Germany.
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