Singapore, July 2, 2012 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS, showcased its innovation and expertise in the field of one of earth's most precious resources - water. Exhibiting for the second time at the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) that opened this morning, LANXESS showcased the company's newest water treatment product line - Lewabrane® Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane - along with its existing Lewatit® ion exchange resins product range.

Unveiled for the first time in Southeast Asia, the Lewabrane® RO product range, coupled with the existing range of Lewatit® ion exchange resins products, now positions LANXESS as a one-stop water treatment solution provider. This enables the company to tackle the cleaning of water in an integrated and highly efficient manner. The Ion Exchange Resins business unit is also now able to provide its customers with premium products as a single-source supplier for both separation technologies - reverse osmosis and ion exchange resins - for the desalination and production of high-quality water for drinking and industrial use.

"With a rapidly growing population and the unpredictability of a world affected by climate change, the industry needs to start thinking of new and innovative solutions to protect one of the most valuable resources in the world - water. At LANXESS, we are constantly looking into new ways of providing solutions that will offer the industry with a viable means of saving this precious resource" said Wolfgang Heuchel, VP of the APAC region, Ion Exchange Resins (ION) business unit of LANXESS.

"Treating wastewater for re-use is one of the many ways that will contribute to safeguarding our water supply. The launch of the Lewabrane Reverse Osmosis membrane elements, coupled with the Lewatit range of products, will provide sustainability of this limited resource. LANXESS' continued development in these numerous products also underlines our commitment to make urban living healthier, safer and more comfortable."

Lewabrane® Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane designed specifically for industrial water applications, a key feature of the Lewabrane® RO membrane is its polyamide barrier layer which has a high polymerization degree.

This feature causes higher chemical and mechanical stability that enables prolonged membrane life. Additionally, the density of negative charge groups on the surface are reduced resulting in a membrane surface that is less vulnerable to cationic fouling.

The HR (high rejection) type elements are designed to provide extremely low salt passage in normal operation, with more than 99.7 percent salt rejection measured under standard conditions.

Fields of application include the desalination of brackish and low-salinity waters, groundwater remediation and the production of boiler feed water required in power stations. The RO technology also facilitates demineralization by particle removal in microchip manufacture.

Aside from the product showcase LANXESS will hold a series of mini-talks at the LANXESS booth J22 as follows:

For more information on LANXESS, please visit www.lanxess.sg; on the Lewabrane® Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane visit www.lewabrane.com; and on the Lewatit® ion exchange resin products visit www.lewatit.com

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.8 billion in 2011 and currently around 16,800 employees in 30 countries. The company is at present 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.

Singapore, 2 July 2012

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