LANXESS India in Nagda, celebrates its first anniversary
Successful integration of the Nagda site with LANXESS
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Dr Joerg Strassburger along with the students who were rewarded
Dr Joerg Strassburger addressing the employees at the LANXESS anniversary event at the Nagda site
-- On the successful completion of one year of operations after the acquisition of the chemical and wind-power businesses of Gwalior Chemicals, LANXESS in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh, celebrated its first anniversary today. To commemorate the occasion, an event was organized at the site, where all employees were addressed by Dr. Joerg Strassburger, Managing Director and Country Speaker, LANXESS India and Mr. Neelanjan Banerjee, Director, LANXESS India.
For LANXESS, Nagda site is not just an acquisition but a growth driver in India. By virtue of being a leading global producer of sulphur chlorides and benzyl products, Nagda complements the product offerings of LANXESS' Basic Chemicals Business Unit. The 20-hectare Nagda site already had a very good infrastructure and offered further room for major capacity expansions to meet increased growth targets. Nagda is LANXESS' first acquisition in India and represents LANXESS' commitment for catering to the demands of the Indian market.
In the past year, Nagda has also earned several laurels to LANXESS. One such example is the recognition by Indian Chemical Council with the Water Resource Management Award for the innovative use of biological sewage treatment and subsequent post-treatment by Reverse Osmosis Technology to recycle domestic sewage water and harness it for industrial use.
Another feather in the cap for Nagda is the Outstanding Achievement Trophy 2009 in the 'Manufacturing Category' at the IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards for implementation of excellent quality systems.
On this occasion, Dr. Joerg Strassburger, Managing Director and Country Speaker, LANXESS India expressed, "I congratulate the team at LANXESS Nagda for having run operations successfully and seamlessly becoming a part of team LANXESS. Over this year, the business unit Basic Chemicals has performed extremely well and I thank each one of you at Nagda to have made this possible. With your co-operation, we hope to achieve many more milestones ahead." Mr. Neelanjan Banerjee, Director - LANXESS India added, "I too am very proud of the team at Nagda and I am hopeful that just like this year, we would together reach an even higher level of performance in the times to come."
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