"To be successful as a European company in the face of global competition in the long term we have to intensify our active dialogue with politicians and society at a European level," said Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the LANXESS Board of Management. The office is located on the "Avenue Michel Ange" and thus in the immediate vicinity of the European institutions. It will be headed by Stefan Borst, previously EU correspondent of the news magazine Focus. LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 7.1 billion in 2010 and currently around 14,850 employees in 24 countries. The company is represented at 45 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber,
