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… Plans China Leather Chemicals Plant

by Jean-François Tremblay
December 20, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 51

Lanxess will spend $40 million to build a leather chemicals plant in Changzhou, China. The 50,000-metric-ton-per-year facility will employ about 150 people when it opens in 2013, the firm says. Leather chemicals are used to improve the softness of leather, increase its water resistance, and mask minor defects. Lanxess has operated a 30,000-metric-ton-per-year leather chemicals plant in Wuxi, China, since 1998.

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