Germany's special chemicals group, LANXESS, invested $40 million to build its production base on 25, breaking ground in Changzhou, Jiangsu, and is expected to start production in the first half of 2013. The new plant with an annual capacity of 50 thousand tons will be among the largest leather chemicals plants in Asia.

The new factory located in Binjiang Chemical Industrial Park in Changzhou will mainly serve the Chinese market and produce a total of more than 1000 varieties.

"We will adopt the top technology to continuously upgrade the quality of our leather chemicals and achieve the best resource utilization and maximum environmental friendliness."

Lesel, managing director of Lanxun group, said.

In addition, factory buildings will be equipped with solar and geothermal devices to substantially reduce energy consumption.

"Our new plant will be built according to the higher standards of sustainable development.

In the leather industry, sustainable development means more efficient production and less emissions. "

Dr. Eckert, head of Lansheng leather business department, said.

Lanxon is the world's leading supplier of special chemicals, with a total sales volume of 7 billion 100 million euros in 2010. It has about 15500 employees worldwide and is distributed in 46 production bases in 30 countries.

LANXESS's core business includes the development, production and sale of plastic, rubber, chemical intermediates and specialty chemicals.