07.08.2009

Markus Eckert assumes global responsibility for the leather chemicals business of specialty chemicals group LANXESS  

Leverkusen - On October 1, 2009, Dr. Markus Eckert (38) will assume global responsibility for the leather chemicals business of specialty chemicals group LANXESS.  The current head of the Corporate Development group function will succeed Dr. Bernhard Wehling (59), who is to begin the passive phase of his senior part-time working plan on this date.

 

PhD chemist Markus Eckert joined the Bayer Group in 1999 as a laboratory manager and project manager in the Research & Development section of the Fine Chemicals business unit. He was transferred to Shanghai, where he headed Regional Strategic Planning at Bayer Polymers Asia/Pacific. He was subsequently appointed assistant to the Chairman of the LANXESS Board of Management Board Dr. Axel C. Heitmann and, as a member of the Business Design project team, worked intensively on the establishment of LANXESS as a specialty chemicals group. Since April 1, 2005, he has been head of the Corporate Development group function.

 

LANXESS is one of the leading suppliers of systems solutions for the leather industry, from chemicals for all stages of the manufacturing process to intensive technical support. The Leather business unit is part of LANXESS’s Performance Chemicals segment, which posted sales of EUR 1,930 million in fiscal 2008. 

LANXESS is a leader in specialty chemicals with sales in 2008 of EUR 6.58 billion and currently around 14,600 employees in 23 countries. The company is represented at 44 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacture and sale of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.

 

China:  August 7, 2009

 

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