LANXESS streamline sales organization

Effective January 1, 2006, LANXESS Distribution GmbH will transfer responsibility for order acceptance and processing and invoicing for the Europe-wide distribution of leather chemicals to LANXESS Srl in Italy. 'Significant changes in the market conditions across Europe, the desire to further improve efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility and, last but not least, enormous cost pressure have led us to streamline our European organisation', said Frank Paus, Head of Marketing & Sales in the Leather Business Unit, explaining this measure. 'Our marketing activities - including the work of our experienced external sales force - and our central warehouse in Hürth near Cologne will be unaffected', added Paus.