Annual Report

The report describes LANXESS's 2008 performance amid a sharp late-year economic downturn: group sales were €6,576 million, while reported greenhouse-gas emissions fell from 3,491 to 2,407 thousand tons. It highlights the acquisition of Petroflex and expansion of the group's international presence. On climate protection, it describes a second nitrous oxide reduction plant commissioned in early 2009, which the report says neutralizes LANXESS's nitrous oxide emissions.