Lanxess to operate & manage global business from Cologne

Alongside office floors with their contemporary design, the 22-story LANXESS Tower also contains a separate conference floor with 13 meeting rooms and a communication center with space for approximately 400 people. The building’s employee restaurant and cafeteria offers employees a wide range of cuisine from which to choose.

LANXESS also offers a variety of options for traveling to and from work. The LANXESS Tower has an underground parking lot, with additional spaces available at the nearby LANXESS arena. Employees also have access to plenty of bicycle stands, and a shuttle bus runs between Leverkusen and Cologne. LANXESS also offers a job ticket for public transport that has already been taken up by 70 percent of the employees, who work in the LANXESS Tower.

Interior construction and moves completed on schedule

“Except for a few finishing touches, the interior of the LANXESS Tower is complete. The building is almost 100 meters high and has some 38,500 square meters of floor space,” explained Norbert Mimberg, project manager at LANXESS. Around 6,000 roll containers and packing boxes were transported from Leverkusen and Dormagen to Cologne between July and August in three major waves.

Three-year construction period

Construction work on the LANXESS Tower and the Rheinetagen began on March 1, 2010. By the time it was completed, 50,000 metric tons of concrete and other mineral demolition waste had been removed from the site. At peak times, more than 400 workers were busy at the construction site.

The first stage involved removing a basement building that previously connected the two office blocks and was used as a garage and access route. The demolition work detached the two office buildings, which are now separated by a public square, Kennedyplatz, with views of the neighboring abbey and, on the other side of the Rhine, Cologne Cathedral. Both buildings have been completely gutted and redesigned from the ground up. The 2,500 glazing elements in the LANXESS Tower’s seamless, transparent facade provide open views in every direction.

Subsequent moves in Leverkusen and Langenfeld

Meanwhile, Saltigo GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LANXESS AG, is moving its corporate headquarters from Langenfeld to Leverkusen. On September 9, the company’s workforce of over 100 will be moving into what used to be LANXESS’ main building (K 10) at the CHEMPARK Leverkusen site.

“The arrival of our fine chemicals specialist Saltigo will strengthen and further expand the Leverkusen site as LANXESS’ most important location worldwide for the agriculture megatrend,” says Werner Breuers, member of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG. In the future, a total of 550 employees will work in K 10. Langenfeld is the other main LANXESS site to be affected by the relocations. Global Procurement & Logistics will be taking over Saltigo GmbH’s Katzberg building in Langenfeld.

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 9.1 billion in 2012 and roughly 17,500 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 52 production sites worldwide.

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