Lanxess eyes growth in desalination and wastewater recycling sectors

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is eyeing to tap the seawater desalination and wastewater recycling sectors at Water Today Expo 2015, held from 26-28 February in Chennai, where it is exhibiting its ion exchange resins and membrane technologies.
 
The company claims that its solutions are well-positioned to cater to the needs of the seawater desalination plants around Chennai and also to supply reliable solutions to the several effluent treatment plants in Tamil Nadu. Lanxess water treatment solutions, consisting of ion exchange resins and reverse osmosis membranes, are specifically suited for processing the effluents generated from the several textile industries and leather tanneries in the region.
 
Prakash Shanmugam, head of business unit liquid purification technologies, Lanxess India, said, “Desalination of sea water for farming and in generating drinking water is increasingly being looked at as an alternative and the sea water desalination plants set up in this region in the last couple of years validate the opportunity. Energy-efficient, eco-friendly desalination technologies from Lanxess, using reverse osmosis (RO) membranes offer the right solutions.”
 
Lanxess has partnered with the several common effluent treatment (CET) plants in the region, such as Tirupur, and offered its wastewater treatment solutions. Lanxess is one of the few companies that offer both ion exchange resins and reverse osmosis membrane elements – two different yet complementary water treatment technologies, thus helping it provide complete solution to a range of industries seeking water and water treatment solutions. The company has a manufacturing unit for ion exchange resins at its site in Jhagadia (Gujarat), which is well-placed to meet the rapidly growing domestic demand as well as that of the overseas markets.