LEVERKUSEN, Germany/ISTANBUL, Turkey – In line with its plans to expand in the Turkish market, specialty chemicals company LANXESS has officially opened its new subsidiary in Istanbul. LANXESS Kimya Ticaret Ltd. ?ti. will now manage the company’s business in Turkey. LANXESS generated record sales in Turkey in 2011 amounting to some EUR 125 million, nearly triple the amount achieved in 2009.
"The establishment of our new subsidiary in Turkey represents another milestone on our global growth path. Turkey is tremendously important to LANXESS, not only because of its geographical location between East and West, but also as an engine for growth in the entire region," said Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG. The company anticipates that the Turkish economy will grow between four and five percent a year between 2013 and 2016, significantly faster than Western Europe.