LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft, a specialty chemicals company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, and consumer protection products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Consumer Protection, Specialty Additives, and Advanced Intermediates. The company provides material protection products; disinfectant, hygiene, and preservative solutions; flavors and fragrances; liquid purification technologies for the treatment of water and other liquids; and precursors and intermediates for the agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals industries. It also offers additives, lubricants, flame retardants, plasticizers, and bromine derivatives for various rubber, plastic and paint, electrical/electronics, and construction industries. In addition, the company provides basic and fine chemicals, organometallics, and inorganic pigments for the coloring of construction materials, as well as paints and coatings. It serves the energy, natural resources, industrial applications, nutrition, health, consumer goods, agriculture, animal health, construction, chemicals, and mobility industries. LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.