The Liquid Purification Technologies (LPT) business unit of specialty chemicals company Lanxess celebrates the 5th anniversary of its production facility in Jhagadia, Gujarat, Asia’s most state-of-the-art plant for ion exchange resins. A celebratation was organized at the site, where 300…
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