Abstract
German speciality chemicals company Lanxess AG reports that it had a ‘successful fiscal year’ in 2019 despite the increasingly difficult global economic environment. It generated EBITDA pre-exceptionals of E1.019 billion and net income from continuing operations of E240 million on net sales of E6.802 billion. The EBITDA margin pre-exceptionals for full-year 2019 increased to 15.0% compared to 14.4% for the previous year, a new record high for the company.