Lanxess appoints Krahn Chemie as distributors

The Krahn Chemie Group will be distributing the biocides and preservatives of the Lanxess speciality chemicals company in Germany and Benelux.

Core applications of these products are in industrial protection and disinfection.

The products, which are mainly known under the brand name Preventol, have been used for decades for the preservation of paints and varnishes, detergents, cooling lubricants, adhesives, additives and for wood protection.

Biocides are subject to many regulations and from mid-2019, it is proposed that a new regulation will come into effect which will classify all products preserved with MIT (methylisothiazolinone) as sensitizing substances.

Some MIT applications will thus disappear completely.

Lanxess consistently pursues the development of MIT-free preservation systems and will, together with Krahn, support its customers in their transition to MIT-free systems.