Our History

TANATEX Chemicals started its activities on January 1st 2007. Although this date was the start of a brand-new company, its roots and history go far back into the previous centuries. TANATEX Chemicals is building on the fundaments of two well-known companies in the history of performance auxiliaries: Sybron/Tanatex and Bayer Chemicals.

In 2004 Bayer AG decided to combine the operations of the current Bayer Chemicals AG and a third of Bayer´s polymers business in a new independent company called LANXESS. Both Business units, being part of Bayer Chemicals, was transferred to Lanxess AG. Lanxess went onto the stock market in 2005. In 2006, Lanxess decided to divest both Business Units.

All the activities of the Textile Processing Solutions and Chemical Solutions BU’s  outside of North America were acquired by the Dutch investor Egeria and the business unit management. The completion of this transaction took place by the end of the year 2006. Consequently the acquired Business Units were renamed in TANATEX Chemicals