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Happy Chinese New Year!
We welcome the Year of the Rabbit, which in Chinese culture is a symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity - three wishes that may accompany us all in the New Year. In the new year, LEVACO will tackle many innovative, modern, and sustainable ideas and projects with vigor and com...
Foundation stone laid for new administration building and development laboratory
We are pleased to announce the laying of the foundation stone for our new construction and investment project! We are expanding our presence in Leverkusen with a new administration building with modern workplace concepts and integrated innovative development laboratory. The building...
ECOVADIS awards LEVACO with Gold Status - again!
For the third time in a row, LEVACO convinced with its pursuit of sustainability. We are very proud that we received the Gold Award, based on EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Performance Assessment once again - for outstanding performance in the area of sustainabilit...
Business unit “Fibre Solutions” is now part of the BOZZETTO Group
LEVACO Chemicals GmbH is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement for the sale of the "Fibre Solutions" business to the Italian Bozzetto Group. The divestment of the "Fibre Solutions" business will allow LEVACO to further focus on its core markets of agrochemicals, food pr...
Case Study: Reduction of organic acids and water hardness in the paper machine circuit for packaging papers
Paper mills often face the challenge that the water cycle is not optimized or the paper mill neighborhood complains about odor nuisance. LEVACO has developed the product DEFOKALK® 450 FD: A pH value regulating, natural, inorganic additive, which is applied in the paper machin...
Our new "trainees" - Welcome to LEVACO!
At the summer party, our new trainees were able to get a taste of "LEVACO air" and get to know their new colleagues informally and personally. With a Welcome Day, they have now officially started their training on 01.09.2022. But before they went to their own workplaces, they had...
Summertime at LEVACO!
Finally, our whole team could celebrate together again - with bright sunshine, best mood, great barbecue and delicious cocktails. The atmosphere was great. No wonder that everybody talked, feasted and celebrated at the summer party until late in the evening. The party was full of...
Organic sugar production improved by processing aids
LEVACO's Antifoam & Food Solutions Business Unit is proud to have presented a new scientific poster at the 7th ESST-VDZ Conference in Reims, France, from 22 to 25 May 2022. LEVACO has developed two products that increase both occupational safety and the sustainability of end p...
NEW SYSTEM CLEANER for the paper industry: "DEFOCLEAN® 222 mod1" for the entire paper machine circuit
All companies that produce paper inevitably have to deal with the challenge of contamination in the paper machine circuit. This is because these contaminants can become costly and affect the quality of the end product. Everyone knows the negative effects: Cleaning shutdowns to r...
LEVACO Antifoam & Food Solutions based in Austria
In the course of the merger of DEFOTEC Entschäumer Vertriebs-GmbH with LEVACO Chemicals GmbH, a legal company "LEVACO Austria GmbH" is be founded under the management of Marius Mühlenberg and Maximilian Tesar as of February 1, 2022. The business of the current busines...