Lanxess employee wins VGCT achievement award
25/06/2019
At the end of 2017, Mr Wengenroth completed three years of apprenticeship training in the leather business unit at leather chemicals manufacturer Lanxess, making him a qualified tanner and leather technologist. At the same time, he completed parallel studies in economics and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in this discipline in February 2017.
Since then, he has continued his career at Lanxess, gaining technical experience and applying his knowledge of economics to the leather market in the various regions around the world.
In Germany, approximately 20 young people start an apprenticeship in the leather trade each year, covering all stages of leather processing. Lanxess has said vocational training has always been a high priority for it. Every year, it offers in-depth vocational training in a wide array of areas to school-leavers.
In Leverkusen, the company has a research and development pilot plant in which some 60 people are employed. It includes a small-scale tannery, where all the different stages of the manufacturing process, from raw hide to the finished leather, can be carried out just like in a full-scale tannery.
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