Germany
27 Integrated chemical clusters
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The German chemical industry provides integrated parks with pipeline grids for a whole range of chemical substances including 1,3-Butadiene, Acetic acid, Acetone, Acetylene, Acrylic acid, Ammonia, Benzene, Butene-1, Carbon dioxyde, Carbon monoxide, Chlorine, Chloromethane, Ethanol, Ethyl acetate, Ethylene, Ethylene oxide, Formaldehyde, Hydrochloric acid, Hydrogen, Isopropyl alcohol, Methanamine (methylamine) , Methanamine, N-methyl- (dimethylamine), Methanamine, N,N-dimethyl- (trimethylamine), Methanol, Methylene chloride, Natural gas, n-Butanol, Nitric acid, Nitrogen, Oleum (fuming sulfuric acid), Oxygen, Propionic acid, Propylene, Sodium bisulfite, Sodium hydroxide, Steam, Styrene, Sulfur dioxide, Sulfuric Acid, Sulfur trioxide, Toluene and Vinyl acetate.
Two out of the twenty-seven clusters are located near a sea harbour, twenty-four have a railway connection, twenty-five are accessible by highway, and twenty-one can be accessed via a waterway.
The integrated chemical sites in Germany as presented on this website cover a total area of approximately 12900 hectare of which 1520 hectare is currently available for new development.
Please use the map above to explore the chemical parks in Germany in more detail, or browse to our map of Europe to extend your search to chemical clusters in other European countries.
News
Takeda Announces Completion of New Manufacturing Facilities at the Oranienburg Site in Germany
Takeda announced that it has completed the construction of new manufacturing facilities at its site in Oranienburg. The new facility at a total cost of around 100 million euros, is scheduled to begin operating at the end of 2017. The state of Brandenburg and the German federal government each contributed half of the approximately 23 million euros in subsidies for the plant expansion.
WACKER Expands Its Integrated Ketene Production in Burghausen
WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS, the life sciences and biotechnology division of the WACKER Group, is strengthening its integrated ketene production at its Burghausen site in Germany. The Munich-based chemical company is building a further reactor for the manufacture of isopropenyl acetate (IPA) with an annual capacity of 2,500 metric tons.
Sustainable further development of BASF's Lemförde site
BASF Polyurethanes GmbH initiated a further production line for thermoplastic polyurethane and a new dispatch hall are being built. In addition, BASF is carrying out accompanying infrastructure measures. Overall, the construction work will take roughly two years; The investment sum reaches an average double-digit million figure.