The new-to-the-world biorefinery would combine novel technologies and utilize sustainable wood raw material in an innovative way. This opportunity is the outcome of more than five years of extensive technology development and piloting.

AkzoNobel has entered the design phase of a capacity expansion in Germany for the production of chloromethanes. Production was recently expanded when the company converted its mercury-based chlor-alkali plant in Frankfurt to modern membrane technology, which increased the availability of chlorine raw material.

Realistic test conditions form a basic prerequisite for the successful development of Industry 4.0 applications for the process industry. Yet, developers frequently do not have access to this crucial process data. This situation is to be redressed with a new testing facility in Frankfurt am Main

Clariant, announces its investment in a state-of-the-art R&D greenhouse for tackling current and future agricultural challenges. Unique application development addition to boost future innovation in foliar fertilizers, plant growth regulators and bio-herbicides. Opens doors to new concepts to complement Clariant Crop Solutions’ comprehensive lab-based testing facilities. The Clariant Innovation Center is located at the Höchst Industrial Park, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

A new feedstock store in the Industriepark Höchst serves to optimise production supplies for Kuraray Europe GmbH.

The hinterland container network Contargo offers from January a new rail link between Rotterdam and Frankfurt am Main. The Rhine-Main-Rotterdam shuttle starts on a fixed timetable with two back-and-forth trips per week. Contargo provides this route for several years and is now developing its own line as a continued service.

The drug manufacturer Sanofi plans for two buildings in Frankfurt. For this purpose the company expands with an investment in the Höchst Industrial Park. On the Höchst location Sanofi holds already 7340 employers.

With a solemn ceremony, the foundation stone was laid for the new glufosinate-ammonium plant at Höchst Industrial Park.

Continuous development through projects of site companies / Infraserv Höchst: convinced business development. Around 370 million euros invested by site companies in the Höchst Industrial Park in 2014, The total invested amounts since 2000 now stands at around 6.3 billion euros.

Debottlenecking of production line in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany, by Q1 2016 to meet increasing demand, particularly from Turkey, India, China and Indonesia. Unique metallocene polyolefins allow production cost & energy savings for customers, and potential end-product performance improvements Supporting customers’ switch to more sustainable processing

AkzoNobel inaugurated its new, highly efficient chlorine membrane electrolysis plant in Hoechst, Germany. The plant is the result of a major conversion and expansion project begun in 2011 and involving a €140 million investment by the company. Capacity has been increased by 50 percent whilst at the same time reducing the plant’s overall ecological footprint by some 20 percent.

Overnight to the North Sea: Infraserv Logistics GmbH has chosen a special way to ring in transport logistic, the world’s largest logistics fair in Munich: unveiling a new cargo link between the Rhine-Main Region and the Rotterdam port that offers real time savings for freight forwarders. Through Contargo GmbH, the logistics provider now offers freight rail service between Industriepark Höchst and the Dutch port city of Rotterdam three times a week.

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is today officially opening its new EUR 100 million Clariant Innovation Center (CIC) in Frankfurt, Germany. The company’s new global hub for Research & Development (R&D) is based at the “Industriepark Höchst.”

Rockwood Lithium GmbH is relocating from its Frankfurt site to Höchst Industrial Park. The global leader manufacturer of lithium compounds will take over the office and laboratory areas in the southeast of the Industrial Park, starting in late October, where the Management, R&D and Global Marketing as well as European Sales will be located.

Joint venture invests €5 million in Industriepark Höchst. The partners of CO2 Betriebs-GmbH & Co. KG came together to break ground for a new carbon dioxide production plant at Industriepark Höchst. Established in October 2012, the joint venture is 50 percent owned by Westfalen AG, a mid-sized enterprise from Münster that specializes in gases, energy and filling stations.

Grillo a basic chemistry company invests a substantial sum in a new plant on a high-wage location in Frankfurt. The new plant is to supply 20.000 tonnes dimethyl ether. The operation employs over 130 persons.

Cheil Industries, a subsidiary of Samsung, develops new materials for displays, membranes for water treatment plants and plastics for electronics and automobiles. Cheil officially opened its European research center at Industriepark Höchst.

The pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens integrated research and development platform Sanofi commissioned its new cell culture plant at Industriepark Höchst in June 2011. The diversifyed healthcare company invested around EUR 30 million to build the plant, which will produce monoclonal antibodies using biotechnological processes. Monoclonal antibodies are highly specialized protein molecules that inhibit

AkzoNobel plans to convert its chlorine production plant at Industriepark Höchst to cutting-edge, highly effi cient membrane electrolysis technology. The new facility, which will have 50 percent more capacity, will reinforce the company’s leading position in Europe’s caustic lye and chloromethane markets. Moreover, modernizing

Kuraray Co., Ltd has executed production capacity expansion of PVB (poly vinyl butyral) resin (Brand Name; MOWITAL) by constructing one new line at its European subsidiary, Kuraray Europe GmbH. The company has finished trial operation, and just started commercial production. The total annual capacity of PVB resin Kuraray Europe has been increased by this latest expansion to 39,000 tons.