Chlorine CAS Registry Number® 7782-50-5 Chlorine in Europe Chlorine related investments and pipeline grids in Europe. Pipeline grid availability BASF SE, Ludwigshafen BASF Tarragona Chemical Cluster Delfzijl Chemmed Cluster Tarragona Chempark Dormagen Industriepark Höchst InfraLeuna GmbH Investments 2018-07-01 at Port of Rotterdam (NL) Chlorine Product Sodium hydroxide Product Investment details 2018-06-19 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Investment details 2018-03-05 Chlorine Product 26000 Investment details 2017-12-11 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (monomeric MDI) Product 220000 Investment details 2016-04-06 € 57 mln at Stenungsund (SE) Chlorine Product Investment details Related news 23 January 2019 Successful start up of new chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site INOVYN announces it has started production from its new membrane chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site (Sweden). 3 January 2019 Ercros has started up the second expansion of the Vila-seca I chlorine plant Ercros has started a second expansion capacity of 26,000 t/year at the chlorine and caustic soda production plant of its factory in Vila-seca I 19 June 2018 Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology in Tarragona Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology. The company is currently investing around EUR 200 million at Tarragona to increase the site’s competitiveness. The ... 11 June 2018 Ercros will undertake a third expansion of the chlorine production plant in Vila-seca I Ercros undertakes a new expansion of the capacity of the chlorine and caustic soda production plant in the Vila-seca I factory that will optimize the use of existing equipment and facilities associ... 11 December 2017 Covestro continues production at Tarragona site Investment of around EUR 200 million / Debottlenecking to increase MDI capacity to 220,000 metric tons / Own chlorine production to be established 16 October 2017 AkzoNobel planning further expansion of chloromethanes capacity 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-a... 16 October 2017 Vinnolit invests in Gendorf: Expansion of PVC intermediates The PVC manufacturer Vinnolit expands its chlorine and VCM capacities at the Chemical Park Gendorf and streamlines the site. 17 May 2017 The Aragonese administration authorizes Ercros to expand its chlorine production in Sabiñánigo Approval for a new Ercros factory in Sabiñánigo,as requested for the expansion of its chlorine production capacity with membrane technology from 15,000 t/year to 45,000 t/year. This will involve an... 10 May 2016 Ercros plans to invest EUR 54 million to solve the challenge of phasing out mercury technology Ercros has unveiled its investment Plan to Phase Out Mercury Technology (Act Plan), which includes investments amounting to EUR 53.7 million, which aims to reshape the activity of the company deali... 6 April 2016 INOVYN announced its intention to convert the chlorine production at Stenungsund (SE) to membrane technology. INOVYN announced its intention to undertake a major investment to convert its mercury chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund (Sweden) to membrane technology.Initial design and feasibility studies for the... 15 March 2016 Ercros plans to invest 28 million euros in the factory in Sabiñánigo The main project that includes this plan is the construction of a plant to produce chlorine and caustic soda by membrane electrolysis technology that is considered BAT (best available technology). 30 October 2015 SPOLCHEMIE announced the conversion to a membrane electrolysis SPOLCHEMIE announces the plan to launch the new membrane electrolysis in the 2nd half of 2016. The nominal annual capacity of the new plant will be 60.000dmt of KOH and 43.000dmt of NaOH. 24 September 2015 KEM ONE: Begin of the Electrolysis conversion project in Lavéra Project on the KEM ONE Lavéra site’s conversion of the chlor-alkali production has begun. A cornerstone of KEM ONE’s industrial project, the electrolysis conversion forms part of the company’s equi... 28 August 2015 VYNOVA announces KOH conversion at Tessenderlo site VYNOVA Group announces the construction of a new membrane electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 100.000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150.000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide solution. 16 June 2015 AkzoNobel and Evonik announce production joint venture for chlorine/potassium hydroxide solution AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany. Start-up is expected by the en... 10 April 2015 Tessenderlo Group invests € 50 million at its PC Loos site The bulk of the investment will be spent on the construction of a new membrane technology based production plant, to replace the existing mercury electrolysis. 22 October 2014 BorsodChem to upgrade chlorine plant to environment-friendlier membrane cell technology BorsodChem has started preparations to replace its existing 125 kt/year capacity mercury-based chlorine unit in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, with a more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly mem... 23 September 2014 ENERGOCHEMICA SE group invest in membrane electrolysis facility in Strážske (Eastern Slovakia) The ENERGOCHEMICA SE group has announced plans to invest tens of millions of euros in Eastern Slovakia. The group wants to construct a modern membrane electrolysis facility at the industrial sit... 6 May 2014 AkzoNobel opens new highly energy efficient membrane electrolysis plant in the industrial heart of Germany 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 invol... 13 November 2013 Prolonged permission for electrolysis plant in Spolana Spolana has received approval for extended integrated permit to utilize electrolysis plant (IPPC) until 30 June 2017. At the same time the company is obliged to prepare technological amendments in ... 1 February 2011 AkzoNobel invests EUR 140 million to upgrade chlorine production at Industriepark Höchst 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 mo... 29 July 2009 Successful start-up of new Vinnolit membrane electrolysis plants in Gendorf and Knapsack Vinnolit completed 100 million Euro investment. The conversion of chlor-alkali-electrolysis plants at Gendorf and Knapsack sites to energy saving and environmentally friendly membrane technology h...
2018-07-01 at Port of Rotterdam (NL) Chlorine Product Sodium hydroxide Product Investment details 2018-06-19 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Investment details 2018-03-05 Chlorine Product 26000 Investment details 2017-12-11 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (monomeric MDI) Product 220000 Investment details 2016-04-06 € 57 mln at Stenungsund (SE) Chlorine Product Investment details Related news 23 January 2019 Successful start up of new chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site INOVYN announces it has started production from its new membrane chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site (Sweden). 3 January 2019 Ercros has started up the second expansion of the Vila-seca I chlorine plant Ercros has started a second expansion capacity of 26,000 t/year at the chlorine and caustic soda production plant of its factory in Vila-seca I 19 June 2018 Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology in Tarragona Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology. The company is currently investing around EUR 200 million at Tarragona to increase the site’s competitiveness. The ... 11 June 2018 Ercros will undertake a third expansion of the chlorine production plant in Vila-seca I Ercros undertakes a new expansion of the capacity of the chlorine and caustic soda production plant in the Vila-seca I factory that will optimize the use of existing equipment and facilities associ... 11 December 2017 Covestro continues production at Tarragona site Investment of around EUR 200 million / Debottlenecking to increase MDI capacity to 220,000 metric tons / Own chlorine production to be established 16 October 2017 AkzoNobel planning further expansion of chloromethanes capacity 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-a... 16 October 2017 Vinnolit invests in Gendorf: Expansion of PVC intermediates The PVC manufacturer Vinnolit expands its chlorine and VCM capacities at the Chemical Park Gendorf and streamlines the site. 17 May 2017 The Aragonese administration authorizes Ercros to expand its chlorine production in Sabiñánigo Approval for a new Ercros factory in Sabiñánigo,as requested for the expansion of its chlorine production capacity with membrane technology from 15,000 t/year to 45,000 t/year. This will involve an... 10 May 2016 Ercros plans to invest EUR 54 million to solve the challenge of phasing out mercury technology Ercros has unveiled its investment Plan to Phase Out Mercury Technology (Act Plan), which includes investments amounting to EUR 53.7 million, which aims to reshape the activity of the company deali... 6 April 2016 INOVYN announced its intention to convert the chlorine production at Stenungsund (SE) to membrane technology. INOVYN announced its intention to undertake a major investment to convert its mercury chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund (Sweden) to membrane technology.Initial design and feasibility studies for the... 15 March 2016 Ercros plans to invest 28 million euros in the factory in Sabiñánigo The main project that includes this plan is the construction of a plant to produce chlorine and caustic soda by membrane electrolysis technology that is considered BAT (best available technology). 30 October 2015 SPOLCHEMIE announced the conversion to a membrane electrolysis SPOLCHEMIE announces the plan to launch the new membrane electrolysis in the 2nd half of 2016. The nominal annual capacity of the new plant will be 60.000dmt of KOH and 43.000dmt of NaOH. 24 September 2015 KEM ONE: Begin of the Electrolysis conversion project in Lavéra Project on the KEM ONE Lavéra site’s conversion of the chlor-alkali production has begun. A cornerstone of KEM ONE’s industrial project, the electrolysis conversion forms part of the company’s equi... 28 August 2015 VYNOVA announces KOH conversion at Tessenderlo site VYNOVA Group announces the construction of a new membrane electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 100.000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150.000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide solution. 16 June 2015 AkzoNobel and Evonik announce production joint venture for chlorine/potassium hydroxide solution AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany. Start-up is expected by the en... 10 April 2015 Tessenderlo Group invests € 50 million at its PC Loos site The bulk of the investment will be spent on the construction of a new membrane technology based production plant, to replace the existing mercury electrolysis. 22 October 2014 BorsodChem to upgrade chlorine plant to environment-friendlier membrane cell technology BorsodChem has started preparations to replace its existing 125 kt/year capacity mercury-based chlorine unit in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, with a more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly mem... 23 September 2014 ENERGOCHEMICA SE group invest in membrane electrolysis facility in Strážske (Eastern Slovakia) The ENERGOCHEMICA SE group has announced plans to invest tens of millions of euros in Eastern Slovakia. The group wants to construct a modern membrane electrolysis facility at the industrial sit... 6 May 2014 AkzoNobel opens new highly energy efficient membrane electrolysis plant in the industrial heart of Germany 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 invol... 13 November 2013 Prolonged permission for electrolysis plant in Spolana Spolana has received approval for extended integrated permit to utilize electrolysis plant (IPPC) until 30 June 2017. At the same time the company is obliged to prepare technological amendments in ... 1 February 2011 AkzoNobel invests EUR 140 million to upgrade chlorine production at Industriepark Höchst 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 mo... 29 July 2009 Successful start-up of new Vinnolit membrane electrolysis plants in Gendorf and Knapsack Vinnolit completed 100 million Euro investment. The conversion of chlor-alkali-electrolysis plants at Gendorf and Knapsack sites to energy saving and environmentally friendly membrane technology h...
2018-06-19 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Investment details 2018-03-05 Chlorine Product 26000 Investment details 2017-12-11 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (monomeric MDI) Product 220000 Investment details 2016-04-06 € 57 mln at Stenungsund (SE) Chlorine Product Investment details Related news 23 January 2019 Successful start up of new chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site INOVYN announces it has started production from its new membrane chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site (Sweden). 3 January 2019 Ercros has started up the second expansion of the Vila-seca I chlorine plant Ercros has started a second expansion capacity of 26,000 t/year at the chlorine and caustic soda production plant of its factory in Vila-seca I 19 June 2018 Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology in Tarragona Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology. The company is currently investing around EUR 200 million at Tarragona to increase the site’s competitiveness. The ... 11 June 2018 Ercros will undertake a third expansion of the chlorine production plant in Vila-seca I Ercros undertakes a new expansion of the capacity of the chlorine and caustic soda production plant in the Vila-seca I factory that will optimize the use of existing equipment and facilities associ... 11 December 2017 Covestro continues production at Tarragona site Investment of around EUR 200 million / Debottlenecking to increase MDI capacity to 220,000 metric tons / Own chlorine production to be established 16 October 2017 AkzoNobel planning further expansion of chloromethanes capacity 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-a... 16 October 2017 Vinnolit invests in Gendorf: Expansion of PVC intermediates The PVC manufacturer Vinnolit expands its chlorine and VCM capacities at the Chemical Park Gendorf and streamlines the site. 17 May 2017 The Aragonese administration authorizes Ercros to expand its chlorine production in Sabiñánigo Approval for a new Ercros factory in Sabiñánigo,as requested for the expansion of its chlorine production capacity with membrane technology from 15,000 t/year to 45,000 t/year. This will involve an... 10 May 2016 Ercros plans to invest EUR 54 million to solve the challenge of phasing out mercury technology Ercros has unveiled its investment Plan to Phase Out Mercury Technology (Act Plan), which includes investments amounting to EUR 53.7 million, which aims to reshape the activity of the company deali... 6 April 2016 INOVYN announced its intention to convert the chlorine production at Stenungsund (SE) to membrane technology. INOVYN announced its intention to undertake a major investment to convert its mercury chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund (Sweden) to membrane technology.Initial design and feasibility studies for the... 15 March 2016 Ercros plans to invest 28 million euros in the factory in Sabiñánigo The main project that includes this plan is the construction of a plant to produce chlorine and caustic soda by membrane electrolysis technology that is considered BAT (best available technology). 30 October 2015 SPOLCHEMIE announced the conversion to a membrane electrolysis SPOLCHEMIE announces the plan to launch the new membrane electrolysis in the 2nd half of 2016. The nominal annual capacity of the new plant will be 60.000dmt of KOH and 43.000dmt of NaOH. 24 September 2015 KEM ONE: Begin of the Electrolysis conversion project in Lavéra Project on the KEM ONE Lavéra site’s conversion of the chlor-alkali production has begun. A cornerstone of KEM ONE’s industrial project, the electrolysis conversion forms part of the company’s equi... 28 August 2015 VYNOVA announces KOH conversion at Tessenderlo site VYNOVA Group announces the construction of a new membrane electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 100.000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150.000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide solution. 16 June 2015 AkzoNobel and Evonik announce production joint venture for chlorine/potassium hydroxide solution AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany. Start-up is expected by the en... 10 April 2015 Tessenderlo Group invests € 50 million at its PC Loos site The bulk of the investment will be spent on the construction of a new membrane technology based production plant, to replace the existing mercury electrolysis. 22 October 2014 BorsodChem to upgrade chlorine plant to environment-friendlier membrane cell technology BorsodChem has started preparations to replace its existing 125 kt/year capacity mercury-based chlorine unit in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, with a more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly mem... 23 September 2014 ENERGOCHEMICA SE group invest in membrane electrolysis facility in Strážske (Eastern Slovakia) The ENERGOCHEMICA SE group has announced plans to invest tens of millions of euros in Eastern Slovakia. The group wants to construct a modern membrane electrolysis facility at the industrial sit... 6 May 2014 AkzoNobel opens new highly energy efficient membrane electrolysis plant in the industrial heart of Germany 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 invol... 13 November 2013 Prolonged permission for electrolysis plant in Spolana Spolana has received approval for extended integrated permit to utilize electrolysis plant (IPPC) until 30 June 2017. At the same time the company is obliged to prepare technological amendments in ... 1 February 2011 AkzoNobel invests EUR 140 million to upgrade chlorine production at Industriepark Höchst 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 mo... 29 July 2009 Successful start-up of new Vinnolit membrane electrolysis plants in Gendorf and Knapsack Vinnolit completed 100 million Euro investment. The conversion of chlor-alkali-electrolysis plants at Gendorf and Knapsack sites to energy saving and environmentally friendly membrane technology h...
2018-03-05 Chlorine Product 26000 Investment details 2017-12-11 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (monomeric MDI) Product 220000 Investment details 2016-04-06 € 57 mln at Stenungsund (SE) Chlorine Product Investment details Related news 23 January 2019 Successful start up of new chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site INOVYN announces it has started production from its new membrane chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site (Sweden). 3 January 2019 Ercros has started up the second expansion of the Vila-seca I chlorine plant Ercros has started a second expansion capacity of 26,000 t/year at the chlorine and caustic soda production plant of its factory in Vila-seca I 19 June 2018 Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology in Tarragona Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology. The company is currently investing around EUR 200 million at Tarragona to increase the site’s competitiveness. The ... 11 June 2018 Ercros will undertake a third expansion of the chlorine production plant in Vila-seca I Ercros undertakes a new expansion of the capacity of the chlorine and caustic soda production plant in the Vila-seca I factory that will optimize the use of existing equipment and facilities associ... 11 December 2017 Covestro continues production at Tarragona site Investment of around EUR 200 million / Debottlenecking to increase MDI capacity to 220,000 metric tons / Own chlorine production to be established 16 October 2017 AkzoNobel planning further expansion of chloromethanes capacity 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-a... 16 October 2017 Vinnolit invests in Gendorf: Expansion of PVC intermediates The PVC manufacturer Vinnolit expands its chlorine and VCM capacities at the Chemical Park Gendorf and streamlines the site. 17 May 2017 The Aragonese administration authorizes Ercros to expand its chlorine production in Sabiñánigo Approval for a new Ercros factory in Sabiñánigo,as requested for the expansion of its chlorine production capacity with membrane technology from 15,000 t/year to 45,000 t/year. This will involve an... 10 May 2016 Ercros plans to invest EUR 54 million to solve the challenge of phasing out mercury technology Ercros has unveiled its investment Plan to Phase Out Mercury Technology (Act Plan), which includes investments amounting to EUR 53.7 million, which aims to reshape the activity of the company deali... 6 April 2016 INOVYN announced its intention to convert the chlorine production at Stenungsund (SE) to membrane technology. INOVYN announced its intention to undertake a major investment to convert its mercury chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund (Sweden) to membrane technology.Initial design and feasibility studies for the... 15 March 2016 Ercros plans to invest 28 million euros in the factory in Sabiñánigo The main project that includes this plan is the construction of a plant to produce chlorine and caustic soda by membrane electrolysis technology that is considered BAT (best available technology). 30 October 2015 SPOLCHEMIE announced the conversion to a membrane electrolysis SPOLCHEMIE announces the plan to launch the new membrane electrolysis in the 2nd half of 2016. The nominal annual capacity of the new plant will be 60.000dmt of KOH and 43.000dmt of NaOH. 24 September 2015 KEM ONE: Begin of the Electrolysis conversion project in Lavéra Project on the KEM ONE Lavéra site’s conversion of the chlor-alkali production has begun. A cornerstone of KEM ONE’s industrial project, the electrolysis conversion forms part of the company’s equi... 28 August 2015 VYNOVA announces KOH conversion at Tessenderlo site VYNOVA Group announces the construction of a new membrane electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 100.000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150.000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide solution. 16 June 2015 AkzoNobel and Evonik announce production joint venture for chlorine/potassium hydroxide solution AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany. Start-up is expected by the en... 10 April 2015 Tessenderlo Group invests € 50 million at its PC Loos site The bulk of the investment will be spent on the construction of a new membrane technology based production plant, to replace the existing mercury electrolysis. 22 October 2014 BorsodChem to upgrade chlorine plant to environment-friendlier membrane cell technology BorsodChem has started preparations to replace its existing 125 kt/year capacity mercury-based chlorine unit in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, with a more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly mem... 23 September 2014 ENERGOCHEMICA SE group invest in membrane electrolysis facility in Strážske (Eastern Slovakia) The ENERGOCHEMICA SE group has announced plans to invest tens of millions of euros in Eastern Slovakia. The group wants to construct a modern membrane electrolysis facility at the industrial sit... 6 May 2014 AkzoNobel opens new highly energy efficient membrane electrolysis plant in the industrial heart of Germany 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 invol... 13 November 2013 Prolonged permission for electrolysis plant in Spolana Spolana has received approval for extended integrated permit to utilize electrolysis plant (IPPC) until 30 June 2017. At the same time the company is obliged to prepare technological amendments in ... 1 February 2011 AkzoNobel invests EUR 140 million to upgrade chlorine production at Industriepark Höchst 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 mo... 29 July 2009 Successful start-up of new Vinnolit membrane electrolysis plants in Gendorf and Knapsack Vinnolit completed 100 million Euro investment. The conversion of chlor-alkali-electrolysis plants at Gendorf and Knapsack sites to energy saving and environmentally friendly membrane technology h...
2017-12-11 € 200 mln Chlorine Product Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (monomeric MDI) Product 220000 Investment details 2016-04-06 € 57 mln at Stenungsund (SE) Chlorine Product Investment details Related news 23 January 2019 Successful start up of new chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site INOVYN announces it has started production from its new membrane chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site (Sweden). 3 January 2019 Ercros has started up the second expansion of the Vila-seca I chlorine plant Ercros has started a second expansion capacity of 26,000 t/year at the chlorine and caustic soda production plant of its factory in Vila-seca I 19 June 2018 Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology in Tarragona Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology. The company is currently investing around EUR 200 million at Tarragona to increase the site’s competitiveness. The ... 11 June 2018 Ercros will undertake a third expansion of the chlorine production plant in Vila-seca I Ercros undertakes a new expansion of the capacity of the chlorine and caustic soda production plant in the Vila-seca I factory that will optimize the use of existing equipment and facilities associ... 11 December 2017 Covestro continues production at Tarragona site Investment of around EUR 200 million / Debottlenecking to increase MDI capacity to 220,000 metric tons / Own chlorine production to be established 16 October 2017 AkzoNobel planning further expansion of chloromethanes capacity 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-a... 16 October 2017 Vinnolit invests in Gendorf: Expansion of PVC intermediates The PVC manufacturer Vinnolit expands its chlorine and VCM capacities at the Chemical Park Gendorf and streamlines the site. 17 May 2017 The Aragonese administration authorizes Ercros to expand its chlorine production in Sabiñánigo Approval for a new Ercros factory in Sabiñánigo,as requested for the expansion of its chlorine production capacity with membrane technology from 15,000 t/year to 45,000 t/year. This will involve an... 10 May 2016 Ercros plans to invest EUR 54 million to solve the challenge of phasing out mercury technology Ercros has unveiled its investment Plan to Phase Out Mercury Technology (Act Plan), which includes investments amounting to EUR 53.7 million, which aims to reshape the activity of the company deali... 6 April 2016 INOVYN announced its intention to convert the chlorine production at Stenungsund (SE) to membrane technology. INOVYN announced its intention to undertake a major investment to convert its mercury chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund (Sweden) to membrane technology.Initial design and feasibility studies for the... 15 March 2016 Ercros plans to invest 28 million euros in the factory in Sabiñánigo The main project that includes this plan is the construction of a plant to produce chlorine and caustic soda by membrane electrolysis technology that is considered BAT (best available technology). 30 October 2015 SPOLCHEMIE announced the conversion to a membrane electrolysis SPOLCHEMIE announces the plan to launch the new membrane electrolysis in the 2nd half of 2016. The nominal annual capacity of the new plant will be 60.000dmt of KOH and 43.000dmt of NaOH. 24 September 2015 KEM ONE: Begin of the Electrolysis conversion project in Lavéra Project on the KEM ONE Lavéra site’s conversion of the chlor-alkali production has begun. A cornerstone of KEM ONE’s industrial project, the electrolysis conversion forms part of the company’s equi... 28 August 2015 VYNOVA announces KOH conversion at Tessenderlo site VYNOVA Group announces the construction of a new membrane electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 100.000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150.000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide solution. 16 June 2015 AkzoNobel and Evonik announce production joint venture for chlorine/potassium hydroxide solution AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany. Start-up is expected by the en... 10 April 2015 Tessenderlo Group invests € 50 million at its PC Loos site The bulk of the investment will be spent on the construction of a new membrane technology based production plant, to replace the existing mercury electrolysis. 22 October 2014 BorsodChem to upgrade chlorine plant to environment-friendlier membrane cell technology BorsodChem has started preparations to replace its existing 125 kt/year capacity mercury-based chlorine unit in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, with a more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly mem... 23 September 2014 ENERGOCHEMICA SE group invest in membrane electrolysis facility in Strážske (Eastern Slovakia) The ENERGOCHEMICA SE group has announced plans to invest tens of millions of euros in Eastern Slovakia. The group wants to construct a modern membrane electrolysis facility at the industrial sit... 6 May 2014 AkzoNobel opens new highly energy efficient membrane electrolysis plant in the industrial heart of Germany 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 invol... 13 November 2013 Prolonged permission for electrolysis plant in Spolana Spolana has received approval for extended integrated permit to utilize electrolysis plant (IPPC) until 30 June 2017. At the same time the company is obliged to prepare technological amendments in ... 1 February 2011 AkzoNobel invests EUR 140 million to upgrade chlorine production at Industriepark Höchst 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 mo... 29 July 2009 Successful start-up of new Vinnolit membrane electrolysis plants in Gendorf and Knapsack Vinnolit completed 100 million Euro investment. The conversion of chlor-alkali-electrolysis plants at Gendorf and Knapsack sites to energy saving and environmentally friendly membrane technology h...
23 January 2019 Successful start up of new chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site INOVYN announces it has started production from its new membrane chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund Site (Sweden).
3 January 2019 Ercros has started up the second expansion of the Vila-seca I chlorine plant Ercros has started a second expansion capacity of 26,000 t/year at the chlorine and caustic soda production plant of its factory in Vila-seca I
19 June 2018 Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology in Tarragona Covestro builds first large plant based on oxygen-depolarized cathode technology. The company is currently investing around EUR 200 million at Tarragona to increase the site’s competitiveness. The ...
11 June 2018 Ercros will undertake a third expansion of the chlorine production plant in Vila-seca I Ercros undertakes a new expansion of the capacity of the chlorine and caustic soda production plant in the Vila-seca I factory that will optimize the use of existing equipment and facilities associ...
11 December 2017 Covestro continues production at Tarragona site Investment of around EUR 200 million / Debottlenecking to increase MDI capacity to 220,000 metric tons / Own chlorine production to be established
16 October 2017 AkzoNobel planning further expansion of chloromethanes capacity 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-a...
16 October 2017 Vinnolit invests in Gendorf: Expansion of PVC intermediates The PVC manufacturer Vinnolit expands its chlorine and VCM capacities at the Chemical Park Gendorf and streamlines the site.
17 May 2017 The Aragonese administration authorizes Ercros to expand its chlorine production in Sabiñánigo Approval for a new Ercros factory in Sabiñánigo,as requested for the expansion of its chlorine production capacity with membrane technology from 15,000 t/year to 45,000 t/year. This will involve an...
10 May 2016 Ercros plans to invest EUR 54 million to solve the challenge of phasing out mercury technology Ercros has unveiled its investment Plan to Phase Out Mercury Technology (Act Plan), which includes investments amounting to EUR 53.7 million, which aims to reshape the activity of the company deali...
6 April 2016 INOVYN announced its intention to convert the chlorine production at Stenungsund (SE) to membrane technology. INOVYN announced its intention to undertake a major investment to convert its mercury chlorine cellroom at Stenungsund (Sweden) to membrane technology.Initial design and feasibility studies for the...
15 March 2016 Ercros plans to invest 28 million euros in the factory in Sabiñánigo The main project that includes this plan is the construction of a plant to produce chlorine and caustic soda by membrane electrolysis technology that is considered BAT (best available technology).
30 October 2015 SPOLCHEMIE announced the conversion to a membrane electrolysis SPOLCHEMIE announces the plan to launch the new membrane electrolysis in the 2nd half of 2016. The nominal annual capacity of the new plant will be 60.000dmt of KOH and 43.000dmt of NaOH.
24 September 2015 KEM ONE: Begin of the Electrolysis conversion project in Lavéra Project on the KEM ONE Lavéra site’s conversion of the chlor-alkali production has begun. A cornerstone of KEM ONE’s industrial project, the electrolysis conversion forms part of the company’s equi...
28 August 2015 VYNOVA announces KOH conversion at Tessenderlo site VYNOVA Group announces the construction of a new membrane electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 100.000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150.000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide solution.
16 June 2015 AkzoNobel and Evonik announce production joint venture for chlorine/potassium hydroxide solution AkzoNobel and Evonik Industries have joined forces to build and operate a new membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and chlorine in Germany. Start-up is expected by the en...
10 April 2015 Tessenderlo Group invests € 50 million at its PC Loos site The bulk of the investment will be spent on the construction of a new membrane technology based production plant, to replace the existing mercury electrolysis.
22 October 2014 BorsodChem to upgrade chlorine plant to environment-friendlier membrane cell technology BorsodChem has started preparations to replace its existing 125 kt/year capacity mercury-based chlorine unit in Kazincbarcika, Hungary, with a more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly mem...
23 September 2014 ENERGOCHEMICA SE group invest in membrane electrolysis facility in Strážske (Eastern Slovakia) The ENERGOCHEMICA SE group has announced plans to invest tens of millions of euros in Eastern Slovakia. The group wants to construct a modern membrane electrolysis facility at the industrial sit...
6 May 2014 AkzoNobel opens new highly energy efficient membrane electrolysis plant in the industrial heart of Germany 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 invol...
13 November 2013 Prolonged permission for electrolysis plant in Spolana Spolana has received approval for extended integrated permit to utilize electrolysis plant (IPPC) until 30 June 2017. At the same time the company is obliged to prepare technological amendments in ...
1 February 2011 AkzoNobel invests EUR 140 million to upgrade chlorine production at Industriepark Höchst 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 mo...
29 July 2009 Successful start-up of new Vinnolit membrane electrolysis plants in Gendorf and Knapsack Vinnolit completed 100 million Euro investment. The conversion of chlor-alkali-electrolysis plants at Gendorf and Knapsack sites to energy saving and environmentally friendly membrane technology h...