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PLANT MODERNISATION
Covestro revamps German TDI facility to boost energy

efficiency

German polymer firm, Covestro, has
successfully completed the modernisa-
tion of its Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI)
plant in Dormagen (Germany), which
was initiated in the summer of 2023.

The company recently officially
commissioned the plant at an event
attended by dignitaries including
North Rhine-Westphalia Environmental
Minister Oliver Krischer, and announ-
ced new target for increasing energy
efficiency in production.

“The successful completion of this
project shows that climate protection
and competitiveness can go hand in
hand,” said Dr. Philip Bahke, Head of
the North Rhine-Westphalia Site Net-
work. “The modernised plant sets new which uses the generated reaction central importance of energy efficiency
standards in energy efficiency and under- energy for steam production. In total, as a lever for achieving operational
lines our path toward climate-neutral the project installed over 3.5-km of new climate neutrality by 2035.
production. In light of persistently high pipelines, around 14-km of cables, and
energy costs, the project significantly hundreds of new equipment, valves, and “The Dormagen TDI plant, with
strengthens the competitiveness of TDI monitoring instruments in the plant. its annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes,
production in Europe,” he added. serves as a prime example of the suc-
New targets presented cessful transformation of existing pro-
According to Covestro, the moderni- During the event, Covestro also pre- duction facilities toward greater energy
sed plant consumes 80% less energy sented its new energy efficiency target efficiency,” the company said, adding
than conventional processes, achieving a for global production. The company tar- the German government has supported
CO reduction of 22-ktpa. This is made gets a 20% reduction in CO emissions this modernisation through its federal
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possible by a new reactor weighing over from energy use per tonne of product by funding programme for energy and
150-tonnes and almost 20 meters high, 2030 compared to 2020, underlining the resource efficiency.
EXPANSION
Kemira set to raise paper and board chemical

capacity in Thailand

Finland-based speciality chemicals sue at its Wellgrow site in Thailand. The Kemira is the leading producer and
firm, Kemira, said it make a “multi- implementation of the expansion pro- supplier of pulp, paper and board chemi-
million Euro investment” in multiple ject will begin in 2026. The new capa- cals in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) mar-
production line expansion of strength city is expected to be up and running ket, and the investment will serve the
chemical agents for paper, board and tis- in August, 2026. expanding Southeast Asian and Indian

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