09-09-2010: AkzoNobel inaugurates its new salt plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. This € 25 mln investment will officially be opened by Werner Fuhrmann, President of AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals. The expansion, a milestone in itself, has been combined with the conversion to full scale production of mTA industry salt - also of the other salt plants in Delfzijl. mTA, a complex of iron and meso-Tartrate, is a unique biodegradable anti-caking agent for salt, enhancing the CO2 footprint of the chlorine industry.
“Within a few years our mTA will be the global standard anti-caking agent, providing top-quality salt”, says Werner Fuhrmann, President of AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals, “In membrane electrolysis the current anti-caking agents have distinct adverse effects since deposits on or in the membranes increase power consumption. Applying mTA lowers your maintenance costs, brings you up to five percent reduction on your power bill and a corresponding improvement in the CO2 footprint. The chlorine industry and society at large will benefit from our innovation.”
AkzoNobel takes two further steps in strengthening its global position in the market of monochloroacetic acid (MCA). Recently it has commissioned its expanded Delfzijl MCA facility in the Netherlands, which now has a capacity exceeding 100,000 MT/year. In parallel, AkzoNobel is to further i ... more
AkzoNobel is planning to invest €80 million in the construction of a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano Maranhão pulp mill. This is AkzoNobel's second largest investment i ... more
AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals has selected consulting and engineering firmTebodin for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction management (EPCm) of a new chlorine plant in Frankfurt into state-of-the-art membrane electrolysis technology. The new plant will increase current annual prod ... more
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Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals in Skoghall is located on Hammarö, where the great lake of Vänern meets the province of Värmland. We are the world’s oldest electro-chemical plant and we manufacture advanced base chemicals used in a wide range of production processes. Our chemicals play an essenti ... more
Base Chemicals produces Energy, Salt, Chlor-Alkali products and Derivatives (such as MCA, ferric chloride and Water Treatment Chemicals). Our products play a vital role in a variety of industries and can be found in many day-to-day articles. They are used in the chemical, detergent, pulp an ... more
Akzo Nobel Surfactants is a leading supplier of surfactants. Our business unit is headquartered in Chicago, USA. The majority of the compounds we offer are surface-active agents, used in hundreds of commercial applications. Our products range from formulations for industrial and household ... more