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2002
19.09.2002: Infracor Takes on Maintenance of VESTOLIT
Marl: On August 16, 2002, VESTOLIT GmbH & Co. KG and Infracor GmbH, both of the Marl Chemical Park, signed a comprehensive agreement on the maintenance of the VESTOLIT production facilities. In line with the agreement, Infracor will take on about 90 of VESTOLIT’s maintenance employees.
read more15.08.2002: New Logistics Center
Marl: The Chemical Park is getting a new logistics center. An automatic high-rack warehouse will combine five work areas that used to be in five different locations. The new center will be built next to the container transfer plant (UTM, or Container-Umschlag-Anlage) and in close proximity to the truck dispatch.
read more17.07.2002: An Annual 100,000 Metric Tons of Biodiesel to be Produced in Marl The capacity of Natural Energy West's new plant one of the highest
Marl: After only nine months' construction time, the largest biodiesel production plant in North Rhine-Westphalia opened today in the Ruhr Valley, a site of more traditional energy sources such as coal.
read more16.07.2002: INA 200 Project Successfully Completed
With the successful commissioning of the new plants in Antwerp and Marl, OXENO has taken another step toward achieving its strategic goals. The capacity for production of isononanol (INA) was expanded from 140,000 to 340,000 metric tons per year.
read more04.07.2002: SABIC Appoints Managing Board of Directors of SABIC EuroPetrochemicals B.V.
Riyadh: Following the completion of its purchase of DSM's petrochemicals business, SABIC has announced the appointment of the board members to SABIC EuroPetrochemicals B.V., the new company responsible for its European petrochemical business. Mr Frans Noteborn is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Board. Mr Boy Litjens (Chief Operating Officer) and Mr Jan Hessel Kruit also join the Board.
read more01.07.2002: Sale of DSM Petrochemicals to SABIC completed
Heerlen/Ryadh: The sale of DSM's petrochemicals business to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has been completed. As a result, the activities of DSM Petrochemicals in Geleen (Netherlands) and Gelsenkirchen (Germany) have been transferred to SABIC with retroactive effect from 1 January 2002.
read more01.07.2002: Infracor Takes Over Logistics for the BP Product Group EMPERA
The ink had barely dried on the first contract that put Infracor in charge of all services required for the maintenance of BP production plants in the Marl Chemical Park when the two companies signed yet another contract.
read more26.06.2002: Propylene Pipeline Approved: European Union Promotes Major Project in the Northern Ruhr Area
Minister Schwanhold: "The most important infrastructure program of the Emscher-Lippe Region for the chemical sites is on the way" - part of an integrated European propylene grid.
read more17.05.2002: Most Extensive Turnaround in Site History to Start after End of May
The greatest shutdown in the refinery's history will start after end of May. From May 21 until July 14, 2002, the most extensive refinery shutdown for plant inspections in the history of the refinery Scholven will take place. Regarding the costs it is about the greatest shutdown in Europe until now.
read more15.05.2002: New investment project at RÜTGERS Chemicals AG
On 15 Mai 2002, RÜTGERS Chemicals AG established a joint venture with Japanese partner NIHON JYORYU KOGYO Co. Ltd. to build a new carbazole-anthracene plant at its Castrop-Rauxel site.
read more30.04.2002: Inauguration of the CARBORES plant
"CARBORES is a new product which has been developed by our research team headed by Dr. Winfried Boenigk over the course of the last 15 years," in the words of Dr. Ulrich Knips, Chief Executive Officer of RÜTGERS Chemicals AG, "the one-and-a-half-decade period clearly indicates how cost-intensive and time-intensive tackling such innovative research projects is."
read more04.04.2002: New Chemicals Competence RÜTGERS Chemicals AG
RÜTGERS Chemicals operates from four divisions.
read more26.03.2002: Exemplary model in Marl Chemical Park: BP Chemicals Marl and Infracor Adopt New Methods in the Service Sector
Marl: Infracor GmbH, a subsidiary of Degussa AG, and BP Chemicals Marl GmbH (operating company of Deutsche BP AG, Chemicals Marl) are adopting new methods in the Marl Chemical Park. The service provider and site operator is taking on all services needed to maintain the BP production plants.
read more26.03.2002: New Biodiesel Plant Opens in Marl Chemical Park
On March 26, 2002, Natural Energy West GmbH (NEW) put a new plant for the production of biodiesel into operation in the Marl Chemical Park. The plant has a capacity of 100,000 metric tons/year. In addition to biodiesel, it will also produce about 12,000 metric tons/year of glycerin, which will be used for manufacturing other products. The plant represents a capital investment of approximately €12 million.
read more07.03.2002: Degussa and Celanese intend to form joint venture in oxochemicals
Degussa AG of Dusseldorf/Germany, and Celanese AG of Kronberg/Germany, announced today they have signed a letter of intent to set up a 50/50 joint venture for their respective European oxo chemicals businesses.
read more01.02.2002: BP acquires majority stake in and operational control of Veba Oel group
Effective 1 February 2002, BP has acquired a 51% stake in Veba Oel AG and at the same time taken operational control of Veba Oel group, part of which are Aral AG & Co KG and Veba Oil Refining & Petrochemicals GmbH (VORP).
read more17.01.2002: OXENO: First subsystem of the INA-extension of plant in service
Marl: Degussa AG Dusseldorf completed the start-up of its planned expansion for the production of triacetone amine, TAA, at the Marl Chemical Park. Through this expansion, Degussa's Fine Chemicals Business Unit is increasing capacity to 6000 tonnes of triacetone amine a year, doubling the capacity of the old, and now shut down, plant in Herne.
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