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    AN plans to rebuild a chlor-alkali plant in Rotterdam

    • Last Update: 2022-02-20
    • Source: Internet
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    Akzo Nobel (AN) Specialty Chemicals recently stated that it will build a second chlor-alkali plant in Rotterdam to support the development of local industrial clusters
    .
    The plant is expected to start construction in 2019 and is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in 2021
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    ? It is understood that in March this year, the Carlyle Group and Singapore GIC acquired Akzo Nobel's chemical business for US$10.
    1 billion and renamed it Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals
    .
    The company's CEO Werner Fuhrmann said that the company is preparing to invest in the construction of a second independent chlor-alkali production line and will implement a series of other upgrades
    .
    Starting from the implementation of the new e-flex technology, using the advantages of e-flex and other digital technologies to achieve a future of digitization, business growth and sustainable development
    .
    ? The existing Rotterdam Chlor-Alkali Plant is the largest single electrolysis unit in Europe, with a chlorine production capacity of more than 630,000 tons/year, and it also produces caustic soda and hydrogen
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    The chlor-alkali plant is the core of a major industrial cluster, including multiple downstream devices such as polyvinyl chloride, epoxy resin and polyurethane
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