Chemical Industry
Chemical Industrial Park Knapsack
Apr 30, 2015
Site Classification | Key Data |
|---|---|
| Site Owner InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG Site Operator InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG Full Service (Plug & Play) Yes Fenced/Open Site Fenced R&D Support Yes | Total Site Area 180 hectares (445 acres) Total Free Area 45 hectares (111 acres) Number of Permanent Staff 2,200 Number of Companies On-Site 27 |
Key Benefits for Investors
- Infrastructure
Excellent rail and road connection, container terminal with rail loading facilities on-site, connection to european chemical pipeline network, connection to Rhine-river ports Köln Godorf and Köln Niehl. - Raw Materials On-Site
Ethylene, propylene, chlorine, caustic soda, vinyl chloride, dichlorethane, hydrogen chloride, acetic acid, phosphor, chloroacetic acid, hydrogen Services/Utilities
- Full service “Plug&Play” site
- High quality energy supply (electricity and steam), industrial gases, demineralized water, cooling water, 2 waste water treatment, plants on-site, analytical services, industrial maintainance, engineering & contracting, approval
R&D
- Around 100 chemistry or related study programs are offered at universities and professional colleges in the region
- R&D operations on-site: Clariant, nova-Institut, i&f Process
Target Investors
- Producers of organic and inorganic chemicals
- Producers of polysilicon, paper&board, glass as well as other power intensive process industries
- Companies requiring chlorine as a raw material.
- Polymer producers and converters e.g. polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinylchloride
- Producers of crop protection agents
- Industrial biotech synthesis e.g. bio plastics, PLA, natural fiber reinforced plastics as well as bioenergy (biofuels, biogas)
Potential Business Partners
- Bayer CropScience: Plant protection products
- CABB: Producer of monochloraecetic acid and derivates
- Clariant: Special chemicals like halogen free flame retardants, runway deicer, R&D for environmental friendly flame retardants
- E-On Energy from waste: RDF power plant
- LyondellBasell Industries: Producer of polypropylene
- Nexans SuperConductors: R&D and production of materials and components based on high temperature superconductors
- Praxair Deutschland: Industrial gas producer
- Statkraft: Gas and steam power plant
- Thermphos: Produces phosphorus products (phosphorus penta sulfide), additive product for lubricants
- Vinnolit: Producer of polyvinyl chloride, hydrogen caustic soda, chlorine
Partners of Site
- Member of ChemCologne e.V.
- regional chemical site cluster,
- VCI, HyCologne, St@art Hürth, CLIB 2021
