Chemical Industry
Leuna Chemical Complex
Dec 14, 2020
Site Classification | Key Data |
|---|---|
| Site Owner companies on-site Site Operator InfraLeuna GmbH Full Service (Plug & Play) Yes Fenced/Open Site Fenced R&D Support Yes | Total Site Area Investment in Recent Years |
Key Benefits for Investors
Infrastructure
- Direct access to important rail and road connections
- relevant facilities on-site
- 4 on-site power plants, fresh water, drinking water, and wastewater treatment facilities
- Shovel-ready plots with pre-approved plans for construction; Infrastructure and service company
- Modern refinery (TOTAL); 30 national and international chemical production companies
- Secured and fenced chemical site
Raw Materials On-Site
- Product integration between onsite companies (synergies and cooperation)
- Natural gas, crude oil, syngas, methanol, refinery products, sulfur, polyamide 6 and 6.6, H2O2, H2SO4, amines, DMF, technical gases, surfactants, caprolactam, acetone, phenol, cyclohexanone, ammonia, PE waxes, chlorine, epichlorohydrin, epoxy resins, HCL, NaOH, latex dispersions, specialty pigments, bio-based succinic acid and lactic acid, ethane, ethylene, propylene, polymers, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, potassium sulfate, bio-monoethylenglycol, bio-monopropylenglycol
Services/Utilities
- One-stop provider for utilities and services (e.g.: power, steam, fresh and drinking water, logistics, water disposal, telecommunications, site security, fire brigade, analytics, site medical services)
- State-of-the-art infrastructural facilities
- Transparent pricing structure for services and utilities
- Support during settling-in period on-site e.g. plant approvals, investment grants, etc.
- Service providers for all industrial issues on-site
R&D
- Nearby universities and research institutes offer excellent education as well as R&D-cooperation and provide highly qualified young professionals
- Chemical-Biotechnological Process Center (CBP) by Fraunhofer onsite
Target Investors
- Producers of chemicals by traditional processes and those using industrial biotechnologies
- Companies producing industrial products from renewable resources
- Companies that can integrate into the local value chain and product network
- User of on-site services and utilities (power, security, effluent treatment, etc.)
Potential Business Partners
- Arkema: Hydrogen peroxide
- BASF: Polyamide 6 and 6.6
- Domo: Caprolactam, polyamid 6, ammonium sulfate, phenol, acetone, cyclohexanone
- Dow: LDPE
- Eastman: Methylamines and derivates
- FP-Pigments: Specialty pigments
- Innospec: PE-waxes, EVA, flow improver
- LCP: Hydroxy benzoic acid
- Leuna -Harze: Epoxy resin systems
- Linde: Technical gases
- MinAscent: Custom synthesis
- Quadrimex: Sulfur chemistry
- Shell Leuna: Catalysts
- TOPAS: Norbornen, Cycloolefin Copolymere
- TOTAL: Refinery products, methanol
- UPM: Monoethylenglycol, Monopropylenglycol, Lignin
- Vantage: Anionic and nonionic tensides, flame retardants
Xentrys: Fibers
Partners of Site
- CeChemNet (regional cluster for chemical sites in Eastern Germany)
- Several research institutions and universities (e.g.: Fraunhofer, University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, etc.)
