Chemical Industry
Dow ValuePark Schkopau
Apr 27, 2015
Site Classification | Key Data |
|---|---|
| Site Owner Dow Olefinverbund GmbH Site Operator Dow Olefinverbund GmbH Full Service (Plug & Play) Yes Fenced/Open Site Fenced R&D Support Yes | Total Site Area 650 hectares (1,606 acres) Total Free Area 40 hectares (99 acres) Number of Permanent Staff 1,700 + (ValuePark®1,300) Number of Companies On-Site 20 |
Key Benefits for Investors
Infrastructure
- Direct access to rail connection with bi-modal (rail/road) loading facilities on-site
- Proximity to freeway
- Salt caverns for storage of gas
- Power generation on-site with connections to regional high voltage power grid
- Partnership with Dow as world scale chemical company
Raw Materials On-Site
- Direct access to value chain of producers on-site (see below)
- Different grades of synthetic rubber
- Polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, PET, acrylic acid, caustic soda, chlorine, anilin, butadien, hydrocarbons resins, redispersible dispersion powder, PVC (emulsion and suspension grades)
Services/Utilities
- All utilities required for chemical production (“plug & play” chemical park concept)
- Incinerator for solids (rotary kiln) liquids and gasses
R&D
- Fraunhofer IAP and IWM institutes with Polymer Pilot Plant for synthesis and IM
- Research Center for synthetic rubber and PET
- MITZ: location for R&D start-ups, related to Polymer science
- Beginning 2010 the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP will additionally operate a Research Center for Silicium Photovoltaic inside of the Dow ValuePark®.
Target Investors
Companies that can integrate into local value chain: Polymer converters, raw material manufacturers, producers of polymer additives, companies that can be integrated into the automotive value chain, polymer and rubber related start-ups, chlorine consumers
Potential Business Partners
A number of polymer converters, companies producing compounds and additives, located on the ValuePark®
- Arakawa Europe GmbH: HCR
- Dow: Polyolefins, acrylic acid, caustic soda, anilin
- Equipolymers GmbH: PE
- Finsterwalder Transport und Logistik GmbH
- Hoyer GmbH
- Jacobs Alliance Service GmbH
- Linde AG
- MITZ: A PPP organization focused on promoting & supp. start-ups
- MKL - Mitteldeutsche Kunststoff-Logistik GmbH&Co.KG
- PAZ: Pilot plant facility for polymer synthesis and processing jointly operated by Applied Polymer Research (IAP) and Mechanics of Materials (IWM) institutes of the Fraunhofer Society. PAZ can produce commercial test volumes(100t) of polymers from Monomers to molded samples.
- POLYKUM e.V.: Regional polymer cluster initiative
- Trinseo Deutschland GmbH: Polystyrene, Synthetic rubber
Partners of Site
- Member of the “CeChemNet” regional initiative for Eastern Germany
- Dow Chemicals global operations
- POLYKUM e. V.: Central German Association for Promoting Polymer Development and Plastics Technology
