Griesheim, Germany

Multi-purpose equipment (plants ZP1/2/3 & Hydrogenation lines)

Site Basics

Production facilities Research and development and process development capability

Core Capabilities:

- Diazotation (Sandmeyer) - Friedel-Crafts - Nitration - Cyclisation - Diphenyl- and Alkylethers - Fluorine chemistry - Condensation - Amination - Exchange reactions - Chlorination - Distillation - Meltcrystallisation

Core equipment:

- Multi-purpose production lines - Continous and batch processes - Various reactors up to 16 m3 - Materials: Stainless and mild steel, glass lined - Pressure up to 70 bar

Workup equipment

- Crystallizers - Pressure nutches - Centrifuge - Dryers - Rectification

Special features

- Ni-coated reactors: 13 m3 - Hastelloy equipment - Glass lined batch fractionation - Waste gas treatment by inciniration and cryogenic condensation - Special waste water treatment for chlorinated hydrocarbons (adsorption with activated carbon, neutralisation, denitrification, biological treatment)

Regulatory

- All plants ISO 9001/14001 certified - EMAS (Environmental Management and Auditing Scheme) - Broad permits