Air Liquide Starts up a Large Hydrogen Production Unit in Germany
April 17 2015 - 10:35AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News :
Today, Air Liquide (Paris:AI) held the official start-up
ceremony for its new, state-of-the-art Steam Methane Reformer
(SMR)1 unit located in the Chempark Dormagen site near
Cologne, Germany. Air Liquide invested around
100 million euros2 in this highly flexible production
unit, which will supply Bayer MaterialScience’s new large-scale TDI
(toluene diisocyanate) plant, one of the most important investments
of the polymer company in recent years.
The new SMR, owned and operated by Air Liquide, has an annual
production capacity of 22,000 tonnes3 of hydrogen and
120,000 tonnes of carbon monoxide. According to the
long-term agreement signed in 2012, it will supply Bayer
MaterialScience with large quantities of carbon monoxide and
hydrogen, supporting the company’s ambition for this site to become
their European center for TDI production. The chemical
is employed in the production of flexible
polyurethane foams, which are used to
manufacture many everyday articles including mattresses, car
seats and upholstered furniture.
The unit was designed and built by the Air Liquide Engineering
& Construction teams using leading technologies that ensure the
highest standards of efficiency, flexibility and safety
while increasing production capacities.
Connected to Air Liquide’s 600 km Rhine-Ruhr pipeline, it
will also enable Air Liquide to provide other customers in
the basin with hydrogen.
Guy Salzgeber, Vice-President, Western Europe, and member
of Air Liquide group’s Executive Committee, commented: “We are
proud to have been chosen by Bayer MaterialScience as its
technological partner for one of their most important projects in
recent years. Through this first major contract in Germany with
Bayer, we extend our long term worldwide relationship with this
customer. This investment also expands and strengthens
Air Liquide’s position in Germany by ensuring highly reliable
supply to its customers. Germany is one of the key countries for
our Group in Europe, with around 600 million euros of
industrial investments in this country over the last
5 years.”
1 By steam reforming natural gas, a SMR produces hydrogen and
carbon monoxide.2 Investment decided in 20123 Or 25,000 Nm3 per
hour
Air Liquide in
GermanyAir Liquide has been present in Germany
since 1971. It now employs more than 4,400 people and serves
approximately 300,000 customers in Germany’s most important
industrial regions. It supplies a number of industries, such as the
aircraft, automotive, food and beverage, chemical, electronic, and
energy sectors, as well as the healthcare industry, and is very
active in the deployment of hydrogen energy projects.
The Large Industries business line of
Air Liquideoffers gas and energy solutions that improve
process efficiency and help achieve greater respect for the
environment, mainly in the refining and natural gas, chemicals,
metals and energy markets. In 2014, revenues were €4,980
million.
The Engineering and Construction
activity (Global E&C Solutions)The Engineering and
Construction activity (Global E&C Solutions) builds the Group’s
production units – mainly air separation units (ASUs) and hydrogen
production units – and provides plants for third-party
customers.
Hydrogen for industry
useHydrogen is used today in many industrial sectors,
from refining for the treatment of heavy crude oil to produce
sulphur-free fuels that comply with environmental regulations, to
chemicals and petrochemicals for the production of a variety of
everyday products, including polyurethanes (foams) for construction
materials, polycarbonates for DVDs, and nylons for textiles.
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with more than
50,000 employees and serves more than 2 million customers and
patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of
the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s
ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term
performance and acting responsibly.
Air Liquide ideas create value over the long term. At the core
of the company’s development are the commitment and constant
inventiveness of its people.
Air Liquide anticipates the challenges of its markets, invests
locally and globally, and delivers high-quality solutions to its
customers and patients, and the scientific community.
The company relies on competitiveness in its operations,
targeted investments in growing markets and innovation to deliver
profitable growth over the long-term.
Air Liquide’s revenues amounted to € 15.4 billion in 2014, and
its solutions that protect life and the environment represented
more than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris Euronext
stock exchange (compartment A) and is a member of the CAC 40
and Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 indexes.
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