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TakingplaceinFrankfurtfromJune11–15,Achema2018 has its sights set on breaking the 2015 recordof 166000visitors andover 3800exhibitors. About130 French exhibitorswill be taking part in this tri-annualworldshowcasefor technological trendsandinnovations inchemicalengineeringandbiotechno-logies. This is not just an opportunity for numeroussuppliers of equipment, technologies, engineeringor research services, the chemical manufacturerswon’t be left behind. The chemical industry has de-cidedtopromote its industrial tools,highlighting12of France’s 16 chemical platforms in particular, inpartnership with Business France, which promotesFrench business internationally and the French As-sociationofChemical Industries(UIC). Theywillbefound inHall 9.2, standD12.Over the past five years, these platforms have deve-lopedplug andplay services, oftenwith Seveso-com-pliant facilities, for international groups thatwant toestablish apresence inFrance. Tomake the transition

easier for newcomers, French regulations have evenbeenmodifiedto recognize thespecific statusof theseindustrial facilities, to allowTechnological Risk Pre-vention Plans (PPRT) for platforms as awhole ratherthandemandingthemfromindividualoccupants.France has the second largest chemical industry inEurope generating revenues of €70 billion and em-ploying 165 000 people. As a result, it has numerousadvantages including: specialty chemical facilities in-tegrated upstream; quality infrastructures, access tomultiple sea ports (Mediterranean, EnglishChannel,Atlantic); tax credits for research activities thatmakeR&DcostsinFrancesomeofthelowestinEurope;com-petitive clusters; good training levels; excellentaccesstoagriculturalrawmaterialforbiobasedchemicalpro-jects; and thepresence of theworld’smajor players inFranceincludingArkema,BASFandSolvay,etc. Inad-dition, thereareveryhighqualitydownstreamindus-tries suchas theAirbusgroup,whichareundoubtedlyattractivefordevelopersofnewmaterials.

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F rance’ chemical industrywillbe tea-ming up at the AchemaWorld Exhi-bition in Frankfurt, in June. Thiswill be an ideal opportunity forthe French chemical industry to go

head toheadwithGermany, itsmainEuropeanrival. With support from the UIC and BusinessFrance, it will promote the services offered by12 (of its 16) chemical platforms on a dedica-ted stand (Hall 9.2 D12), showcasing thewide-range of well-structured services that Francecan offer potential investors from around theworld.Whata longwayFrance’s chemical industryhascome in only 5 years! It was only back in 2013,that the Chemistry and Materials Industry’sStrategic Committee had the idea of pushingFrance’s platforms to restructure their activi-ties to improve their competitiveness, using theGerman model and the famous Verbunds deLudwigshafen (BASF) or Leverkusen (whose

main operator is Bayer) as their inspiration.At the time, there were only two platforms inFrance: one at Lacq (in the Pyrénées-Atlan-tiques Region) and the other at Roussillon (inIsère).In June 2013, the Ministry of Ecology, Sustai-nableDevelopment and Energy, also publisheda circular, known as the Delphine Batho Circu-lar, at a point when chemical manufacturersfaced the problem of having to devise a Tech-nical Risk Prevention Plan (PPRT). This docu-ment officially recognized theneed to give che-mical platforms a specific status for the firsttime, encouraging the creation of “best struc-tures” in termsof safetyand“jointgovernance”between companies operating from platforms,so thateachoperatorcouldcontributeandcom-mit to joint safetymeasures. The Circular pro-moted the future growth of these platforms bymaking it easier to extend or build new facili-ties including in the “greyed out”* zones co-vered by the Technical Risk Prevention Plan.Without this circular, the American compositegiant Hexcel would never have invested €200million at theRoussillon site in 2015.

Agenuine status for platforms“At the time, there was a general awareness ofthe benefits of adopting a platform strategy.But, there were regulatory issues holding backtheir development that had to be addressed, sowe took action at industry committee level” ex-plains Didier Le Vély, Director of Economic andInternational Affairs, UIC (French Association

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2013The idea of pushing chemicalplatforms to restructure theiractivities first emerged atChemical &Materials IndustryStrategic Committee level.

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165000number of staffemployedin the chemical industryin France.

France has no fewer than sixteen chemical platformsthroughout the country andmany of themhave joinedforces to promote their facilities at theAchemaWorldExhibition onChemical Engineering in Frankfurt fromJune 11th – 15th 2018. They have space for everythingfrom international companies to start-up. It’s agreat opportunity to share resources and increasecompetitiveness.BySylvie Latieule

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“We are targeting twodifferent types of invest-ment” explains Didier Le Vély. “Investmentsfrom foreign companies looking to set up largeprojects in Europe, but also investments frominnovative companies”.So are France’s platforms in competition withone another? Not necessarily. When

of Chemical Industries). “Delphine Batho’s cir-cular on the Technical Risk Prevention Planpaved theway forplatforms to implement tech-nical risk prevention plans, but wewere still indiscussionsaboutagenuinestatus forplatformsthatwouldmake things easier for them”.Despite the need for collective governance,there was still no official legally recognized“standard”. A number of different optionswereavailable toplatforms inFrance: contracts,FreeSyndicates (ASL), manufacturer associations,Economic Interest Groupings (EIG), etc. As Di-dier Le Vély explains, “Platform governancecan take a number of different forms. The Osi-risEconomic InterestGroup(EIG) inRoussillonis themost advancedmodel in terms of facilityand service sharing, in that it owns the facili-ties which supply the utilities and services toits shareholders at the most competitive pricespossible. At Lacq, Total has a company, So-begi, which is the platform’s main operator. Itsupplies utilities and services to the platform’sother occupants. But, it is possible to start offwith lighter structures, such as the non-profitorganization used at Piicto (established underthe 1901 “Association”Act).” However, it is ne-cessary to define what a chemical platform is,before it can be given a status.

new investments to improvecompetitivenessThe French platforms all have one thing incommon: they are looking to attract new in-vestments to improve their competitiveness.

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“at the time, there was a generalawareness of the benefits of adoptinga platform strategy. But, there wereregulatory issues holding back theirdevelopment that had to be addressed,so we took action at industrycommittee level.”Didier Le Vély, Director of Economicand International Affairs, UIC (FrenchAssociation of Chemical Industries).©

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the 16 platforms in FranceBrand region of France

Berre Petrochemical cluster Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Biorefinery of Bazancourt Grand-Est

chalampé* Grand-Est

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chemicals Platform in Villers Saint-Paul Hauts-de-France

chempôle 64* Nouvelle-Aquitaine

commentry Industrial Platform* Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Grenoble chemical Park* Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Induslaq* Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lamotte Industrial Park* Hauts-de-France

Les roches- roussillon* Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Lyon, Vallée de la chimie* Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Pardies/noguères* Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Piicto Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

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severalhundredsofmillionsofEurosneedto be paid out, investors outline very detailedrequirements, ranging from access to utilitiesas well as technical constraints such as steampressure and electrical voltage requirements,etc. Logistics are also a deciding factor: accessto pipelines, harbors and port facilities, roads,railways, etc. Another important factor is rawmaterial exchanges, for example, the supply ofcertain petrochemical derivatives can requireproximity to a refinery, such as the specialtyservices provided by ExxonMobil in Port-Jé-rôme or Total in Feyzin, in Chemicals Valley;

or operations using chlorine would require on-siteelectrolysis services, a specialtyavailableattheGrenobleChemical Park; or use of biobasedrawmaterials, sugar in particular, can requireproximity to an agro-industrial business suchas the ones based at Bazancourt-Pomacle. Al-though investor requirements will determinewhich platform is selected, the most impor-tant factor is for requirements to be assessed asquickly as possible and by the right people, tomaximize the opportunities of attracting newinvestments to France. •

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dynamic investmentatLesroches-roussillonThe Isèreplatformhas already attractedover€500millionin investments over thepast 5 years and is prepared formuchmoreover the coming5years. Runby theOsirisEconomic InterestGrouping (EIG), LesRoches-Roussillonis a showcasemodel for shared services that hasdrawnplaudits fromboth the companies based there formanyyears, aswell as newcomers looking to set up theiroperations.BySylvie Latieule

o ver a billion Euros have beeninvested in chemical facilitiesover the past five years in Isère,two thirds of which at Roches-Rousillon. This highlights the

region’s appeal and more importantly, the at-tractiveness of its chemical platform. “Wewerelucky to be able to host companies like HexcelandEcoat aswell as thepilot plant forCleef Sys-tem, a cleantech startup specialized in dryingsludge from sewage treatment plants. But theplatform’s existing occupants, such as AdisseoandNovacaphavealsocontinuedto invest in fa-cilities” explains Frédéric Fructus, BoardDirec-tor ofOsiris EIG, theorganization thatmanagestheplatform. These investmentshavehelped tocreate many new jobs. “At Les Roches-Roussil-lon, we’ve gone from 1 400 employees to 1600within ten years” says Frédéric Fructus. “Thecurrent trend means that there is enough in-

vestment in the pipelinefor the years to come, par-ticularly from the existingbusinesses who all plan toincrease their productioncapacity”. For example,American composite manu-facturer, Hexcel invested€200 million at the outsetin mid-2015, to build a unitto produce carbon fiber pre-cursors from polyacryloni-trile (PAN) and is nowplan-ning to double its capacity

in line with its original plans. Elkem Siliconeshas announced it is planning to invest a hun-dred million Euros between 2018 and 2020 attwo French sites – Saint-Fons in the Rhone andRoussillon. Just like Novacap, Adisseo also hasprojects, with plans for a solar farm near theplatform being considered, that would comple-

ment the biomass heating systems operated bySuez since2014.It’s important to remember that the Roches-Roussillon platformhouses two industrial sitesabout 10 kmapart – Roussillon and Les Rochesde Condrieu. Originally owned by Rhône-Pou-lenc, these sites started production in 1915 and1917 respectively. When the chemical groupbecame Rhodia in 1997, it decided to spin offcertain non-strategic activities. In 1999, OsirisEIGwascreatedtomanagetheplatform’sactivi-ties. Today, it is home to aroundfifteen compa-nies. TheEconomic InterestGrouping employsover 250people tomanage shared services andinfrastructures, including the production anddistribution of energy and utilities, safety andoccupational health services, inspection andverification services, an industrial spare partsstore, etc. Osiris invests a minimum of €4 mil-lion in its infrastructures annually,with invest-ments going as high as €10 million for certainspecial features such as upgrading the waste-water treatment plant in line with regulatoryrequirements.

30 hectares of available space fornewcomersDespite all these investments and projects, theRoches-Roussillon platform still has the capa-city tohost newprojects. AsFrédéric Fructus ex-plains, “We are currentlymaking space, havingremoveda lotof theoldunusedproductionunitsover the last three years.”Around30hectares ofthe 150-hectare site are still available and theplatform is targeting companieswith energy in-tensiveandpotentiallyhigh-riskoperations thatneed to operate in a Seveso-compliant environ-ment and access to an effluent treatment plant.The platform is particularly well equipped tomeet all these requirements as it has its ownon-site fire-fighting teams, it is close to the Air Li-quide and Linde gas terminals, as well as envi-ronmental service suppliers like Suez or Tredi.Startups are alsowelcome and can benefit frombeingclosetomajorgroupsandanabundanceofrawmaterialssuchasammonia,benzene,phenolandpropylene (bypipeline from the Feyzin refi-nery).But, theplatform’sstrongestassetfornew-comers is itsefficientmanagementbyOsirisEIG.This offers the added advantage of only havingto deal with a single representative whose roleis to improve the competitiveness of its clientsso that they can startup operations in a plugandplaymode. •

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Pyrénées-AtLAntiques -theLAcqBAsin

Pardies-noguèresmakesa freshstart in renewablesThe shared services providedbyplatformmanagerSobegi, are helping the Induslacq andChem’pôle 64platforms in theLacqBasin to continue to consolidatetheir numerous industrial facilities. Following someplantclosures, Pardies-Noguères is currently being convertedinto a center for renewable energies.

BySylvie Latieule

t he Lacq Basin is the chemical in-dustry’s powerhouse in the NewAquitaine region and is unusual inthat it comprises three major che-mical platforms: Lacq (Induslacq),

Mourenx (Chem’pôle 64) and Pardies-No-guères. Thefirst twohave the largest industrialactivity and benefit from shared managementservices suppliedbySobegi, a company thatge-nerates revenues of €100 million and employs200 people. Sobegi provides two services –firstly, it supplies utilities (steam, water, com-pressed air, nitrogen, H2S…), and secondly,services (safety,maintenance, security, consul-tancy services, etc). All of these services areshared and Sobegi works for around thirty bu-sinesses based at the two platforms. However,regional development activities andnew inves-tor support is provided byChemparc.According to its Managing Director, PatriceBernos, this organization, set up in 2003 as anEconomic Interest Grouping (GIP), has threekeyobjectives: to promote the region to compa-nies in France and internationally; to identifypotential new projects; and to provide supportfor projects, acting as an intermediary, liaisingwith regional organizations that canprovidefi-nancial support, such as the Lacq-Orthez Com-munity of Communes (CCLO), theDepartmentandRegional authorities, etc.

continuing to restructurethe platformThe major challenge at the Lacq Basin is itscontinuing transformation since the shutdownof commercial gas production activities late2013. So far, theworkhas been successful, andemployment levels aremore or less the sameaswhen itwasat itsbusiest (around7500people).Recent investments include the2030LacqChe-mical Cluster project (LCC30). Inaugurated atthe Induslacq platform in 2012, around €150millionwas invested to slowly extract gas from

the bottom of the reservoir, prioritizing exploi-tation of the hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and themethane found with it. The following year, apolyacrylonitrile (PAN) production unit, re-presenting an investment of €120million, wasalso inauguratedbytheJapanesemanufacturerToray. Early 2016, BioLacq Energies commis-sionedabiomasspowerplantatacostofaround€60million. Sobegi haspromised to invest €40millionat theplatformbetween2017and2021.Meanwhile, at the Chem’pôle 64 platform, Ce-rexagri is due to inaugurate a new productionfacility this year to increase its production ofBordeauxMix.Themost recent news however comes from thePardies-Noguères platform, which faced pro-blems as a result of the decision by Celanese toclose down its acetic acid production unit andthe closure of Yara, a fertilizer manufacturer.Withonlyoneremainingoccupant,AirLiquide,the CCLO decided to take over 160 hectares ofland from Rio Tinto and Celanese. It can noweasily allocate 50 hectares to a project to set upthree solar farms with an installed capacity of50MWat a cost €50million.Finally, Chemparc also manages the Chems-tart’upinnovationplatform. LastOctoberit inau-gurated a newTechnology Center for AnalyticalChemistry(CANOE)specializingintechnologiesinvolving composites and advanced materials.Two additional facilities are due to be built overthe next fewmonths so that activities currentlycarried out at the Bersol Technology Center forAnalytical Chemistry in Gironde can be reloca-ted to theplatform.•

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weurope,aplatformatthecrossroadsof threecountriesClose to theFrenchborderwithGermanyandSwitzerland, theWEuropeplatforminChalampé(GrandEstRegion)benefits fromanamazing locationthat providesmanufacturers at thesitewith access tomajor logistics andmultimodal transportnetworks.

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t he WEurope platform has accessto a wide variety of transport andlogistics solutions thanks to its lo-cation at Chalampé in the UpperRhine. Only one kilometer from

the German border and 10 km from the Swissborder, it has access to a wide variety of rawmaterial supply chains and shipping solutionsfor finished products. This Seveso classifiedsite also has easy access to the French and Ger-man rail and motorway networks, is close toBâle-Mulhouse airport for air freight, and totheRhinewaterwaynetwork. “Thanks to thesemultimodal transport solutions, Weurope isideal for manufacturers that require extensivelogistics flows” explains Frédéric Fournet, di-rector ofWEurope and the Solvay plant at Cha-lampé, where 50 hectares are available on this120-hectare site. Traditionally, the platformspecialized in the production of adiponitrileandhexamethylenediaminenylonsalts (polya-mide 6.6). Four companies, employing around1300 people, are currently based at WEurope:Solvay, Butachimie, Linde andAir Products.

An energy-intensive platformTheChalampésite is alsounusual in that itsuti-lities canmeet theneedsof energy-intensive in-dustries. “The site has an installed capacity of100MW (only 50MWof which are used), pro-duces 300 tons of steam a day and has accessto large stocks of natural gas, which were pre-

viously used as a rawmaterial” explains Frédé-ric Fournet. The platform can also supply newoccupantswith ammonia andnitric acid.Although Solvay is currently transferring itsassets at Chalampé to BASF, this has not pre-vented WEurope from looking for new occu-pants. “Despite the transition phase, we arecompletely ready to welcome new companiestoChalampé. Weare targeting several types ofmanufacturers–chemical companies requiringriskmanagement, safety and security services;companies with high energy requirements(steam and electricity in particular) as well ascompanies specializing in energy recovery”explains Frédéric Fournet. •

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Bouches-Du-rhône

Piicto is relyingonaneco-industrial park for futuregrowthThe industrial platformat Fos-sur-Mer is keen to capitalizeon support for the energy transition andeco-industrialparks for its futuredevelopment. The call for expressionsof interest issuedbyProvence Industry’novwill helpattract new investmentprojects to theplatform.

ByDinhill On

I n reviewing the platform’s activities sincethe creation of Piicto (Caban-Tonkin In-dustrial and Innovation Platform) in Sep-tember 2014, Jean-Philippe Gendarme,President of KemOne and Piicto empha-

sizes the fact that, “Our development strategyhas always focused on consolidating the plat-form’s existing assets and creating new jobs byexploiting synergies in the circular economyand energy transition”. Although the down-turn in French petrochemical and steel activi-ties around Berre-l’Etang (Bouches-du-Rhone)has had amajor impact on the region since theend of the 1990s, there is strong developmentpotential at the 1 200-hectare Piicto industrialplatform (of which 600 hectares are still avai-lable) among its existing industrial activities.Today, there are 17 businesses on the platform,providing around 3 000 (direct and indirect)jobs. “Piicto has recently welcomed two new

manufacturers, Linde and GRTgaz” adds Jean-PhilippeGendarme, “andweare fairly optimis-ticabout thesuccessofourcurrentnegotiationswith the Chinese group Quechen Silicon Che-mical,which is interested inbasing itsactivitiesat our site”. The President of Piicto also revealsthat several new waste recycling and energytransition projects are being studied or set up.“For example, GRTgaz has started work on theconstruction of a pilot Power-to-Gas plant cal-led the Jupiter 1000, that will produce naturalgas from CO2 recovered from industrial gasesand hydrogen from water electrolysis usingelectricity from renewables (solar and windpower). It provides a solution for storing theseintermittent energy sources. On top of that,JeanLefebvreMéditerranée is currently imple-menting a recycling project to recover mineralfillers from sludge for use in highway construc-tion.”

calls for expressions of interest toattract newprojectsPiicto is hoping to benefit from the call for ex-pressions of interest (CEI) launched on April16th 2018 by Provence Industry’nov (https://provence-industrynov.com). “This CEI aims toattract projects to occupy some 83 hectares ofland divided between three sites: Piicto (inclu-ding the Innovex innovationplatformmanagedby GPMM), Total’s site at LaMède and the Lyo-nellBasell petrochemical complex at Berre-l’Etang” explains Jean-Philippe Gendarme.The objective is to create a regional center ofexcellence specializing in bio-industry, theenergy transition and the circular economy.That is why the CEI is targeting industrial pro-jects or innovations in four key fields: appliedecology; energy efficiency and the energy tran-sition; biofuels; andbio-industry (polymerpro-duction and biobased molecules). “But”, addsJean-Philippe Gendarme, “that does not meanwe would reject a project in other fields, if itmade sense for the development of our indus-trial and port areas.” Companies deciding tobase their activities in the region,whether star-tups, SMEs or major industrial groups, will beable to benefit from industrial synergies (rawmaterial and energy flows, infrastructuresand services) as well as customized support.“Our aim is to provide interested partieswith aplugandplaysolutionso that theycangetdownto business quickly” emphasizes Jean-PhilippeGendarme. •

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normandy’sPort-Jérômeplatformspecializes inhigh-riskchemical facilitiesBuilt up aroundExxonMobil’srefinery atNotre-Dame-de-Gravenchon,this platform islooking for largeindustrial projects orinnovative startupstooccupy its 200hectares of availablespace.

BySylvie Latieule

t here’s a vast industrial area de-voted to energy and the chemicalindustry in Normandy betweenRouen and Le Havre. It started asthe home to America’s ExxonMo-

bil refinery in Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon in1933. Over the years, a vast network of busi-nesses has set up base around the site, enjoyingthe proximity to Paris and access to the Seinewaterway: manufacturers with high-risk acti-vities (Arlanxeo Elastomères, Cabot Carbone,Oril Industrie,Primagaz,TereosLillebonne…);companies specializing in logistics, transportand storage (Delisle, De Rijke Normandie,GCA Logistics, Geodis, GRT Gaz, Sonotri…);aswell as companies specializing inwaste pro-cessing (Eco Huile, Oreade). These companies

joined forces inthe 1970s, foun-ding the AEPJR(an Associationof CompaniesLocated in Port-Jérôme and Sur-rounding Area).By 2018 therewere 32 com-panies. “Thesecompanies gottogether to dis-c u s s s a f e t y,

security and environmental issues” explainsSophie Héluin-Oukoloff from Caux Seine Dé-veloppement. It was only natural therefore,that soon after its creation, theAEPJR took res-ponsibility for liaising between its manufac-turer members and the authorities (RegionalDirectorates for the Environment, Urban plan-ning and Housing (DREAL) in particular) tofind pragmatic solutions to industrial risks. Anagreement was finally reached in August 2014following the signature of the first major Tech-nical Risk Prevention Plan (PPRT) in France.“The authorities recognized the position of theAssociation because it was sowell established”saysJean-PhilippePetit,Presidentof theAEPJRAnd Industrial Risk, Safety and EnvironmentDirector for ExxonMobil.Today, the AEPJR is the governance body forthePort-JérômeNormandy chemical platform.While the platform has slightly less members

than the Association, it nonetheless represents22 major companies and the AEPJR managesoperations spreadoutover a thousandhectaresof land, employing 6 000 people directly and atotal of 15 000 including indirect jobs.This platform specializes in “high-risk chemi-cal applications”. There are six occupants witha high threshold Seveso classification and twowith a low threshold classification. The plat-form’s manufacturers also work together on anumber of sharedprojects, including the safetyplan, installation of a warning siren system,plans to protect people, an emergency commu-nications plan and test exercises. But this spiritof sharinggoesonestepfurther,withoccupantssharing water management and a waste-watertreatment plant for Seine water, as well as anenergy management facility and a steam pro-duction network.

flexible governanceJean-Philippe Petit doesn’t exclude poolingmore services in the future, particularly sincethe legal framework that links the members,the AEPJR, is a non-profit organization (esta-blished under the 1901 “Association” Act) andprovides the necessary flexibility. Before theycan all fully benefit from shared services, theplatform needs to find new occupants. TheCaux Seine conurbation’s economic develop-ment agency is working on promoting the plat-form, inparticular spreadingthemessage inter-nationally. “We still have200hectares of spaceavailable” says Jean-Philippe Petit.In the short-term, an initial project has emer-ged with H2V Product, which wants to occupy27 hectares to create the first green hydrogenplant. The facility represents an investment of€450 million and is due for commissioning in2021 – 2022. It should create 200 new jobs andhas had strong support from the region. Howe-ver, Jean-Philippe Petit emphasizes that theplatform still has space to accommodate “largeindustrial projects”, particularly since the com-panies operating in this region know how towork close to this kind of high-risk facility. Healso highlights the platform’s other advantagessuchas its location,access tomulti-modal trans-portand logisticsnetworks, aswell as toenergyand chemical products that are not necessarilyavailable elsewhere. •

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Lyon’schemicalValleycommitsto industrial ecologyHavingbeenencouragedbyGreater Lyon, the18manufacturers in the region’sChemical Valley haveformedapartnership. In addition toproject sharing, theyareworking to attract newpartners in industrial ecologyso that together, they candeliver innovation.

BySylvie Latieule

c hemical Valley is the name givento the area south of Greater Lyon,where several Seveso-classifiedchemical and petrochemical fa-cilities are based in a 10 kilome-

ter area. While local people and anti-chemicalindustry activists have sometimes protestedabout this area, it is a source of pride to Lyon,which remains very industry oriented. Thisis reflected in the fact that despite a nationaldownturn that has seen jobs in industry fall toan average 13%, Lyon has maintained a levelof 18%. Greater Lyon calculates that chemi-cal industry investments totaled €300 millionbetween2012 and2016.It was Greater Lyon’s administration that ma-naged to convince the Valley’s 18 manufac-turers, including companies like Adisseo,Arkema, Elkem Silicones, IFPEN, KemOne,Novacyl, Solvay, and Total, to join forces andcreate a platform. There is no official organi-zation, governance or management company,but since 2014 the companies have been linkedby apartnership charter,which sets out the keydevelopment objectives for the area. CarolinePrieur, Industrial Project Manager for Chemi-cal Valley emphasizes that the platform’s ob-jective for industrial ecology projects is to ex-ploit energy by-products, develop renewables,redevelop brownfield sites and find real estatesolutions for cleantech startups. While the ac-tivities of these 18 companies cover over 500hectares, employ 6 000 people, one third ofwhichare in research, a further60hectares arestill vacant.Theobjectiveof all theseprojects is tomake thecompaniesmore competitive and to encouragethem to maintain their operations in the long-term, while continuing to invest in their indus-trial tools. They also aim to make the regionmore attractive to newcomers. At the sametime, after 10 years work Chemical Valley’sTechnologicalRiskPreventionPlan(PPRT)wasapproved by the authorities at the end of 2016.

Thishasmade itpossible tomaptherisksandsocreate a better balance between industrial sa-fety,economicdevelopmentandurbangrowth.

real-estate and land acquisitionopportunitiesInpartnershipwith30publicandprivate stake-holders in the Chemical Valley, Greater Lyonhasalsobeensupporting the“Appeldes30” ini-tiative since 2014, with a view to boosting the

platform’s activities. This initia-tive uses a call for applicationstooffer real estateopportunitiesfor industrial or technologicalprojects in thechemical, energy,or environmental sectors. It tar-gets industrial companies fromthese sectors, regardless of theirsize, as well as corporate indus-trial project developers. Some

projects are already up and running, andmanyothers are expected to follow when this year’s“Appel des 30” is launched on30thAugust. •

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S ynerzip-LH’s mantra for futuregrowth is to capitalize on the plat-form’s skills and expertise to anti-cipate and adapt to themajor inno-vative trends. This 10 000-hectare

site (100 hectares of which are available to newoccupants) is home to around 1 200 companies,employing around 31000 people directly, inclu-ding5300 in chemical andpetrochemical appli-cations. Thanks to its geographical location, theplatformhasexcellent links toshippingchannelsaswell asmotorway (A13andA29) and railwaynetworks and the Seinewaterway for transpor-ting goods by barge. Synerzip-LH also has largestorage facilities–a totalof295siloswithacapa-cityof90000m3 forpolymers,aswellasaspecial12500m2 storagearea forhazardousmaterials.Although the infrastructures and utilities arewell developed, Synerzip-LH is continually an-ticipating future needs. That is why it wants tostrengthen its industrial facilities and the logis-

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theGrenoblechemicalParkhighlights itscl2 andh2 facilitiesThePont-de-Claix platformsouthofGrenoble hasbeentransformed into theGrenobleChemical Park. The localauthorities supported this development andare keen tolink it to theneighboring Jarrie platformandSaut-du-Moine industrial zone. This could free up50hectares ofland for usebybusinesses or startups.

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t he Grenoble Chemical Park wascreated in 2012 to promote thechemical facilities located south ofGrenoble in theIsèreRegion. At theheartof theoperationwas thePont-

de-Claix site, which was mainly operated byVencorex (a joint-venture between Thailand’sPTTGCandSweden’sPerstorp).At the time, thesite took thedecisive decision to replace itsmer-cury cell technology with membrane techno-logy–an investmentof several hundredmillionEuros aimed at making the facility regulationscompliant and to establish aTechnicalRiskPre-vention Plan (PPRT). The final touches are cur-rentlybeingmade to theTechnicalRiskPreven-tion Plan and it is due to obtain certification inJuly 2018. Because the platformproduces chlo-rine and phosgene in a dense urban environ-ment, thiswill havebeen, “oneof themost com-plex to implement in France”, explains PatrickPouchot, CommunicationsDirector.Vencorex is the largest employer on the Pont-de-Claix platform, employing around 700 people –roughly half the total workforce - but it is by nomeans alone. The platform is also used bymanyother partner companies such as: Air Liquide,whichproduceshydrogenandcarbonmonoxidetomanufacturephosgene;Extracthive,whichre-cently acquired Isochem’s facilities ; Suez,whichoperates incinerationunits forwastescontainingchlorine; Novacid (NovacapGroup),whichmar-kets hydrochloric acid and manufactures fer-ric chloride and calcium chloride; and SolvayEnergy Services, which operates a co-genera-tionunit and is responsible for thedistributionofpowerandsteamthroughout theplatform.Platform management is simple because it isshared between the partners, but Vencorex isresponsible for organizational matters, and inparticular for providing security services, sa-fety, laboratories, logistics, etc. There is also acharter outlining best practices that sets out the

HSErules thatall thepartnersmust follow. “Thepast few years have been about restructuring,but today,wehave successfully transformed theplatform and are about to start a new phase.”explains Patrick Pouchot. He is also planning acommunications campaignwith the Jarrie plat-formtopromotebothsites. “WithhelpfromGre-nobleAlpesMétropole,weaimtoconnectall themanufacturers based in the south of the city totheGrenobleChemical Park. ThePont-de-ClaixandJarrieplatformsareonly7kmapartandcanbe viewed as a single site by foreign investors”adds the Communications Director. Four com-panies are basedat Jarrie - Arkema,Air Liquide,FramatomeandRSALeRubis (synthetic stone).The Saut-du-Moine industrial zone is locatedbetween the twohigh-threshold Seveso sites ofPont-de-Claix and Jarrie. It’s a huge area to thesouth of Grenoble with around 50 hectares ofavailable space that couldaccommodatemanu-facturing activities or startups requiring accessto chlorine or hydrogen. •



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chemesis, a forward-lookingcompetitive siteCarling-Saint-Avoldwants to attract newbusinesses to itsindustrial platformwith aplug andplay solution tomakethewhole setting-upprocess easier. Thepackage includescompetitively priced landand facilities, aswell as a fullrange support services andfinancial assistance.

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w hat if specialty chemi-cal providers could findthe ideal environmentfor innovation and per-formance? The Cheme-

sis platform at Carling-Saint-Avold is hoping tocreate just that and so attract new projects tothe site. On the border with several countries,this platformoffers easy access to the rest of Eu-rope with proximity to motorways (A31, A25,A5), airports (Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Saarbrüc-ken-Ensheim in Germany and Luxembourg), afreight-rail hub and waterway network to theNorthSea via theMoselle canal.With around 1 200 direct employees, Cheme-sis is unusual in that it comprises two sites: a60-hectare site that hosts Seveso-compliant ac-tivities; andComposite Park,which specializesin innovative composite materials, polymersand future energies. “Today, Chemesis has 50

hectares of available space at the Carling plat-form and 50 more at Composite Park, but wearecurrently trying to freeupafurther170hec-tares by 2020 bydismantling old buildings andfacilities” explains Franky Smisaert, Directorof Total Petrochemicals France and Presidentof the Association of Industrial Manufacturersat the Carling-Saint-Avold Platform (AIPCSA).The site centralizes utilities (water, effluenttreatment, etc.) and services (occupationalhealth, fire-fighting, security guards, etc.) ma-nagement. “And, we have a community of 100local contractors, experts in fields like civil en-gineering, industrial IT, mechanical enginee-ring, electricity, industrial cleaning, etc.” saysGabrielle Kakeldey, Deputy to theRegional Re-presentative of the French Association of Che-mical Industries (UIC) for Eastern France.

financial assistance for projectsWhen it comes to new investments, Chemesisis focusing on several different sectors. “Weare targeting projects in several fields, inclu-ding those requiring a Seveso-compliant site,polymer recycling, smart materials, indus-trial biotechnology and biomass fermentationin particular” explains Franky Smisaert (TotalPetrochemicals France/AIPCSA). Chemesis isincentivizing newcomers with a full supportprogram including regulatory and technicalsupport, and facilitating relations with the ad-ministrative authorities (Regional Directoratesfor the Environment, Urban planning andHou-sing (Dreal) and the Regional Directorate forBusiness,Competition,ConsumerAffairs,Labor&Employment (Direccte), etc). As Franky Smi-saert (Total Petrochemicals France/AIPCSA)explains, the tax regime is another distinctivefactoratChemesis:“Notonlycanweoffermanu-facturers financial support provided by certainplatform members, but also local tax exemp-tions for companies starting projects in a zonepicked for the Regional Aid Scheme (AFR)”.ThiswasenoughtoconvinceSFNCoagulants toset up a production unit at Chemesis at the startof the year and, “There are several othermanu-facturers looking at both the Seveso-compliantplatform and Composite Park. It’s also worthmentioningthatwerecentlysignedaMemoran-dumofIntentwithMetabolicExplorer,abiotechcompany, to set up a biobased butyric acid and1,3 propanediol (PDO) production plant at theplatform” adds Franky Smisaert (Total Petro-chemicals France/AIPCSA). •©

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Villers-Saint-Paul, adynamicsitethatwantstoraise itsprofileTheVillers-Saint-Paul chemical platformhas launched threeprojects to reorganizeits activities and raise its profile. A strategythat should help attract newoccupants andinvestments in the near future.

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The Villers-Saint-Paulsite employsaround300 peopledirectly.

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t he companies based at the Villers-Saint-Paul platform in theOise haveadoptedastrategyof raisingtheplat-form’s profile to help bring the localindustrial fabric back to life. The

four companiesbasedat this industrial site (Dow,Arkema,Chemours andVSPUEngieCofely), spe-cialize in theproductionof severaldifferent typesof chemical compounds: photocure acrylic resins(Arkema);water-soluble acrylic polymers (Dow)andfunctionalfluoroderivatives. This37-hectarehigh-thresholdSeveso site currently employs300people directly and around 100 indirectly. “Tenyears ago, the site employednearly 3000people.Despite the huge drop in staff numbers, the plat-formhasmaintainedall theinfrastructuresrequi-red by these types of activity” explains ThierryStriebig,ManageroftheDowplantatVillers-Saint-Paul. The site alsohas access to excellent logisticsnetworks, including twomotorways(A3/A4), rai-lways(severalstationsarelocatedwithina15-mi-nute radius) and airports (Roissy and Beauvaisinternational airports). “We can even transportgoods by barge from theport at Longueuil-Saint-Marie. In fact, Dowhas recently changed itsme-thod of transportation for a rawmaterialmanu-factured in China. Instead of transiting throughAnvers in Belgium it nowgoes through the portsofLeHavreandLongueuil-Saint-Marie”,explainsThierryStriebig.

A shared ambition to inject new lifeinto the platformFor years, manufacturers at Villers-Saint-Pauldidn’tparticularlywant topromote theiractivities.However,twoyearsagotheyhadachangeofheart.“We started a communications program to raiseour profile bothnationally and internationally, totryandinjectnewlifeintothesite”explainsThierryStriebig. “Companiesdeciding tobase their activi-tiesat theplatformcanexpectstrongsupport fromelectedofficials,whichisarealhelpinbeingaccep-ted locally and settingup investmentprojects”. In2017,Rétia,whichownsmuchof theunoccupied

land and buildings, started to demolish unusedbuildings to freeupplots. Today, theplatformhasaround 12-hectares available for new industrialprojects. “In terms of utilities, the site has an ef-fluent treatmentplantwithareliability rateofover99.9%”addsThierryStriebig.Theplatformhasalsorecentlyconcludedapartnershipwiththeneighbo-ringEsianewaste incinerationplant to recover itssteam.Demineralizedwater,naturalgas,nitrogen,etc.arealsoavailable. •



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commentry, amulti-productplatformundergoingconsolidationTheCommentrychemical platformis a key economicplayer in theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes that isimplementingnumerousprojectsto enhance itsappeal.

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t he growth strategy adopted by themanagement of the Commentryplatform in the Allier Region is toencouragenewcompanies tomoveto there. Today, 500peopleworkat

this 50-hectare site for four companies: Adis-seo (a producer of additives for animal feed),Biomasse Energie de Commentry (the opera-tor of the cogeneration unit), Innocaps (an in-dustrial food manufacturer) and DPSI (a com-pany specialized in self-contained breathingapparatus). The Commentry platform is highthreshold Seveso-compliant and home to theAdisseo plant which manufactures three keycomposites. “This facility specializes in theproduction of powderedmethionine, vitamins(pure or combinations), a protected amino acid(specialty product) and formulation activities -all for animal feed” explains George Scheiber,Adisso’s IndustrialDirector for the IsèreRegionandAchema’s spokespersonfor theCommentryplatform. In addition to its manufacturing ac-tivities, three of Adesso’s seven R&D centers

are also based at Commentry. The companyemploys a total of 120 people at the platform.“The platform also comprises a dedicated pro-duct analysis and verification center (CARAT)a specialist product formulation and processdevelopment center (CFP) and an experimen-tal farm (CERN)” addsGeorges Scheiber.

capitalizing on low-cost utilitiesOver the past few years, the Commentry plat-formhasmodelleditsdevelopmentstrategyandindustrial appeal on the Roussillon platform inIsère by reducing the costs of operations for thecompanies based at the site (startups, SMEs orlarge corporations). “The idea is to lower thecost of utilities, and energy in particular. Thatis why we installed a large biomass cogenera-tion unit two years ago. It provides low-costelectricity and 50% of the site’s steam require-ments, as well as being environmentally frien-dly and helping the platform reduce its green-housegas emissionsby46000 t/year” explainsGeorge Scheiber. In addition, since the site is inthe heart of the Auvergne, new employeesmo-ving to the region canbenefit from lowhousingcosts. Companies moving to the site can alsobenefit fromtheplatform’s solventrecoveryandeffluent treatment plant. “A new waste-watertreatment plant is also being built and its newtechnologies will greatly reduce the quantityof effluents released” says George Scheiber.In terms of logistics, easy access to Clermont-Ferrand airport, the A71 and A89motorways,aswell as the Paris and Lyon rail networks pro-videsmajorbenefits for theplatform in termsofboth rawmaterial supply and the shipment offinished products. •

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Thanks to LyondellBasell’ssteamcracker, the Berreplatform continues to specializein the production of olefins,polyolefins as well as many C4and C5molecules – a factor ofgreat appeal to new investors.

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“Wewant todevote thisarea togreenchemistryand more specifically to biobased chemistry.Theplatformis located inanagricultural regionand we would like to follow in the footsteps ofthe Industrial and Agro-Resource competitivecluster (IAR), and ARD based at the Pomacleplatform. With the support of the local autho-rities, wewould like to position ourselves as anextensionof the localplatforms, likePivert, andbecome the biobased chemical platform for theHauts-de-France region.” •

I ndustrial activities started at the La-motte site, owned by the German groupHoechst, in 1896 with a brine electroly-sis plant manufacturing chlorine deriva-tives and hydrogen. The current chemi-

cal activitieswere introduced in the1960s.Thesite specializes in particular in the productionof glyoxal and glyoxylic acid and WeylChem,the legacy owner of the infrastructures is theworld’s leading producer, ahead of its mainlyChinese competitors. Glyoxal can be obtainedvia two separate synthetic processes using ei-ther glycol ethylene or acetaldehyde (ethanal).This glyoxal is mainly used by the Lamotte siteitself to manufacture glyoxylic acid as well asoxalicacidanddimethoxyacetaldehyde.Thesederivatives are then used to make a vast rangeof advanced intermediaries such as aromaticderivatives and aliphatic compounds, hetero-cyclic amines, polyphenols, etc.

four industrial partnersThe current site set up,with four industrial par-tners, was adopted in the 1990s. Today, 6780people are employed at Lamotte, with Weyl-Chem managing the platform and associatedservices. The other three manufacturers are :PQ Corporation, an America company pro-ducing sodium silicate for detergents ; MerckPerformance Chemicals, a German companyproducing colloidal silica for use in microelec-tronics ; and Archroma, a Swiss company pro-ducing emulsions for textile and paper manu-facturers. Together, they have established aTechnological Risk Prevention Plan (PPRT)that can cover the activities of new companiesmoving to the platform as well as a new plugand play offer, providing access to all the ser-vices required from a Seveso-compliant plat-formand access to conventional utilities.Twenty hectares are available at the 45-hec-tare Seveso-compliant platform. As Gilles Zu-berbuhler, President of WeylChem Lamotte,explained in our publication earlier this year :

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theLamottechemicalparktargetsbiobasedchemistryThe four partners at the Lamotte platform, includinginfrastructure owner, WeylChem are offering accessto a 20-hectare site. They are targeting projectsassociated with green or biobased chemistry,regardless of their size.

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o nasitethatspansthecom-munes of Bazancourt andPomacle in the Marne,the Bazancourt-Pomaclebiorefinery accommo-

dates eightmanufacturers and a researchandinnovationplatform(BRI)thatisusedby public and private agro-industry R&Dteams. It is also involved in four researchchairs at theEuropeanCenter forBiotech-nology and Bioeconomics (CEBB) in Po-macle, whose scientific activities startedonDecember1st2016.The Bazancourt-Pomacle refinery is notonly one of the largest biorefineries in Eu-rope, but in the world, converting 4 mil-lion tons of biomass every year into sugar,glucose, starch, food-grade and pharma-ceutical-grade alcohol, cosmetic active in-

gredients,etc.Withrevenuesofover€800million a year, it covers 690 hectares, em-ploys 1200people directly on the site andcreatesa further1000 jobs indirectly.The Bazancourt-Pomacle refinery is themain base for France’s agro-industryresearch activities. The objective is todrive environmentally-friendly econo-mic growth from regional agriculturalresources in association with the Indus-trial and Agro-Resource (IAR) competi-tive cluster sponsored by the Grand Estand Hauts-de-France regional adminis-trations.Today, this biorefinery has an ambitionto expand its activities, with 396 hectaresavailable for new industrial facilities onthe site, such as laboratories or pilot or ac-tual industrialplants. •

e mploying over 900 people atits 750-hectare site, theBerrepetrochemical cluster is oneof France’s largest petroche-micalsites.Dutchgiant,Lyon-

dellBasell, remainsattheheartoftheplat-form despite the closure of its refinery in2014. It is funding a 6-year €200millioninvestment planwhich involves dismant-ling the refinery, soil clean-up and reha-bilitation, while maintaining its existingindustrial tools, such as the steamcrac-ker.Oncecompleted, thesitewillbemoreflexible and able to handle more cost-ef-fective loads, such as condensates, bu-tane and propane in addition to naphthaand the capacity to produce 450 000tons of ethylene a year. Downstreamactivities include the production of

300000 tons of lowdensity polyethyleneayear, thesameamountofpolypropyleneand a butadiene and a di-isobutylene ex-tractionunit.In addition to LyondellBasell, there arefiveotheroperatorsatBerre:FrenchfirmsKem One, Infineum France and SN2A,America’sKratonandGermany’sLinde.This high-threshold Seveso-compliantsitehas122hectaresavailable fornewco-mers and, like the Piicto platform (p.12),the Berre cluster intends to capitalize onthe call for expressions of interest issuedby Provence Industry’nov to occupy 83hectares of land on industrial sites in theregion. The objective is to create a regio-nal center of excellence specializing inbio-industry, the energy transition andcircular economy.•

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An event for professionels of theprocess industries, the Achemaexhibition-congress will be openingbetween 11th and 15th june inFrankfurt. A unique exhibition forall the equipment manufacturersof the chemical industry, itpromises to reflect the most recenttechnological developments. Moredetails with Dr Thomas Scheuring,CEO of Achema.

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infochimie : howdo youanalyze the currenteconomic climate in thechemical sector, in particularthe level of industrialinvestment?thomas scheuring : Franklyspeaking Iwas not aware of howfavorable the business climateactually is.We just had our Press

previewday,withmanykey people fromvarioussectors of our industrysharing insights from theirparticular industry branch.Throughout thewholeAchema spectrumvibrationsweremarkedlypositive. Certainly, thereare also some threatswhichcould jeopardize thispositive scenario, but none

of these threats seems to get closerat themoment.

in this context, howdoesAchema 2018 appear interms of attendance?t.s. :We indeed see a slightincrease in terms of exhibitorregistrationswhich shouldstabilize in theweeks to come. Insome areas like the pumps groupwe seem to have reached the limitsthough and are quite simply

booked out; someother groupslike the automation sector, safety,and the pharma group inparticular are definitely growing.Actually,wewere literally blownaway by the demand in thepharma group.

what’s new in theorganization of Achema, inparticular will there be anynew halls or an increase inimportance of newtechnologies?t.s. : I justmentioned the growthin the pharma sector,wherewebrought a completely newhall intothe game. This hall nicely roundsoff the display of pharma andpackaging exhibits in the Easternpart of the fairgrounds. This is alsowhere our so-called LogisticsHotSpotwill be located.Here youcanfind exhibitors around ourfocal topic ‘Chemical and PharmaLogistics’. Overriding viewpoint ofthis topic is the new role of thelogistics sector in the era ofdigitalization. Forwardingcompanies are growing beyondtheir previous role of simpleservice providers – they arebecoming systempartners for

their chemical, pharma, andbiotech customers.With theLogisticsHotSpotwe are trying totrigger some fresh thinking here.

what placewill be given toequipment for thebiotechnology sector?t.s. :Biotech equipment playskind of a cross sectional role at ourevent: Youwill find solutions forbiotechnological purposes innearly all exhibition groups, frommechanical or thermal processesthrough the pumps groupup to theautomation or laboratory sector.Not to forget our innovation hall9.2 – all of this simply reflects thefact that biotechnologicalprocessesmake use of the fullarsenal of established processsolutions, albeitwith adaptedspecifications.

how about biobasedchemistry, since the eventyouwanted to stage on thesubject was cancelled?t.s. :Of course,wewon’t discardthis topic fromour agenda, in factthe opposite…. as the importanceof bio-economy is unabatedlyincreasing.We address thismatter

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through our second focal topicwhichwe call ‘Biotech forChemistry’.What does thatmean?Simply the approach thatbiotechnological processes andchemical processes are graduallymerging – the slogan ‘fromgene toprocess to product’ illustrates thisquite tangibly.Wewant to givecompanies or research instituteswho are active in this field aplatformunder the umbrella ofACHEMAaswe feel they

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the fLowchemistry PAViLionhighLightsimPortAnceofcontinuousmAnufActuringAt Achema 2018 the new Flow Chemistry Pavilion willhost the most advanced, innovative companies &knowledge institutes in the continuous manufacturingmarket, presenting an opportunity for visitors to learnmore about this increasingly important topic!With flexible production selected as a focal topic forAchema 2018, the Flow ChemistryPavilion highlightsthe importance of flow chemistry & continuousmanufacturing as a response to an increasing demandfor adaptability & resource efficiency within thechemical manufacturingmarketplace.With major advantages of the reaction technologyshown to include rapid process optimisation, fasterreactions, cleaner products, increased safety & ease ofscale-up and additional advantages gained byintegrating unit operations such as work-up & analysis,flow chemistry enables the production of syntheticintermediates & products that would otherwise beinaccessible using conventional batch techniques.Specifically, within the Pharma Industry, as the ‘patentcliff’ looms for many high-volume API’s, there is also ashift away from blockbusters towards lower volume,higher potency API’s. This presents an opportunity formanufacturers to adopt newer methods of production– one answer being continuous manufacturing – a trendthat cannot be ignored anymore.Leading Companies in the sector have alreadyconfirmed their participation in the Flow ChemistryPavilion & include AM Technology – AWL / NiTechSolutions – Cetoni GmbH – Chemtrix BV – CMAC –Corning – CSIRO – Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik- Flowid – FujiTechno Industries – HNPMikrosysteme GmbH – Innosyn– Magritek Ltd – Mettler Toledo – MicroinnovaEngineering GmbH – Vapourtec – Zaiput FlowTechnologies.

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Next pages, see our selectionof innovations

E xpert in quick connection in thechemical and pharmaceuticalsectors, The Stäubli Group willpresent its wide range of

proven connection solutions: compactconnectors for laboratories applications(sampling, filters integrity test…), highflow connectors for applications ofloading, filling, draining of tanks…, as wellas multi-connections sytems highlyversatile.Stäubli connection solutions are desig-ned to guarantee leak tightness and fluidintegrity during multiple connectionsand disconnections operations ondifferent types of equipment, while beingeasy to handle and clean, where thepollution is strongly dreaded.In constant quest of innovation, theGroup develops versatile solutionsallowing to answer every need andto increase the productivity of itscustomers.

ACHEMA will be the opportunity to pre-sent a vast range of big size quick-releasecouplings to answer all the requirementsof the sector.

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Anew subject is growing, thedigital transition. howwillyou cover this topic?t.s. :You’re indeed bringing upour third focal topic here, atAchemawe call it ‘FlexibleProduction’.Wehad been thinkingfor quite awhile how toappropriately name this topicwhich depicts the answer of theprocess industry towhat themanufacturing industry callsIndustry 4.0. So,we cameupwiththewording ‘Flexible Production’;and thismeans anything aroundmodular plant concepts,continuous flowprocesses, smartuse of process data, up to variablefeedstocks or lot size one. And sureenough: even if the processindustriesmay just have scratchedthe surface onwhat is possible inthis field –whatever newtechnology is on the rise itwill beon display at Achema.

mainly correlatewithuniversitiesand research institutes aswell asstart-ups and spin-offs. Theseexhibitors are grouped together inhall 9.2whichusually is a crowdpuller for a younger audience, butalso for trend scouts from thebigchemical companies.

whatmessageswould youlike to send to encouragepotential visitors to come ?t.s. :Foragoodreasonourworldwidepromotioncampaignrunsunder theheadline “Beinformed.Be inspired.Be there.”Wecan talkasmuchaswe likeabouthowexciting the technologyondisplay really is.You justhave tosee it live–andyouhave tomeet thepeoplearound these innovations toget theoverall picture. •

what can you tell us aboutthe program? will there be afederating subject serving asa common thread ?t.s. :Topically the congressprogramcovers thewhole diversityof the process industries, but ourclear focus is practice-orientation.We think there are enoughscientific congresses out there,henceweaim tooffer support andinspiration for our attendees intheir day-to-day challenges of theirprofessional life. To give thecongress amore approachablestructurewehavedefined the‘AchemaThemeDays’: Resourceswill be themain subject onMonday,DigitizationonTuesday,andEnergy/ClimateonWednesday.

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Touch screenpH/mV-meterBamo company presents the Bamophar 107model, a newdevice fort pH andORPmea-surement in chemical andwater treatmentprocesses. Bamophar displays on a color

touch-sensitive screen amultilingual friendly usingmenu. The reading is easyformeasurement, tempera-ture and relay status. It dis-plays amenuwith all para-meters for configuration ofanalogue outputs, thres-holds and regulationmode.

For a safe start-up a testmenu allowa simulationof regulation actuating all out-puts andPID, relay outputs. Analogueout-put reflects themeasurement andmaybescaled all along the range. Temperature ana-logueoutput is available aswell as a4-20mAsignal. Bamophar 107offers high flexibilityonuse throughconfigurations of parametersfor regulation, thresholds, temperature com-pensation andalarms.Anextension terminal(wall, panel orDIN railmounting) can allowasecondmeasuringparameter (pH, flow-rate,conductivity, etc.).Hall 11.0 Booth G3

LeVeL trAnsmitterAnDmAssfLowmeterkrohnepresents the re-newedOptiflex range of TDR leveltransmitters. Just like theOp-tiwave portfolio of 6…80GHzradar level transmitterswas re-newed in 2017, the TDR seriescomprises six devices, eachspecifically designed for a cer-tain area of application. Moreo-ver, theOptimass portfolio ofmass flowmeters has been sup-plementedwith large line sizesup toDN400/ 16», representingthe highest capacity Coriolisflowmeters on themarket.Hall 11.1 Booth A13

Atex agitatorsmixel, the French leader indesigning &manufacturing ofindustrial agitators, has deli-vered fiveATEXhigh-techdevices for the equipment offiltration units in theMiddleEast. These agitators respondto themost severe design andoperating constraints of ourcustomer’s process: explosiveatmosphere, semi-arid, saltyand corrosive environment,high temperatures, dange-rous products ... not tomen-tion the compliancewith Eu-ropean construction

standards and norms in country of installa-tion. The agitators ensure the homogeniza-tion of a solution ofwater andmonoethyleneglycol which is injected into filters of prepa-ration of a natural gas additive. This additiveis completely free of impurities & of optimalquality. Our client has relied on our expertiseand experience in designing and producingagitators for similar use. By integrating intoits process our reliable and efficient agita-tors, our customer ensures the quality andintegrity of its final product.Hall 5.0 Booth E73

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Scientific Excellence forInnovation in Chemistry &MaterialsAll companies need to innovate to stay competitive. But theydonot always have the expertise or resources needed to carryout theR&D that is at the heart of innovation.This iswhere thechimie Balard cirimat carnot Institute canhelp.Our researchers inChemistry,Materials andProcesseshave collaboratedwith numerous companies, big and small, topropose solutions andhelpbringnewproducts tomarket: Forinstance, ChimieBalardCirimatCarnot Institute developedasolution to remplacedangerous chemicalswithMaintenance-ver, a newbio-sourceddetergentwith a lowenvironmental im-pact. Another example is Bulane, allowingusinghydrogenenergy thanks to a clean flameproducedby the electrolysis ofwater. Last instancewithNorimat, a highperformancemate-rialsmade in record timebyflash sintering, allowing reducedwaste andproduction time. If youneed similar expertise foryour company,wewouldbedelighted todiscuss your projectswith you andhowwecanhelp in theirmaturation.Hall 9.2 Booth D12

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The MHD evaporation tech-nology is innovative andunique on the market bymany aspects.Working in atmosphericpressure, it exempts of com-pressors and vacuum pumps,expensive and with a limitedlifetime. All the componentsare plastic, this technologyallows the treatment of themost acid effluents without reba-lancing of PH, and thus, withoutconsumption of expensive addi-tives (ex: soda). The distillate pro-duced, generally nearby quality ofpure water, is at low temperature(30°C), not requiring energy forcooling. Modular, ECOSTILL canwork in partial mode, non-stop ofthe installation. Evolutionary,ECOSTILL knows how to adapt itscapacity to needs in time. Its func-tioning with atmospheric pressure

Your effluents are aggressive, you concentrate themwith difficulty, your operational costs of treatmentare high ? Use theMHD evaporation technology implemented in the ECOSTILL evaporators and youwillsolve all or part of your concerns !

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leads no noise pollution. Last butnot least, in standard version or orintegrated specifically into yourplant, ECOSTILL adapts himself tothe proposed industrial environ-ment.

In summary, very reduced OPEX(maintenance and energy) andvery high OEE-overall equipmenteffectiveness-(more than 90 %)makes MHD technology, the tech-nology of evaporative-concentra-

tion among the best to imple-ment a ZLD politics («ZeroLiquid Discharge) technicallyand economically effective.

Recognized by the ADEME(the French environement andenergy management agency),held on several R&D europeanprograms, implemented onmajor industrial companies for

5 years, the MHD technology is aFrench technology!Dare and contact TMW !

ProcessfeAsABiLitystuDies serVicesBoccardperforms feasibilitystudies for your processes,constructs your pilot units,adapts your existing units orrealizes your new Industrialproduction plants. Its processexpertise is in designing thefluid functions thatmeet yourneeds, taking into account yourconstraints, and the regulations

in force.Boccard alsohelps indus-trials inconception(IntegratedEngineering,

Process design and Simulation,3D installation) and production(projectmanagement, prefa-bricationworkshops, construc-tion, commissioning). ProjectPhasemanagement is assuredby applying Boccards internalMethodology and Processesalongwith the appropriatehuman resources.Hall 6.1 Booth C11

Distillation columnsimulation softwareWhether it is to regenerate solvents, obtainhighpurity products or improve the recoveryof productswith high addedvalue, batchdis-tillation iswidely used in fine& specialty che-micals. In order to achieve anoptimal solutionin theoperationor designof these units: lowcycle time, good separationof products,mi-nimal energy consumption ...ProSimpres-ents the latest versionofBatchColumndis-continuousdistillation that allows all thosewhodesignor operatebatchdistillation unitsto rely on adedicated tool tomeet suchchallenges. The software associates ade-tailed representationof the hydrodynamicsof the column, the heating system, thecondenser / decanter and the associatedcontrols, thepossibility of optimizing themost complex separations (azeotropic,extractive, reactivedistillation ...), aswell as afaithful descriptionof theprocedure. User-friendly interface, fast calculations andeasy-to-use resultsmake it a powerful tool.Hall 9.2 Booth C16

Powder transferSystemaro, unveils its Powder Transfer Systems toreplacemanual processeswith direct transferfrom thepowder container to the formula,minimizing air contamination.Available in1-inch, 2-inch and3-inchmodels, the systemcan transfer powders ranging fromfive to45poundsper cubic foot (721 kilogramspercubicmeter) of dry-weight, including carbonblack, expandedmica, silicones, acrylic resinsandmore. TheAroPowder Transfer Systemhas a unique, patented air-induction systemincreases air velocity for optimumpowderaeration anddiffusion reducing thepossibility

of powderpack-out.Stall-free air valvingandabuilt-in timerensureproper fluidi-zationbefore start-up. The system’sfour-way air effi-ciency valve controlsthe amount of air orother inert gas requi-red for operation,making it a criticalcost- andenergy-saving feature.Hall 8.0 Booth L37

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Oil-free and oil-lubricatedcompressorsAtAchema 2018, Sauer compressors exhibits its extensiveportfolio of oil-free solutions. First, the company highlightstheHAUG.Sirius HP 450model, the first compressor tocombine Sauer’s extensive know-how in high-pressure ap-plications andHAUGSauer’s expertise inmanufacturingoil-free solutions. It is a powerful high-pressure compressor thatis entirely oil-free to ensure excellent gaspurity. Thehermeti-cally gas-tight construction achieves extremely low leakrates andenables 4-stage compressionof almost anygas.With a volumeflow rate of 60Nm3/h, the compressor ope-rates at a suctionpressure of 5bar.g andafinal pressure of450bar.g.Hall 8.0 Booth D24

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Microwave flow sensorenvea subsidiary calledSWREngineeringpresents atAchema its newmicrowaveflowsensor: theFlowJamPlus. Itdetectsmaterialmovement and jampresence in thepipe.Theuser can accurately distinguishwith FlowJamPlus if thedetection area is filledwithmaterial or is empty.In particular,

thedetectionof a jam in a freefallpipeor chute canbe solved in asafer andmore comprehensivemanner thanwith thepreviouslevel sensors, as not only the unin-tendedoperating condition (bloc-

kage frombelow)but also thedesiredoperating condition (material flow) is displayed.Materialmo-vement inmetallic pipes, ducts, free-fall or transfer pointswillbe indicatedby two switching conditions on theoutput relay.The completeFlowJam family consists of 4 sensors: stan-dardFlowJam, separated versionFlowJamS, FlowJamA forvery small flow rates in non-metallic lines andFlowJamPlus.TheFlowJam, FlowJamSandFlowJamPlus canbe equip-pedwith theoptional process adapter that allowsoperationat temperatures of up to 200°Candpressures up to 20bar.Hall 11.1 Booth A73 & G78

Gasketed plate heatexchangeralfa Lavalpresents the latest addition to this high perfor-ming gasketed plate heat exchanger range: theAlfa LavalT25-B. Packed full of innovations and features, the design istruly challenging the status quo of gasketed plate heat ex-changers. heAlfa Laval T25-B heat exchanger is speciallyengineered for applications that require the closest tempe-rature range approach and high pressure. Thanks to effi-cient features such as CurveFlow, T25-B ensures uniformmedia flow across the entire plate for exceptional heattransfer and pressure performance even in themost de-manding industrial applications. As a result, T25-B is parti-cularly suitable for HVAC cooling applications, including indata centres or as a pressure breaker in high-rise buildings.Hall 4.0 Booth D4

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Diaphragm processpumpThe ecoflowdiaphragmprocess pumppre-sented by Lewa onAchema 2018 is the rightsolution for almost all applications in pro-cess technology requiring high dischargepressures. Itsmodular designmakes pos-sible to combine various pumpheads anddrive units in variablemodular designwithseries or boxer design.We take your perfor-mance needs and space requirements intoaccount in the design. The Lewa ecoflowdiaphragmprocess pumpdiffers fromotherpumps due to its unique suction capacity.With an absolute suction pressure of up to0.1 bar, it providesmore than just awidearray of safe installation options. The opera-ting costs for the entire systemcan alsobe decreased compared to other pumps.When not operating, a spring fixes thediaphragm in a neutral position at all times.This ensures that the diaphragm is neverdamaged due to incorrect positioningwhenstarting up.Hall 8.0 Booth C62

Slurry PumpsSomeflu is launching its newslurry rangeSPpumps, specially designed to handle loadedfluids in themining, chemical andmetallurgyapplications. Theseboth corrosive andabra-sive liquids require the useof a chemicallyinertmaterialwith a specificdesign tode-crease the abrasiondue to suspended solids.Madeof Somedur, an anti-abrasionmaterialdevelopedbySomeflu, theSPpumps resistto acids and strongalkalis up to95°C. Theyareproposedat the nearest of their best effi-ciencypointwhichguarantees amaximal li-

fespan (capacity up to1200m3/h and total headup

to90m). TheSPpumpsensurehighperformances, reducedscheduledmaintenance, lower

sparepart requirements andenergy savings, contributing toanoptimisedTotal Cost ofOwnership. TheSPpumprange is proposed in several

versions dependingon theslurry classification: light,mediumor heavy.

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LABorAtorycuttingmiLLThemanufacturer of particle si-zing instrumentsFritsch unveilsat Achema2018 its newUniver-sal Cuttingmill Pulverisette 19.This device is deal for size-re-duction for awide range of dif-ferentmaterials due to variableadjustment of the rotationalspeedof the rotor, various knifegeometries, replaceable bladesandpractical sieve cassettes.With amaximum feed size of 70x 80mm, a throughput quantityof up 60 l/h and a rotor speedof 2,800 rpm, this cuttingmillquickly and effectively dry softtomedium-hard samplemate-rials, aswell as fibrousmaterialsandplasticswith reliable repro-ducible results. Morevoer, it pro-vides simple cleaning thanks toa fully openable grinding cham-ber. The rotor and the sieve canbe simply be removedwithsimplemotions. The housingand closing lid canbe liftedback completely, and the grin-ding chamber lid can be com-pletely removed from its hinges.Hall 4.1 Booth J49

PrePArAtiVehPLcHipersepPilot is a newsystemcommercializedbynovasep forpreparativeHPLC (HighPres-sure LiquidChromatography).Its primary application is thepu-rificationof smallmolecules for

thepharmaceu-tical and chemi-cal industries.With over a1,000pos sibleconfigurations,HipersepPilot isan equipementwith amodulardesign thatadapts to your

processes andneeds. In particu-lar, it canbeusedwith columnswith an internal diameter ran-ging from50 to 150mmfor pilotscale purifications. Its sanitarydesignmakes it easy to cleanandminimizes the risk of cross-contamination.Hall 4.1 Booth J58

High temperaturescrew flowmeterVSepresents its high temperature version ofthe RS screw flowmeter at Achema 2018.With the newhigh temperature pick up sys-tem the flowmeters can also be appliedunder themost difficult conditions. Materialsof highest quality like ceramic and hermeti-cally sealed connectors are solely used toallow a safe application, e.g. in climatic expo-sure test cabinets. Themodule is suitable fora temperature range of -40°C up to +210°Cand can be used in all sizes available of theRS series in cast iron or stainless steel. If ne-cessary, the high temperature pick up sys-tem can also be retrofitted. At Achema, VSE

also unveilsits newpreamplifierfor the VSIseries formoreconstant andvibrationfreemeasu-

rements can be achieved. A switchable A/B-90° offset allows for a direction reversal du-ring commissioning. A separate directionsignal additionally provides information fore.g. single-channel evaluations.Hall 8.0 Booth B36

Double disc isolationvalveGuichonValves is amanufacturer of indus-trial valves since 1921 and recognized as aworld leader in its field. He innovates andpre-sents a newdoubledisc throughconduit iso-lation valve. Especially designed tooperateonpetrochemical processes, the 209N-DDTCvalves are installed in pairs on ethanecrackingunits (steamcrackers). Designedwith an innovative kinematic, these valvesequip transfer anddecoking lines (TLVandDV). They aremadeof: a one-piecefabricatedbody (allowing to face thepiping loads), a substitution ring (reconstitu-tingpassage at opening), stellited substitutionring and seats (to increaseperformance andlifetime), a double-block andbleed feature(for higher safety), a steam injection andanoptimizedpositive isolation systemaswell, toensure that no solid particle settles on thefunctional surfaces. This technology isavailable fromDN6’’ to 88’’ for theCL150andCL600pressure classes (andbeyondtheseDN/Class on request).Hall 8.0 Booth C64

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