Bayer MaterialScience planning new world-scale TDI plant at Dormagen site
The patented TDI process technology to be used in the planned facility sets new standards worldwide for efficient and climate-friendly TDI production. “The expertise that flowed into our TDI process innovation originated in Dormagen, which is a source of great pride to us here,” says Dieter Kuhne, Head of TDI Production in Dormagen. “Our process enables us to achieve energy savings of up to 60 percent compared with a conventional plant of the same size. Furthermore, the technology requires up to 80 percent less solvent. These factors contribute to a significantly better energy and environmental balance,” adds Kuhne.
Start of the approval process
Bayer MaterialScience first presented plans to erect a new TDI production plant in Dormagen in December 2008. The second phase of the project is scheduled to begin in April 2010 with the “scoping” hearing, to which the Cologne regional government is invited as the regulatory authority. Subject to political acceptance and approval being granted by the authorities, the world-scale plant will be built on the site of the coal-fired power plant, which will be torn down. The new TDI production plant is currently scheduled to go on stream in 2014. Dormagen will then be the sole Bayer MaterialScience site in Europe for the production of TDI. Plans call for the production of raw materials for polyurethane rigid foams to be expanded in Brunsbüttel.
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