Kokkola Site:

Three different plants with six production trains
• 1 Plant with four trains for agrochemical active ingredients
• 1 Plant for intermediates
• 1 GMP plant for pharmaceutical intermediates

Total reactor capacity approx. 500 m³
• Reactor size ranging from 4 – 19 m³
• On average GL/SS 10 – 12 m³
• Standard operating temperatures : -15 – 150°C

Special equipment
• Hastelloy reactor: 10 m³, 6 bar
• Inconel reactor: 10 m³, 40 bar, -40 – 280°C
• Buss loop: 7 m³, 25 bar

Distillation
• Sulzer-type structured columns
• Fractionation columns
• Solvent recovery unit (30 theoretical plates)
• Thin-film/short-path distillation:
  • Feed 150 kg/h, temperature up to 250°C
  • Pressure down to 0.1 mbar

Solids isolation
• 8 Centrifuges
• 8 Dryers
• 3 Pressure filters

On-site incineration for waste treatment
• Organic and aqueous waste
• Reactors and storage tanks vented to incinerator
• Operated according to EU requirements

Material handling
• Extensive tank farm
• Bulk handling of solvents and liquid raw materials
• Special storage tanks for Br₂
• 8 ISO container loading stations including for BuLi and Me₂SO₄
• 8 Dedicated packing units

 

Grangemouth Site:

5 plants with 25 reactor trains of which 12 are set up for dedicated manufacture and 13 are multipurpose

Total reactor capacity:
Total capacity approx. 700 m³
Reactor size ranging from 0.2 m³ to 40 m³
Typical size is 2 m³ to 10 m³

Special equipment
2 Hastelloy reactors (6 m³ & 10 m³)
1 Cryogenic reactor (Hastelloy, 8 m³, -100°C)
1 Incolloy (16 m³)

Distillation
1 Wiped film evaporator

Solids isolation
3 Centrifuges
11 Pressure filters
1 Rotary vacuum dryer


Handling
Chlorine bulk storage
Cyanogen chloride
2 ISO container loading stations
Capability for handling highly odorous materials
(e.g. dimethyl sulphide)

Effluent treatment plant
volumetric throughput
Normal daily 5000 m³
Sustainable daily peak 7500 m³
B.O.D. 12 tonnes/day
C.O.D. 36 tonnes/day