Chemiepark Knapsack

Business opportunities for entrepreneurs

in the chemical and related process industries

CHEMIEPARK KNAPSACKChemical Park Knapsack

* By Katharina Bauer / InfraServ Knapsack, Engineering & Contracting (Jan 2011)

Current investments in the Chemiepark Knapsack

Opportunities for future investments

Business development IBT / cooperation opportunities

AGENDA

Chemiepark Knapsack

More than 100 years of experience in the chemical business

Where do we come from?

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Chemiepark Knapsack –international production companies

More than 1.3 billion € ininvestments over the past 8 years

Currently running, starting and scheduled investment projects

� FSM 2 plant, investment € 25 million, started, flame retardant products � FSM 3 & 4 plant, investment € 30 million / € 30 million scheduled 2012� Second combined power plant, € 350 million, 450MWel,started� Specialty chemicals plant (phosphorus), € 40 million scheduled 2012� Natural gas reforming to hydrogen, € 80 million, scheduled 2014

Specialty chemicals plantFSM 2 plant

* By Katharina Bauer / InfraServ Knapsack, Engineering & Contracting (Jan 2011)

Current investments in the Chemiepark Knapsack

Opportunities of future investments

Business development IBT / cooperation opportunities

AGENDA

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Outlook for Knapsack

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Organic and inorganic basic

Chlorine

Plastic

Cellulose

PLABiomass

New materials

Carbon fibers

Solar Silicon

Thin film

Paper

Glass

= Developing sector

= Mature sector

= Growing sector

What does the future hold for the well establishedChemiepark Knapsack?

Renewable Resources

� Future of chemical industry?!� Oil is running short and becoming more and more expensive

� White biotechnology� New routes to „old“ products� New products substituting existing ones

� Renewable resources = seasonal goods� Storage capacities� Year-round availability of resources necessary

� Large volumes of raw materials necessary for biological conversions� Regional availability important

Scope for future investments

� Field Specialty chemicals

� Segment Industrial Bio Technology (IBT)

� Investment scale Pilot plant € 1-5 million

Production plant € 20-40 million

� Employees 15-20

Current investments in the Chemiepark Knapsack

Opportunities of future investments

Business development IBT / Cooperation opportunities

AGENDA

Location SW of Cologne: - Chemiepark Knapsack - ample ressources of sugar beet

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w.klett.de

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A 4River Rhine

Rhineland:Sugar industrie (Pfeifer & Langen)=> sugar beet molasse available

Chemiepark Knapsack – commodity network

Bayer CS thermPhos VinnolitClariant Basell

PSM rawmaterials

PSM-plants

Isoxadifen

Fluquinconazol

Basta-preproducts

Acetyl-chloride

Oxa-Phos-pholane

Oxa-Phopholane

Phosphorus

Phosphorus-acid esters

HostaflamAP

P-inter-mediates

P2O5Polyacid

Phospho-rus red

P-rot

Hostaflam-PR

Causticpotash

Chloro aceticacid

Chloroaceticacid

Hydrogen chloride

Chlorine

Salt

Elektro-lysis

Causticsodium

EDC, Oxi, VC

PVC

S-PVC

Poly-propylen

Propylene

Polypropylene

PP-compounds

Phosphorus-pentasulfide

P-Penta-sulfide

Sulfur

Phosphorus-pentoxide

Polyphosphorus-acid

Nexans

High Temperature

Superconductors

HTSL

CeramicsAcetic aid

Hydrogen

CABB

Mefenpyr-diethyl

Ethene

SafewayKA

Safeway KA

Depal

Depal

Hypo-phosphite

PropamocarbPropamocarb-Fosetylate

Illoxan

TFMAP

Site conditions

� Sufficient amount of sugar beet molasses regionally available

� Commodity network, energy and water supply, and waste disposal

on site

Promising products (study by nova Institute)

� Acetic acid� Bio-plastics

� Polylactic acid (PLA)

� Polyhydroxybutyric acid (PHB)

Acetic Acid

� Chemical building block� Mainly produced by chemical synthesis from methane

(Monsanto) � Biological route = old process:

� Vinegar production process known for more than 1000 years

� Two step fermentation process:1. Conversion of sugar to ethanol (alcoholic fermentation)2. Conversion of ethanol to acetic acid

Chemiepark Knapsack – commodity network

Bayer CS thermPhos VinnolitClariant Basell

PSM rawmaterials

PSM-plants

Isoxadifen

Fluquinconazol

Basta-preproducts

Acetyl-chloride

Oxa-Phos-pholane

Oxa-Phopholane

Phosphorus

Phosphorus-acid esters

HostaflamAP

P-inter-mediates

P2O5Polyacid

Phospho-rus red

P-rot

Hostaflam-PR

Causticpotash

Chloro aceticacid

Chloroaceticacid

Hydrogen chloride

Chlorine

Salt

Elektro-lysis

Causticsodium

EDC, Oxi, VC

PVC

S-PVC

Poly-propylen

Propylene

Polypropylene

PP-compounds

Phosphorus-pentasulfide

P-Penta-sulfide

Sulfur

Phosphorus-pentoxide

Polyphosphorus-acid

Nexans

High Temperature

Superconductors

HTSL

CeramicsAcetic aid

Hydrogen

CABB

Mefenpyr-diethyl

Ethene

SafewayKA

Safeway KA

Depal

Depal

Hypo-phosphite

PropamocarbPropamocarb-Fosetylate

Illoxan

TFMAP

Acetic Acid

� Many fermentation steps� Large amounts of extracting

agent

� Laborious process compared to the chemical synthesis

PLA

� Lactic acid is made from maize, sugar cane, sugar beets, wheat or other biomass containing large amounts of sugar (dextrose)

� PLA is a thermoplastic and allows similar processing techniques and applications as conventional plastics

� Until now, limited industrial scale PLA production, but huge market potential� Production of PLA in Europe is for a limited number of committed

customers and does not satisfy the growing demand

� Applications:� Plastic bags, tableware, food packaging

� Durable hard plastics

Chemiepark Knapsack – commodity network

Bayer CS thermPhos VinnolitClariant Basell

PSM rawmaterials

PSM-plants

Isoxadifen

Fluquinconazol

Basta-preproducts

Acetyl-chloride

Oxa-Phos-pholane

Oxa-Phopholane

Phosphorus

Phosphorus-acid esters

HostaflamAP

P-inter-mediates

P2O5Polyacid

Phospho-rus red

P-rot

Hostaflam-PR

Causticpotash

Chloro aceticacid

Chloroaceticacid

Hydrogen chloride

Chlorine

Salt

Elektro-lysis

Causticsodium

EDC, Oxi, VC

PVC

S-PVC

Poly-propylen

Propylene

Polypropylene

PP-compounds

Phosphorus-pentasulfide

P-Penta-sulfide

Sulfur

Phosphorus-pentoxide

Polyphosphorus-acid

Nexans

High Temperature

Superconductors

HTSL

CeramicsAcetic aid

Hydrogen

CABB

Mefenpyr-diethyl

Ethene

SafewayKA

Safeway KA

Depal

Depal

Hypo-phosphite

PropamocarbPropamocarb-Fosetylate

Illoxan

TFMAP

PLA

PLA

� Lactic acid production:� Many process steps� Different processes to be explored

� Polymerization to PLA rather straight forward

� Especially promising, if lactic acid is used as raw material

PHB

� Employed by microorganisms as a form of energy storage molecule

� Crystalline, brittle in pure form� Copolymerization to alter the properties necessary

� Biocompatible, biodegradable� Suitable for medical applications

� e.g. stents

� Until now, very limited industrial scale production, but huge market potential

Chemiepark Knapsack – commodity network

Bayer CS thermPhos VinnolitClariant Basell

PSM rawmaterials

PSM-plants

Isoxadifen

Fluquinconazol

Basta-preproducts

Acetyl-chloride

Oxa-Phos-pholane

Oxa-Phopholane

Phosphorus

Phosphorus-acid esters

HostaflamAP

P-inter-mediates

P2O5Polyacid

Phospho-rus red

P-rot

Hostaflam-PR

Causticpotash

Chloro aceticacid

Chloroaceticacid

Hydrogen chloride

Chlorine

Salt

Elektro-lysis

Causticsodium

EDC, Oxi, VC

PVC

S-PVC

Poly-propylen

Propylene

Polypropylene

PP-compounds

Phosphorus-pentasulfide

P-Penta-sulfide

Sulfur

Phosphorus-pentoxide

Polyphosphorus-acid

Nexans

High Temperature

Superconductors

HTSL

CeramicsAcetic aid

Hydrogen

CABB

Mefenpyr-diethyl

Ethene

SafewayKA

Safeway KA

Depal

Depal

Hypo-phosphite

PropamocarbPropamocarb-Fosetylate

Illoxan

TFMAP

PHB

� Simple process� Not yet established on large scale� Further processing

(copolymerization…) necessary

� Promising

Comparison of processes/products

� Comparison based on material costs / current market price

� Acetic Acid� Oil price development in future!

� Bio-plastics PLA / PHB� Substitution of existing plastics (polypropylene)� New applications: PHB – medical sector

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Chemiepark Knapsackindividual solutions for start ups and new invetsments

� Investors choosethe services thatsuit their business model from a widerange offered by the site operator.

� Major benefits: � shared site overheads� time to market

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Chemiepark Knapsackplug & play concept

� InfraServ Knapsack offers a plug & play concept for investors

� Benefits:� Flexibilization and optimization of the business

model

� Possibility of focusing on core business

� Time and cost saving through shared services and existing infrastructure

� Synergy potentials resulting from optimum structures

� Benefits from integrated know-howstructures

Why am I here?

Industrial Bio-technology:

� Being in touch with experts from � Chemical industry � Scope Bio-Tec / Plastics

� Identifying new processes� Supporting scale up processes� Discussing scale up business� Discussing opportunities of

cooperation

Site development for the Chemiepark Knapsack:� Exploring the possibilities

for building a� Pilot plant� Production plant located

on the Knapsack site

Summary

� Chemiepark Knapsack perfect location for bio based production� Commodity network� Regional availability of resources

� Due to increasing oil prices, alternate bio-based routes to bulk

chemicals will become attractive (acetic acid)

� New bio-plastics produced from renewable resources already

interesting alternatives to conventionally

produced plastics

� No large scale production in Europe yet – first mover

� Easy start for businesses due to the plug and play concept, powered by Infraserv Knapsack

See you in Cologne!

www.chemiepark-knapsack.de

Site development:

Pierre Kramer�: +49 (2233) 48-6343@: pierre.kramer@chemiepark-knapsack.de

Wolfgang Urmetzer�: +49 (2233) 48-6243@: wolfgang.urmetzer@chemiepark-knapsack.de

Chemiepark Knapsack