据悉,德国赢创工业公司表示,公司计划中位于美国的一套白炭黑生产装置已经开始基础设计工作,该装置将专注于橡胶产业,尤其是增长中的轮胎产业。这套世界级的白炭黑装置计划建在美国东南部,临近于主要的轮胎生产基地。赢创工业表示,该装置预计2017年底建成。
赢创工业董事长兼CEO Klaus Engel表示:“赢创工业正在增长中。此次计划在美国新建的二氧化硅装置是公司过去五年在北美最大的投资项目。通过该项目,我们将继续加强作为二氧化硅供应商的领先市场地位。”
赢创工业已经在2010-2014年期间将白炭黑产能扩大了约30%。公司在2014年9月完成对美国宾夕法尼亚州切斯特的白炭黑装置扩能,新增约2万吨/年的产能。
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庞晓华摘译自《Chemical Week》2015-5-29
原文如下:
Evonik to build world-scale precipitated silica plant in US
6:47 AM MDT | May 29, 2015 | —Natasha Alperowicz
Evonik Industries says that it has started basic engineering for a precipitated silica production plant in the United States focusing on the rubber industry and especially the growing tire industry. The world-scale facility is planned to be built in the southeast of the United States, close to major tire-production sites. Completion is scheduled for late 2017.
“Evonik is on a growth path. In planning this new silica plant, we are preparing our largest North American investment of the past five years. By doing so, we will continue to strengthen our leading market position as a silica supplier,” Klaus Engel, Evonik chairman and CEO, says.
Evonik increased its overall capacity for precipitated silica by about 30% between 2010 and 2014. The company completed an expansion in September 2014 at its Chester, PA, complex that added about 20,000 m.t./year of capacity.