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Image: Gina Sanders – Fotolia.com Image: Hamik – Fotolia.com Images (6): Honeywell Specialty Chemicals Seelze GmbH Image: Tatjana Balzer – Fotolia.com Innovations from Niedersachsen The diversity of chemistry: Low-fat foodstuffs, water-repellent and breathable clothing, roller blinds which are opaque and impervious to light, medicaments with delayed-action dosage, heavy-duty rotor blades for larger and more efficient wind power plants, lightweight aircraft and cars, sausage casings, kite surf sails, plasters, stucco mouldings, safety glass, bullet-proof vests, cars, aircraft, toothpastes, credit cards, cheques, bank notes, passports and personal documents, dialysis solutions for people suffering from kidney disease, piping, window profiles, packaging films, floor coverings and cables, sports equipment, electronic components - these are just some of the products which benefit from chemical innovations from Niedersachsen.
Chemicals Niedersachsen Global 39 Exports of chemical-pharmaceutical products by countries 2011 EUR million (Source: VCI) World exports of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry 2011 EUR million (Source: VCI) Other 200 NAFTA 9 % 5 % 150 152 135 100 Other Europe Asia 12 % 14 % 60 % EU 27 100 50 0 Germany USA Belgium China France Netherlands Great Britain Switzerland Ireland Japan 73 71 66 61 63 58 57 by Katrin Langemann With the export of chemical products being worth over €150 billion in 2011, Germany is the world champion in chemical exports for the ninth consecutive time. The total share of the global chemical export market was a good eleven percent and this ranks Germany in first place, above the USA, Belgium and China. According to Dr. Utz Tillmann, Director-General of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), “The central role in the industrial network, the high level of innovation, intensive cooperation with academic institutions and science plus the orientation of product strategies to mega-trends and sustainability are the decisive strengths where our sector scores highly. Additional factors are the very diverse nature of Germany’s small and medium-sized enterprises, a pragmatic partnership between management and employees and the successful Chemicals Park model which is being imitated more and more abroad as a site concept.” In Niedersachsen the chemicals industry is one of the ten largest manufacturing sectors. About 50,000 people are employed in the chemicals sector (including rubber and plastics). In 2011 revenue from the chemicals/pharmaceuticals industry was approximately €10.5 billion which represents an increase of 10.3% over the previous year. Overall in 2011 Niedersachsen’s share represents a good 5.7% of total revenue of the German chemicals/pharmaceuticals industry. In the words of Renate Klingenberg, Deputy Managing Director VCI Nord and Managing Director of ChemCoast e.V., “A key success factor for the chemicals industry in Niedersachsen is its central role in an integrated value chain. From the manufacture of basic and speciality chemicals through the construction of a wind power station or a car, the key players are networked with each other locally. A good infrastructure and well-qualified specialist personnel are also the strengths of this region.” Due to raw material availability, favourable infrastructures and transportation options primarily through seaports and inland ports as well as mature industrial structures, the chemicals industry in Niedersachsen manifests very good conditions in these locations. In 2012 Süderelbe AG initiated the two development projects “stade-project 2021” and “deltaland” to generate a regional growth and an employment momentum for Stade and Bomlitz. One of Niedersachsen’s biggest chemical producers is the company Dow with its two sites in Stade and Bomlitz/Industrial Park Walsrode. According to Ralf Brinkmann, President and Chairman of Dow Germany “Niedersachsen is a high-tech state in which many excellent innovations for sustainable development are created and brought to market maturity. This is just the right environment for the further development of our speciality chemicals portfolio. One good example is the subject of renewable energies. This is a grow-ing market which is very attractive for Dow. In Stade we manufacture epoxy resins for carbon fibre reinforced composite materials (CFRP), which is used for rotor blades of modern wind power stations.” Most rotor blades of actual wind power stations were frequently produced out of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP). For larger, more powerful wind turbine systems with heavy-duty rotor blades and a bigger span the GFRP materials have reached their limits. The alternative is CFRP - it consists of a support structure made of carbon fiber which is “baked” with epoxy resin. The CFRP material is as resilient and flexible as metal but very light. The expertise and competencies related to CFRP material are brought together at CFK- Valley Stade e.V., a network with over 100 international members including Dow – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of epoxy resins. The epoxy resins are also used to manufacture aircraft and automotive parts, sports equipment, electronic components and
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