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WorldwideFrance: New CO 2 plantGreen gas sourceMesser France has teamed up withSpain’s Abengoa Group to builda new CO 2 production facility in Lacq, inthe Pyrénées-Atlantiques département.Abengoa is the largest biofuel producerin Europe. The production unit will reacha capacity of eight tonnes per hour andis expected to produce 70,000 tonnes ofcarbon dioxide per year. In total, around12 million euros is being invested. Everyaspect of the facility has been designedfor environmentally friendly operation.The CO 2 is a waste product from theproduction of bioethanol, which is addedto vehicle fuels in France, accounting forseven per cent of the fuel mix. The gasis generated from the fermentation ofmaize. Moreover, the CO 2 that is generatedduring bioethanol production ispurified with CO 2 rather than with water.This means that the production facilityuses water only for cooling purposes.This environmentally friendly concept alsoFabrice Orecchioni, Richard Perrayon, Antonio Vallespir, Egon Glitz (left to right)extends to transportation. Most of thesurplus carbon dioxide is transported byrail via the new rail terminal in Blanquefortnear Bordeaux. This investment will provideMesser with a reliable future sourceof CO 2 , which hitherto has mainly comefrom ammonia/fertiliser production. Theplant is scheduled to go into operation atthe end of 2012.Angélique Renier, Messer FranceVietnam: Liquid gases for iPhone production“Touch it!”Liquid nitrogen is requiredin the manufacture of touchpanels for iPhones and iPads.Nguyen Canh Duong, MesserHaiphong Sales (r.) and PhamThanh Duong (l.) are happy aboutthe contract with Wintek.Wintek, a Taiwanese manufacturerof LCD touchscreens for Nokiaand for the Apple iPhone (AAPL), isinvesting 150 million dollars in a newplant in northern Vietnam. The factory,which is under construction in Bac Giangprovince, will produce touch panels foriPhones and iPads. Production is alreadydue to start in the third quarter of 2011,with an initial production capacity of tenmillion thin-film transistors a month and“several million” touch panels. MesserHaiphong has signed a five-year contractwith Wintek to supply 500 to 800 tonnesof liquid nitrogen a month. Large quantitiesof the nitrogen will be used for thestorage of electronic components. Acontract to supply 200 cylinders of argona month has also been concluded withWintek.Ivan Perez, Messer Haipong8 Gases for Life 03 | 2011
People Focus6 questions forIvan PerezIvan Perez (31) is a graduate chemist whojoined Messer in 2007. Since the beginningof 2011, he has been strengthening Messer’sapplication technology and market developmentactivities in Vietnam. He is marriedwith two children and has been living inHanoi (Vietnam) with his family since 2011.Former Messer trainee Katharina Butzen with a sample of cryogenically groundrecycled material which forms the basis for new products.Spain: Cold grinding with ecological benefitsRecycling with asmall grain sizeGranulates and powders are importantintermediate products inpolymer processing. In order to produceuniform granulates without unwantedagglomeration, the grinding process hasto be cooled for some starting materials.The Spanish recycling specialist ZartuS.A. is one of the leading suppliers ofcryogenically ground polymers in southernEurope. The company is based inPerafort near Tarragona and has a total ofnine production lines, two of which usecryogenic nitrogen. In 2010, Messer supplieda total of 1.2 million standard cubicmetres of liquid nitrogen for these lines.As director Juan Blázquez explains, themain advantage of cold grinding is theconsistent product quality it delivers. Thesmaller the grain size, the more valuablethe product. Zartu uses cold grindingprimarily to process plastic bottles andpackaging material. The granulates arepredominantly sold to the chemicalindustry. Zartu’s customers include companiessuch as Repsol, PEMEX, Baselland Celanese. They use the recycledmaterial in the manufacture of productsfor numerous sectors. These include carmats, shoe soles, adhesives and paints,particularly for master batches – pigmentswith special effects for a widerange of synthetic resins. The granulatesare also used in the production of nonwovenmaterials such as conveyor belts.The recycling of waste products not onlyhelps to reduce the consumption of rawmaterials, but also to save money. Recycledplastic products are around 35 percent cheaper than new products.Marion Riedel, Messer Ibérica de Gases1. My biggest professional challenge atMesser so far has been …... adapting to life in Vietnam in orderto provide technical support to oursubsidiaries there.2. What typifies Messer for me is …... the ability to take swift action forour customers thanks to the excellentcooperation that exists in our internationalorganisation, and a high degreeof decision-making autonomy.3. My strengths ...... are personal commitment, spontaneity,perseverance, readiness to takerisks, and the ability to learn quickly.4. I have a weakness for …... Mediterranean food. Best enjoyedwith the family, good friends and aglass of red wine.5. What fascinates you about gases and gasapplications?I find my present area of work – cryogenicsolvent recovery and waste gascleaning – as interesting as it is complex.6. The most important invention of the lastcentury is …... the laser with its different applications,such as in nanotechnology,which allows matter to be manipulatedat an atomic level.Gases for Life 03 | 20119
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