Spolana on Thursday announced a koruna (Kc) 1bn (USD45.6m) project to modernise it sulphuric acid production over the next three years, said the company.
Main benefits would include increased field reliability and security and reduced electricity and natural gas consumption, the company said. “The modernisation will be performed on a step-by-step basis because it can take place only during planned production shutdowns. That is why we have split the project over three years,” said Piotr Kearney, a Spolana executive representative.
He added: “The crucial project parts include migrating steam production needed for the entire manufacturing process to the sulphuric acid unit and installing more modern and thus more energy-efficient production equipment.”
The project will be implemented from September by India-based industrial conglomerate Nuberg Industries. Spolana, located in Neratovice, Central Bohemia, said that among its liquid sulphur customers are car battery producers.
Concentrated sulphuric acid, it added, is used in Spolana’s caprolactam (capro) production.
We remind, Spolana Neratovice, a member of the refinery and petrochemical Unipetrol Group, has commissioned a new heating plant to generate steam needed for its operations. The investment totalled CZK 200 million.
Spolana, owned by ORLEN Unipetrol Group, is the sole Czech manufacturer of capro and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
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