Rain Carbon Inc., a leading global producer of carbon-based products, initiated the phased start-up of its hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins production facility in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany on Thursday.
Once operational in the fourth quarter of 2019, the state-of-the-art plant will have a permitted resins production capacity of up to 50,000 tons per year and will serve as the cornerstone of Rain Carbon’s Advanced Materials product segment.
Rain Carbon President Gerry Sweeney during the commissioning ceremony said, “Today, we are continuing a traditional that began here in 1898, when the former Rutgers plant was producing raw materials for preserving railroad ties and later when it supported the growing Bakelite industry. Our €60 million investment in this facility will enable Rain Carbon to produce advanced raw materials required to meet changing regulatory requirements and growing consumer demand for cleaner, faster and lighter products.
“These ‘water-white’ resins will match the purity of any competing products available, and they will provide customers with a cleaner alternative for such applications as food packaging and hygiene products. Innovation can also be seen in our proprietary technology for resins production and in the environmentally friendly hydrogen plant constructed by Messer Group,” Sweeney added.
Regarding Messer Group’s role to the project – its first hydrogen plant constructed and installed in Germany – CEO Stefan Messer said: “Germany must continue to extend its leadership in research and development, and remain focused on the climate policy goals of the Paris climate accords. The strategic and ecological production and application of hydrogen brings both topics together.”
Source: Rain Carbon Inc
