- New facility will have an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150,000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide.
- The facility will replace the existing mercury cellroom at Tessenderlo, Belgium.
- ICIG will be the only KOH producer with two sites in Europe after the Thann site conversion.
- Thann site conversion to membrane cells is expected to be operational by October.
New Facility Construction
VYNOVA Group, recently acquired by ICIG from INOVYN, is constructing a new membrane electrolysis facility at its Tessenderlo site in Belgium. The facility will have a nominal annual capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes of Chlorine and 150,000 tonnes of Potassium Hydroxide solution.
Replacement of Mercury Cellroom
This new facility will replace the existing mercury cellroom at the Tessenderlo site. VYNOVA already operates a membrane electrolysis facility at the same site with a capacity of 270,000 tonnes of Chlorine and 300,000 tonnes of Caustic Soda. Additionally, VYNOVA and INOVYN are joint venture partners in a membrane electrolysis facility in Runcorn, UK, with a capacity of 450,000 tonnes of Chlorine and 495,000 tonnes of Caustic Soda.
ICIG's Market Position
The new facility will position ICIG as a leading producer of Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) in Europe. ICIG already owns a KOH production facility at Potasse and Produits Chimiques SAS (PPC) in Thann, France, which is currently being converted to membrane cells. This conversion is expected to be completed and operational by October this year. With these developments, ICIG will be the only KOH producer with two production sites in Europe.
