Domo Chemicals
| DOMO Chemicals GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1994 |
| Seat | Leuna |
| Number of employees | 2150 |
| sales | ~ 1.3 billion euros |
| Branch | Chemical industry |
| Website | www.domochemicals.com |
| As of December 31, 2019 | |
DOMO Chemicals is a Saxony-Anhalt chemical company based in Leuna . The company is a subsidiary of the Belgian DOMO Investment Group . DOMO Chemicals has specialized in polyamide production.
history
The DOMO Group has been producing carpets and yarns in Ghent, Belgium, since 1991 . In 1994 the Caprolactam division of the Leunawerke was taken over by DOMO, from which DOMO Chemicals was formed. At the Leuna site, polyamide 6 granules and resins will continue to be produced and sold together with various by-products such as caprolactam, ammonium sulfate , cumene , acetone and cyclohexanone . In 2014 around 170,000 tons of caprolactam were synthesized in Leuna. The Engineering Plastics divisionis responsible for the refinement of polyamide-6 to various engineering plastics. The division was established in 2002 and was expanded in 2004 by taking over the carpet recycling plant Polyamid 2000 from Premnitz in Brandenburg . In 2014, the Italian CFP Flexible Packaging SpA, a producer of polyamide 6 films for the packaging industry, was taken over. In January 2020, DOMO completed the acquisition of Solvay's European high-performance polyamide business . This business included the engineering plastics operations in France and Poland, the operation of high-performance fibers in France and the operation of polyamide 6.6 granulates and resins as well as the intermediates hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid in France, Spain and Poland.
Individual evidence
- ↑ domofilm.com: The Group , accessed July 28, 2020
- ↑ domochemicals.com: Nylon & Intermediates , accessed July 28, 2020
- ↑ bioeconomy.de: 20 years of Domo Chemicals at the Leuna site , accessed on July 28, 2020
- ↑ welt.de: Investor group buys carpet recycling plant Polyamid 2000 in Premnitz , accessed on July 28, 2020
- ↑ chemie.de: DOMO Chemicals takes over European performance polyamide business from Solvay , accessed on July 29, 2020
- ↑ domochemicals.com: Our history , accessed on July 29, 2020
- ↑ plastverarbeiter.de: Domo Chemicals acquires European polyamide business from Solvay. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .