OQ Chemicals

OQ Chemicals GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	2020
Seat	Monheim am Rhein , Germany
management	Dr. Oliver Borgmeier (COO), Stefan Schmidt (CFO)
Number of employees	> 1,400 (2020)
sales	EUR 1,365 million (2010)
Branch	Chemical industry
Website	chemicals.oq.com
Status: 2020

The OQ Chemicals GmbH is an international chemical company with headquarters in Monheim am Rhein . The company is a global manufacturer of oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives such as alcohols , polyols , carboxylic acids , special esters and amines . The former company name Oxea GmbH was officially changed to OQ Chemicals in mid-May 2020 as part of the integration into the newly founded energy company OQ .

history

The company logo of OXEA GmbH until its integration into the energy company OQ in 2020

The company's history began in 2007 with the sale of Celanese and European Oxo (EOXO) , a joint venture between Celanese and Degussa , to the private investor Advent International . This led to the development of the new company with the company name OXEA GmbH , which now took ownership of the Ruhrchemie plant ( Oberhausen , Germany ) and Bay City ( Texas , United States ). In the years that followed, numerous investments in new plant projects and the realignment of some production areas by selling certain production plants to other companies followed. In 2013, Advent International sold OXEA GmbH to Oman Oil Company (OOC) , an Omani gas and mineral oil company based in Muscat .

At the end of 2019, following numerous investment projects by the Oman Oil Company and the Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC Group) , the new brand identity OQ was founded through the merger of nine sub-companies and subsidiaries . OXEA GmbH, which was fully acquired by the Oman Oil Company, was integrated into the newly founded energy company OQ in May 2020 and the company name was officially renamed OQ Chemicals GmbH .

Products

OQ Chemicals GmbH is a major manufacturer of more than 70 oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives , the basic manufacturing process of which goes back to the research work of the German chemist Otto Roelen . Oxo synthesis or hydroformylation refers to the conversion of petrochemical starting materials - above all ethene and propene - with a gas mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen (often also referred to as synthesis gas ) in order to produce aldehydes , which through further technical processes into highly refined intermediate products and specialty chemicals can be transferred. The product portfolio of OQ Chemicals ranges from alcohols , polyols , carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid esters to amines . These organic intermediate products are mainly used for the production of high-quality coatings , lubricants , cosmetic and pharmaceutical products , aromas and fragrances , printing inks and plastics .

Oxo Intermediates product portfolio

Aldehydes

• Propionaldehyde
• n -butyraldehyde
• Isobutyraldehyde
• n-valeraldehyde
• Isovaleraldehyde
• 2-methylbutanal
• n -heptanal
• n-nonanal
• Isononanal
• 2-ethylhexanal
• n / i undecanal
• n / i -C13 / C15 aldehydes (mixture of isomers)

Alcohols

• n -propanol
• n -butanol
• Isobutanol
• 2-ethylhexanol
• Nonanol
• Isononanol
• TCD alcohol (various qualities and packaging forms)

Ester

• n -propyl acetate
• n -butylacetate
• Isobutyl acetate

Oxo derivatives product portfolio

Carboxylic acids

• Propionic acid
• n -butyric acid
• Isobutyric acid
• 2-ethylhexanoic acid
• n -Heptanoic acid
• Isononanoic acid
• Isopentanoic acid
• 2-methylbutyric acid
• n- valeric acid
• 3-methylbutyric acid (isovaleric acid)
• 2-methylpentanoic acid
• Pelargonic acid (n-nonanoic acid)

Polyols

• 1,3-butylene glycol
• Neopentyl glycol
• TCD alcohol
• Trimethylol propane

Amines

• Isopropylamine
• Tri- n propylamine
• n -butylamine
• Di- n -butylamine
• Tri- n -butylamine
• 3-methylbutylamine
• Di- (2-ethylhexyl) amine
• n- octylamine

Locations

The main Ruhrchemie plant of OXEA GmbH at the Oberhausen site, now OQ Chemicals Ruhrchemie plant

The headquarters of the corporate headquarters of OQ Chemicals GmbH is in Monheim am Rhein ( North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany ).

The main plant ("Ruhrchemie plant") is located in Oberhausen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The production site has a size of around 1.2 km ² and has around 1,000 employees. The products from Oberhausen are mainly oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives.

The OQ Chemicals Production GmbH & Co. KG is located in the 6.5 km ² large Marl Chemical Park , of which occupies about 2% of OQ Chemicals. The number of employees here includes around 70 employees who mainly produce oxo-intermediates and oxo-derivatives.

Another production site is located in Amsterdam ( Netherlands ). OQ Chemicals Nederland BV produces carboxylic acid esters (oxo derivatives) here with around 25 employees .

OQ Chemicals is also represented in Asia and operates production facilities - with around 50 employees - in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park for the manufacture of special derivatives. Offices are located in Nanjing , Singapore and Tokyo .

In the United States , OQ Chemicals Corporation has a production site in Bay City ( Texas ). In the 6.5 km ² plant, around 175 employees mainly produce oxo intermediates and oxo derivatives. OQ Chemicals LLC has a production site in Bishop (Texas), at which around 40 employees manufacture products from the "Oxo derivatives" segment.

Overall, OQ Chemicals employs more than 1,400 people worldwide (as of 2020).

Web links

Commons : Ruhrchemie  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• OQ Chemicals GmbH website
• OQ Chemicals website for the Oberhausen site

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} More than a name change: Oxea is now OQ Chemicals. OQ Chemicals GmbH, May 15, 2020, accessed on May 25, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Oxea S.à.rl: Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
3. ↑ Guido D. Frey: The history of Ruhrchemie in the period 1976 - 2018. In: Oxea Chemicals. OXEA GmbH, February 2019, accessed on May 25, 2020 .