Messer consolidates its position in Vietnam

On 25 May, industrial gases specialist Messer signed a 25-year supply contract with Hoa Phat Group. Messer Haiphong, the Vietnamese subsidiary of industrial gases specialist Messer, will thus guarantee the supply of gases to the second phase of Hoa Phat Steel Integrated Complex.

The new air separation unit will produce some 1300 tonnes of air gases such as argon, oxygen and nitrogen per day, increasing Messer Haiphong’s current production capacity by around 250 per cent. Messer is thereby consolidating its position in the industrial gases market in northern Vietnam and strengthening its relationship with Hoa Phat Group. The unit will be integrated in the existing steel complex of Hoa Phat Steel Joint Stock Co. Ltd. in Kinh Mon Town, Hai Duong Province. Messer is investing around 26 million US dollars in the production facility. The unit is due to go into operation in July 2012.

In 2007, Messer had already invested 20 million US dollars in the construction of an air separation unit to meet the gas requirements of Hoa Phat Steel Integrated Complex’s first phase. This unit, which was commissioned by Messer Haiphong in October 2010, is the largest of its kind to date in Vietnam.

Messer Binh Phuoc, another Vietnamese subsidiary of the German Messer Group, is also investing six million US dollars in the construction of a production facility for liquid carbon dioxide in the south of Vietnam. This facility is expected to be completed at the end of 2012 and will meet the demand for liquid carbon dioxide in the southern part of Vietnam.

In China and Vietnam, Messer achieved total sales of 246 million euros.

In Vietnam, Messer almost doubled its sales in 2010 compared with the previous year. A significant contribution to this came from the air separation unit in the north of the country, which was commissioned in October. It also ensures an independent product supply for Messer’s liquid market activities.

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Messer nominated for the entrepreneurs’ award “TRIGOS 2011”

The industrial gas specialist Messer has developed a concept for the “Green Paper Mill” – this is designed to enable all the CO2 produced in paper production to be recycled.

The industrial gas specialist Messer nominated itself for the award TRIGOS Lower Austria 2011 with the “Green Paper Mill” concept. The TRIGOS is Austria’s award for Corporate Social Responsibility. Each year outstanding examples of entrepreneurial commitment are awarded prizes. Helmut Gutenberger from Messer in Austria and Robert Schlatter from Messer in Switzerland have developed the concept of the “Green Paper Mill”. A modular system would permit the use of energy and fresh water during paper production to be decreased while at the same time reducing the emissions in particular of substances which require a certificate, such as carbon dioxide. It is believed that it could be possible to recycle all the CO2 created in paper production.

Industrial gases to combat emissions and power consumption

Operation of a paper mill entails large amounts of different raw materials and significant impacts on the environment. The “Green Paper Mill” concept proffers a solution: The combination of an air separation plant for producing air gases such as oxygen and nitrogen and a paper mill enables large-scale synergies between paper production, power generation and air separation to be utilised, thus reducing the consumption of energy and fresh water and decreasing CO2 emissions and the use of various chemicals. Depending on the parameters required for paper production, it is even conceivable that the air gases produced and the carbon dioxide generated could be completely recycled in the paper production process.

In many industrialised countries the paper industry is one of the largest energy consumers. In particular the milling and grinding processes required for processing the pulp needed to produce paper consume a large amount of energy. The specific power requirements here amount to between 1500 and 2200 kWh per tonne of pulp. This is where one process element of the “Green Paper Mill” comes into play: It can significantly reduce the specific energy consumed during the pulp milling process. Further environmental impacts accounted for in the “Green Paper Mill” concept involve in particular water consumption, emissions of pollutants into the air and waste water, and the use of problematical chemicals.

The TRIGOS is awarded to companies which, regardless of their size, demonstrate the most holistic CSR commitment and implement the best project. The renowned entrepreneurs’ prize is awarded for the categories “Workplace”, “Society”, “Market” and “Ecology”.

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