Messer gas production facilities at the site of MOL Petrochemicals (Source: Messer)
Over the past three years, Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has invested 37.4 million euros in the expansion of its Hungarian operations.
The company recently signed a contract for the construction of a new onsite gas facility with the Petrochemicals segment of MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary; www.molgroup.info). The plant will supply nitrogen and instrument air for a new polyol complex in the northern Hungarian town of Tiszaújváros and is due to go into operation in 2021. With approximately 14,500 m3/h of nitrogen and 27,000 m3/h of instrument air, it will be one of Messer’s largest onsite facilities in Southeast Europe. Polyol is the basic material for polyurethane foams, which are used as versatile polymer products in the construction, automotive, packaging and furniture industries. As part of a major investment, Messer commissioned its third air separation unit in Hungary at the MOL site as recently as 2017.
Furthermore, Messer has installed two new nitrogen generators in the Hungarian towns of Dunavarsány and Hatvan. A third one is under construction. The capacity of the carbon dioxide field in Ölbő, Hungary, has been trebled in the past two years through the construction of another two CO2 plants to meet the growing demand. The total production capacity of the three plants is 120,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.