Tessenderlo Chemie and SYMBIOSE

Chemical Industry in Transition
Tessenderlo Chemie and
SYMBIOSE
FISCH Start Event, Antwerpen 4 Juni 2013
Water stress
Climate change
Disrupted ecosystems
Shifting economical & social powers
Changing living standards
Limited fossil fuels
World hunger
How can our
planet
support this?
Change our way of living and use our
natural resources in a smart way
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Megatrends/Challenges
Help
Tool
FISCH/SYMBIOSE
Chemical Industry in Transition
Solutions
How does Tessenderlo Group fit in ?
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SYMBIOSE fits perfectly in the
strategy of Tessenderlo Group
Web site: We are an international specialty
group with a worldwide presence that
provides solutions for global needs in
food, agriculture, water management and
efficient use and re-use of natural
resources.
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Tessenderlo growth businesses
Kerley
Sulphur
emissions from
refineries
Specialty
fertilizers
Gelatin &
natural
derivatives
Regulated
organic waste
Gelatin
Pet food
Personal care
Energy
....
Water
treatment
Used acid from
pickling lines
Coagulants
for water
treatment
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Actual Business of Tessenderlo (± 2.4 MM €)
Valorisation of side
streams is emergent
Sales> 500 M€
Valorisation of side streams
How to grow this
Chloralkali
PVC
Core Business Area
Inorganics, Chlorinated
Organics, ...
Tessenderlo Group’s business model
Refineries - Steel industry - Other industries
Waste streams
Service fee
Transformation of “waste products” into
marketable products
Revenue
Products
Markets : agrochemicals, water treatment, food…
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By SYMBIOSE inspired projects between
Tessenderlo and (Flemish) industrial partners
• Valorisation of a proteïne source as hydrolysate
• Recycle sulphur from off-gas purification from bio-gas
• Use of solid metal sidestreams from steel mills in the production of
a floculant for water purification
• Idem for iron-rich sludge
• …
INTERNAL
SYMBIOSE facilitates the
connection between companies
With the creation of an active exchange
platform
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Green: TC contacts other company with positive outcome
Red:
Other company contacts TC with positive outcome
Grey:
Contact without positive outcome
INTERNAL
INTERNAL
Alternative Business Models or
Consortia possible within SYMBIOSE
Waste
Supplier(s)
Waste materials
€
€
Waste
Collecting/Handling/Destructing
Companies
€
Techn
Techn
Value
Industrial(s)
Technology Providers
€
Finished products
Customer(s)
€
€
Facilitators
SYMBIOSE helps to identify
projects to be facilitated/
subsidized
Where do we need to develop new
technologies?
How can the autorithies adapt regulation
to promote re-use of side streams?
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The chemical industry is part of
the solution. That is why Tessenderlo
Chemie …
o ... is very much
motivated to help to
build up this Symbiose
platform in Flanders
o ... is hoping to make it
the reference platform
for valorization of sidestreams in Flanders
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