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ESHQ Goals 2005

Organization, Site/Country Goal Activities Degree of fulfillment

Admixture Systems Europe & Construction Systems Europe
All sites

Reduction of solid waste by 5 – 10 % The individual sites adopt appropriate measures Goals achieved
Advanced Fillers & Pigments
Miranda de Ebro / Spain		 Reduction of packaging material
  1. Reduction of weight of paper packaging material
  2. Reduced use of pallets 
  3. Increased use of bulk transporters
 Goals achieved
Aerosil & Silanes Rheinfelden/Germany Improvement of energy efficiency
  1. Improved efficiency of the heat and power station in the southern plant section
  2. Optimization of own power generation by utilization of a steam turbine with enhanced efficiency
  3. Heat recovery and optimization of condensate reprocessing of the overall plant

Goals partially achieved

Thanks to optimization, the efficiency of the heat and power station in the southern plant area has been improved by 4 %.The steam turbine project and the condensate reprocessing project are in line with planning and will be completed by mid-2006.

AQura GmbH Hanau-Wolfgang, Marl Germany Introduction and further development of an integrated management system, fulfilling the demands of the DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO 14001(2005) standards, and meeting the requirements of the statutory systems GLP (Good Labor Praxis) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice).

Obtaining the following certifications:

  • DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 by the Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Chemie (DACH)
  • DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO 14001(2005) by Gerling Cert
  • GLP by MUNLV NRW
  • GMP by the local authorities in Darmstadt and Münster

Goals partially achieved

The GMP Audit of the local government authority of Darmstadt has been postponed to 2006 by the respective authorities.

Building Blocks Marl/Germany Reduction of vehicle transports of materials and products within the industrial estate Commissioning of a conduit for HMBTAD between the fine chemicals operations and the intermediate product plant Goals achieved
Building Blocks Parsippany, USA (Global)

Enhancement of customer satisfaction; 15 % reduction in customer complaints

- in the BU activities covering those business activities taken over from the former Peroxygen Chemicals BU in connection with the bundling of Degussa BUs as of 1.1.2006.

  1. Investigation of systems in terms of customer satisfaction
  2. Analysis of data on customer satisfaction from the year 2004
  3. Selection of a global system fort he BU
  4. Response to basic customer complaints
  5. Improvement of systems in order to minimize repetition of the respective cases
  6. Enhancement of customer satisfaction by 15 %

Goals partially achieved

Following dissolution of Peroxygen Chemicals end of 2005 and assignment of Business Line Active Oxygens to Building Blocks with effect as of 01.01.2006, a final examination of target attainment was no longer possible

Building Blocks Schalchen/Germany Reduction of waste by 15 % in product changeovers Execution of a Six Sigma project fort he optimization of product sequences in order to prevent waste and adjustment of product campaign length in order to reduce product changeover frequency.

Goals partially achieved

The project is still in progress. To date, the specific waste volume has been reduced by 6 %.

Building Blocks Trostberg/Germany Reduction of ammonia emissions in the Perlka area by around 70 % Installation of gas scrubbing facility Goals achieved
C4-Chemie Marl/Germany Reduction of emissions in the OXO-plant Connection to TNV, excess gas burner, connection of ND synthesis gas scrubbing to conversion

Goals not achieved

No further measures in ND-OXO process, as discontinued at the end of 2005. The TNV follow-up concept is being newly defined.

C4-Chemie Marl/Germany Reduction of the SO3-aerosole emissions Installation of a filter for reducing sulfuric acid aerosols Goals achieved
C4-Chemie Marl/Germany Reduction of steam consumption in the production of plasticizers by 15 % Optimization of heat exchange between ascending vapors and the remnant alcohol of the previous and current charge in the column (control concept for reflow) Shorter dwell time of INA in storage tanks, Building 384 Goals achieved
Coatings & Colorants Herne, Witten/Germany Reduction of fresh water volume used in steam generation by at least 10 % Increased utilization of condensate for steam generation

Goals not achieved

The technical concept must be revised. Realization in 2006.

Methacrylates Darmstadt/Germany Reduction of exhaust air emissions Additional connection of storage tank respiration to existing bio-filter Goals achieved
Methacrylates Worms/Germany Reduction of heavy metal load Further reduction of heavy metal content in wastewater by stationary air preheater cleaning facility Goals achieved
Specialty Acrylics Darmstadt, Weiterstadt/Germany Reduction of exhaust air emission Reduction of the CO2 emissions by around 15 % by optimized process control and management (pertaining to the year 2003) Goals achieved
Site Services Marl/Germany Rerouting of transport volume from road vehicles to pipelines Capacity expansion cumol transport route Goals achieved
Site Services Marl / Germany Energy savings Online evaluation of energy data in process control system by comparison with time delayed manual evaluation.

Goals partially achieved

Implementation degree of measures 75 %

Site Services Marl/Germany Reduction of NOx-emissions Improvement of water injection at a gas turbine by way of decentral water injection Goals achieved
Site Services Wesseling/Germany Reduction of inorganic nitrogen concentration by 40 % in entire outflow South into the Rhine Waste water flow from power plant fed into biological water treatment plant Goals achieved
Superabsorber Garyville, Greensboro/USA Implementation and integration of ISO- and Responsible Care® -Management systems for the NAFTA Business Unit Superabsorber sites Definition and implementation of integrated management system for the Greensboro and Garyville sites; Establishment of Greensboro as controlling and steering headquarters fort his management system; further development and implementation of Responsible Care 14001 and ISO 14001 (revised version) Goals achieved
Superabsorber Krefeld/Germany Energy savings Partial replacement of cold water by cooling water in the monomer production Goals achieved
Superabsorber Krefeld/Germany Reduction of exhaust air emissions Optimization of discharge conditions via central washer, reduction of emission sources Goals achieved