InfraLeuna

InfraLeuna GmbH describes itself as the owner and operator of all infrastructure at the Leuna chemical site, offering comprehensive infrastructure expertise and shaping an optimal environment for the growth of companies at the site. The site produces products for numerous application areas, from classic refinery products and bio-based base chemicals to technical gases, color pigments and waxes, and innovative plastics.

The Leuna chemical site looks back on a long and significant history reaching back to 1916. In that year Carl Bosch founded an ammonia plant on behalf of BASF, laying the foundation for Leuna's development into an important international chemical site. With the industrial introduction of ammonia synthesis, an era of technological innovation began at Leuna. As early as 1923, methanol was produced here worldwide for the first time using the high-pressure process. In the late 1920s Matthias Pier set another milestone with the development of lignite hydrogenation for producing synthetic fuels and established Leuna as a site of the mineral oil industry. 1938 was a particularly significant year in Leuna's history, when chemists succeeded in synthesizing caprolactam, which is used to produce Perlon. By the outbreak of the Second World War, Leuna had developed into the largest operation of the German chemical industry. One example is the world's first production plant for synthetic surfactants, commissioned in 1942. Even after the Second World War, Leuna remained a significant name in the chemical industry; production continued under the East German flag, and investors based there today continue to benefit from the excellent infrastructure and raw material network.

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