Production plant for dimethyl ether in Russia

PCC SE has built a production plant for ultra-pure, aerosol grade dimethyl ether (DME) through OOO DME Aerosol, Pervomaysky (Russia), a joint venture with its long-standing Russian partner, JSC Shchekinoazot. The aim of PCC SE is to enter the market for DME, which is mainly used in the cosmetics industry for example as a propellant […]

Advanced silicon metal production plant in Iceland

In Iceland, we have built one of the world’s most modern and environmentally friendly production facilities for silicon metal and put it into operation in 2018. Silicon metal is used, among other things, as an aluminum alloying element and in the chemical industry for siloxane or silicone production. Silicon metal plant of PCC BakkiSilicon hf. […]

New production plant for ultra-pure MCAA

The production plant for ultra-pure monochloroacetic acid (MCAA), which went into operation in 2016, significantly extends the value chain of the Chlorine segment, because it utilizes as an input the chlorine which we produce ourselves. It also enables a backward integration, as MCAA serves as a raw material for the betaine production of our Surfactants […]

Capacity expansion of chlorine production

After the modernization and expansion investments of the previous years, PCC Rokita SA starts the next capacity expansion installing two more electrolyzers. These electrolyzers VI and VII are commissioned in mid-2018. To utilize the full capacity of all seven electrolyzers, PCC Rokita SA is expanding the ancillary systems at the same time. After its completion […]

Cogeneration plant EC-3 in Brzeg Dolny

This modern combined heat and power (CHP) generating plant on the factory site of PCC Rokita SA in Brzeg Dolny has been providing energy to our chemical production facilities there since 2008. Its installed rating is 70 megawatts thermal output and 15 megawatts electric power.

Gliwice terminal: Expansion and modernization

PCC’s Gliwice terminal, located some 35 kilometers from Katowice, is a fully fledged intermodal hub handling container cargos from Upper Silesia. It offers a particularly favourable location in the vicinity of two trans-European transport corridors, one being Berlin-Dresden-Wrocław-Lemberg-Kiev and the other being Gdańsk-Katowice-Sillein (Slovakia). The operating area was enlarged from 30,000 sq m to 50,000 […]

Brzeg Dolny terminal: Expansion and modernization

The terminal is located on the factory site of PCC Rokita SA in Brzeg Dolny near Wrocław and handles goods flowing into and out of the Lower Silesia region. With expansion work having been officially completed in September 2015, annual handling capacity has more than doubled from around 50,000 TEU (20-foot standard containers) to some […]

Frankfurt (Oder) terminal: Expansion and modernization

The Frankfurt (Oder) terminal is located on the German-Polish border and is a major hub for, in particular, goods flowing into and out of the Berlin-Brandenburg region. With this terminal now established, we are also able to develop our intermodal transport services serving France and Spain in the west. PCC Intermodal S.A. has been operating […]

Kutno terminal: Upgrade, expansion, modernization

Today, PCC’s Kutno terminal counts among Poland’s most advanced combined transport hubs. It facilitates the fast and efficient turn-around of cargos both along east-west routes between Western and Eastern Europe, and also along the north-south axis from the Baltic ports of Gdańsk and Gdynia to the Adriatic ports of Koper and Trieste. The annual handling […]