Evonik Launches New Plant for Gas Separation Membranes Production

Next Generation Solutions Evonik Launches New Plant for Gas Separation Membranes Production

2023-03-27 Source: Press release Ahlam Rais 2 min Reading Time

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Evonik has started-up a new production plant for gas separation membranes in Austria. With a hefty investment of double-digit million-euros, the plant aims to meet the firm’s goal of increasing its sustainable Next Generation Solutions.

Sepuran Green hollow-fibre membranes for efficient upgrading of biogas into high purity biomethane and Bio-CO2. (Source: ©Evonik) — Sepuran Green hollow-fibre membranes for efficient upgrading of biogas into high purity biomethane and Bio-CO2.
(Source: ©Evonik)

Schörfling/Austria – Evonik is driving the defossilization of the energy sector towards a sustainable gas economy: The specialty chemicals company has started up a new hollow-fibre spinning plant for the production of gas separation membranes in Schörfling am Attersee in Austria. The new production capacity enables the company to meet the continuing strong demand for Sepuran membranes in biogas, nitrogen, hydrogen and natural gas applications. Evonik invested a low double-digit million-euro amount in the new plant and created around 30 new jobs in Schörfling.

Lauren Kjeldsen, Head of the Smart Materials Division, says: "The growth path of the membranes business clearly follows the group's new sustainability strategy." Last May, Evonik announced plans to invest 3 billion euros by 2030 in Next Generation Solutions, products with superior sustainability benefits. The company's goal is to increase sales of Next Generation Solutions from the current 37 percent to more than 50 percent by 2030. The rapid increase in demand for Next Generation Solutions offers above-average growth potential for Evonik. "With our innovations, we support our customers in making their own products more sustainable and improving their own climate footprint. Our membrane technology for efficient gas separation is a living example of how Next Generation Solutions from Evonik contribute to sustainable added value in close cooperation with all market players," says Kjeldsen.

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In the new production plant, a high-performance polymer is processed into fine hollow-fibres in several process steps. They are at the heart of Evonik’s Sepuran membrane technology. The specialty chemicals company draws on its many years of expertise in polymer chemistry and adjusts key membrane properties already at the development stage of the base material—a high-performance polymer—to produce particularly selective and robust membranes that can withstand extreme pressures and temperatures.

"The global gas market has confidence in our membrane technology. With the capacity expansion in Schörfling, we are sending an important signal to our customers and partners of Evonik’s commitment to helping them accelerate the energy transition towards a sustainable gas economy. We believe the energy mix of the future will be biogas, green hydrogen, and further synthesis products. That's why we are already working to expand our product portfolio and production capacities for this transformational market growth," says Dr. Goetz Baumgarten, Head of the Membranes Innovation Growth Field at Evonik.

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