Investment Projects

In the Chemical Production division, PCC SE focuses on the extension of the capacity of existing production facilities and the construction of new facilities.

construction of a new ethoxylation plant

chlorine production increase through environmentally friendly technology

construction of a new production facility for monochloroacetic acid (MCAA)

construction of a production plant for specialty Rokopol iPol^® polyols

construction of a new sulphonation plant

capacity enhancement in flame retardant production

construction of a new ethoxylation plant

Client:	PCC Exol S.A. (subsidiary of PCC Rokita SA)
Location:	Płock, Poland
Benefits:	Increase in production capacity by 30,000 tons p.a.
Completion:	2010
Project status:	Reinforced concrete works finished Steel construction works almost finished Almost all apparatus mounted on steel structure or concrete fundations Road works in progress Piping and mechanical works will follow in the next step

chlorine production increase through environmentally friendly technology

Client:	PCC Rokita SA
Location:	Poland - Lower Silesia Brzeg Dolny (on the site of PCC Rokita SA)
Benefits:	Increase in chlorine production capacity to up to 120,000 tons p.a. Reduction of energy consumption Expansion through application of environmentally friendly membrane technology
Completion:	February 2010: expected commissioning of the plant
Project status:	Construction phases since project inception in September 2007: December 2009 – February 2010: processing line start-up, trial run October – December 2009: mechanical start-up May – November 2009: works on electrical and measuring systems May 2008 - December 2009: construction and installation works September 2007 - December 2008: equipment design and delivery

construction of a new production facility for monochloroacetic acid (MCAA)

Client:	PCC Rokita SA
Location:	Poland - Lower Silesia Brzeg Dolny (on the site of PCC Rokita SA)
Benefits:	Improvement of chlorine balance within the plant in Brzeg Dolny Extension of the product range
Completion:	2013
Project status:	The project is in the planning phase.

Investment projects starting from 2007, which have already been successfully completed and commissioned:

construction of a production plant for specialty Rokopol iPol^® polyols

Client:	PCC Rokita SA
Location:	Poland - Lower Silesia Brzeg Dolny (on the site of PCC Rokita SA)
Benefits:	Extension of the product range of the poliols unit by specialty polyols branded Rokopol iPolTM
Completion:	planned for Q3 2009
Projectstatus:	Production facility has been completed, acceptance procedure and test runs are being carried out, scheduled to be completed in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Additionally, the storage base for propylene oxide (PO) – one of the main starting substances for the production of polyols, has been increased. Construction works on three tanks with a volume of 160 cubic metres each will be completed by the end of September.

construction of a new sulphonation plant

Client:	PCC Rokita SA
Location:	Poland - Lower Silesia Brzeg Dolny (on the site of PCC Rokita SA)
Benefits:	Capacity reaches 30,000 tons p.a., raising total annual production capacity to 40,000 tons
Completion:	May 2008

Capacity enhancement in flame retardant production

Client:	PCC Rokita SA
Location:	Poland - Lower Silesia Brzeg Dolny (on the site of PCC Rokita SA)
Benefits:	Increase in production capacity by 2,000 tons p.a.
Completion:	February 2007