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BorsodChem participates in the 2010 World Water Day

BorsodChem through PVC4PIPES participates in the 2010 World Water Day by raising the profile of water through a campaign implemented in its members’ companies>>>

Consensual agreement achieved between Permira Funds/VCP and Wanhua on BorsodChem’s financial restructuring

Budapest, 25 February 2010 – Hungarian isocyanate producer BorsodChem Zrt. announces that, after several months of intense negotiations, Permira Funds and VCP Capital Partners, the company’s owners, and Wanhua Industrial Group (Wanhua), a strategic investor, have agreed on a consensual restructuring of the capital structure of BorsodChem. The current consensual solution will stabilize the operations of BorsodChem and provide the company with significant further financial flexibility and a solid platform for long term growth.>>>

Change management in the field of safety

BorsodChem is committed to implement excellent safety and occupational health, therefore the company keeps improving and updating its operational practice and regulations. For this purpose, a decision has been made that in the interest of developing the current management system (QMS: ISO 9001, EMS: ISO 14001) the international standard OHSAS18001 (MSZ 28001) will be introduced.>>>

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The whole length of BorsodChem site is 3.5 km?

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More than 100 km of rail line can be found at BorsodChem’s Kazincbarcika site?

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BorsodChem purchases salt required for chlorine manufacturing from Romanian salt-mines?

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An onsite fire department and an ambulance-station operate on BorsodChem’s site in order to make prompt actions in case of any emergency?

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Flexible foams are mainly used by the furniture and automotive industries?

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The construction industry is the main application area of PVC?

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The main application areas of hydrochloric acid solution are the pharmaceutical and food industry as well as energy supply sectors?

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The most advantageous property of rigid foams is good sound- and heat insulation ability, for which they are often used in the construction-, household appliances- and refrigerating industry for the insulation of different tanks and pipes?

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The Eco-Toxicology Laboratory on BorsodChem site performs different biological tests for waste- and ground waters?

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The company’s privatisation ended on August 1, 1991 and adopted the name of BorsodChem Public Limited Company?

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BorsodChem’s Waste Water Treatment Plant purifies industrial- and communal waste waters generating on the company site including rainwater and also the communal waste waters of Berente and the surrounding industrial facilities?

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The sludge-like wastes generating in the course of production are disposed at BorsodChem’s in-house hazardous waste landfill operated by the Waste treatment Plant?

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BorsodChem is a member of several international professional organisations, for instance Euro Chlor, International Isocyanate Institute and Europur?

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The commercial importance of isocyanates came into the spotlight at the end of World War 2, when this sector the chemical industry showed intense development?

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The first isocyanate synthesis was discovered by A. Wurtz in 1849, the basis thereof is the alkylation of calcium-cyanate with organic acid esters?

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The gas blow-downs with hydrochloric acid and phosgene generating in the technology system as well as the phosgene- and hydrochloric acid gases circulating in the system in case of breakdown are neutralised in the Phosgene Neutralisation Unit?

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The denomination of polyurethane means the component of polyol and isocyanate?

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Currently low density flexible foams constitute approx. 50% of the world’s polyurethane production?

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The low density rigid polyurethane foams are excellent insulators, since it is easy to transport them due to the liquid component and they can be expanded when blended at the site of utilisation, which are able to stick onto the surface within a short time (approx. 1 minute)?

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High density polyurethanes are strong and rigid materials, which are primarily used for the production of instrument panels, furniture and car-body elements?

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