C6 Solutions puts entire plant up for sale
UK speciality chemicals manufacturer, C6 Solutions, which recently announced that it will be stopping production operations by the end of 2005, has put its entire manufacturing plant and equipment up for sale.
UK speciality chemicals manufacturer, C6 Solutions, which recently announced that it will be stopping production operations by the end of 2005, has put its entire manufacturing plant and equipment up for sale.
Based in Castleford, West Yorkshire, the 74-hectare site has capability for custom manufacturing services and production of fine chemical intermediates to the crop science, health and nutrition, and speciality markets.
With reactor capacity in excess of 500m3, including pilot and small-scale plants, the facility can produce a range of chemicals in quantities from a few kilos to several thousand tonnes.
Included in the sale are: two hydrogen generation plants, with a total output 2900Nm3/hr; two Buss AG hydrogenation loop reactor plants (7m3 and 10m3); a phosgenation facility with a 6.8m3 reactor and a 20-200kg/hr phosgene generation capacity; two pharma-ceutical intermediates facilities; glass lined, alloy and stainless steel reactors from 50 litres to 10m3; centrifuges, distillation columns, driers and pressure/vacuum filters; steam turbines, scrubbers, refrigeration and compressed air plant; and development scale and laboratory equipment
All of the plant is for sale by private treaty, either on an individual plant basis or for break-up.