  | 1916
The first shovel broke ground for building the Merseburg ammonia
factory on May 25.
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| 1917
The first ammonia reactor was put into service on April 27 using a
ferriferous melting contact as a catalyst. The first boiler wagon left the
company for being processed into explosives on April 28.
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| 1918
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to Professor Dr. Fritz Haber
(1868 - 1934) for detailing the basic scientific factors for catalytic
high-pressure ammonia synthesis.
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| 1919
Ammonium sulphate production was launched. The first boiler wagon
left the company on May 7.
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| 1920
Professor Dr. Matthias Pier (1892 - 1965) developed high-pressure
methanol synthesis that was finally launched in 1923.
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| 1921
The start of catalyst production for synthesising ammonia in Leuna
(Leuna's first major industrial production of catalysts).
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| 1923
Leuna broke through nature's monopoly when wood alcohol was replaced
by synthetic methyl alcohol. Partial conversion was rolled out for producing
methanol synthesis gas.
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| 1925
The first Winkler generators were built for manufacturing synthesis
gas based on lignite.
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| 1926
Construction began on a large-scale production trial installation
for producing benzine from lignite and lignite tar based on the experimental
findings of Professor Dr. Friedrich-Carl-Rudolf Bergius (1884 - 1949) who
obtained liquid reaction products from hard coal in 1913. Professor Dr. Matthias
Pier picked up on these findings to transfer it to Leuna.
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| 1928
Leuna had a monopoly in producing synthetic nitrogen compounds and
nitrogen fertilisers.
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| 1931
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to Professor Dr. Carl Bosch (1874
- 1940) and Professor Dr. Friedrich Bergius for technical implementation of
high-pressure ammonia synthesis in Leuna from 1909 to 1913 (Haber-Bosch's
technique) to promote methanol synthesis and benzine synthesis via coal
hydrogenation.
Isobutyl synthesis provided the technical prerequisites for
generating high-octane aeroplane fuel made of synthesis gas.
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| 1932
There was a crucial breakthrough in lignite hydrogenation by using
powdered molybdenum oxide as the catalyst.
Catalytic high-pressure synthesis
of methylamine was put into service.
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| 1937
The production of special lubricating oils was launched by
polymerising ethylene in the presence of aluminium chloride.
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| 1938
Experiments were commenced for large-scale industrial synthesis of
caprolactam for producing the polyamide fibre Perlon according to the technique
of the chemist Professor Dr. Paul Schlack (1897 - 1987).
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| 1939
Luran was produced for the first time (Leuna's name for
caprolactam).
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| 1940
Tenside production was launched for manufacturing
detergents.
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| 1942
The new caprolactam factory was put into service in
autumn.
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| 1949
A plant was put into service for producing urea in September that
enabled Leuna to use urea it produced itself to manufacture
K-glue.
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| 1952
The Polyamid Leuna injection moulding compound was developed.
The
production of the INH remedy for tuberculosis (isonicotinic acid hydrazide) was
initiated.
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| 1955
The first Soviet petroleum crude was processed.
Manufacture of
epoxy resins.
Experiments for producing polyethylene.
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| 1959
The first shovel broke ground for factory complex II on October 8
laying the foundation for the petrochemical industry in the heart of
Germany.
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| 1960
Petroleum crude processing broke the 1-million tonne limit.
The
L-forming plant for boosting the quality of benzine was integrated into regular
production.
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| 1964
The first expansion phase of the urea factory commenced production
at the beginning of the year.
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| 1966
The first expansion phase was put into service in January for
producing 24 kt/a of high-pressure polyethylene of Leuna II.
Leuna II was
equipped with biological sewage water purification.
|
| 1967
The first tank truck of caprolactam supplied Premnitz in August from
the new plant in factory II.
The petroleum crude pipeline from Schwedt to
Leuna was put into service in October.
|
| 1973
Air separation apparatus 1 went into operation at the new oxygen
factory.
|
| 1979
Mirathen production line V for producing high-pressure polyethylene
commenced trial operation in September.
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| 1986
Low-pressure methanol synthesis was put into service for 2,000
tonnes a day.
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| 1989
The argon plant was put into service.
|
| 1990
Start of the business-area-related privatization of the Leuna-Werke
involving the closure of unprofitable plants as well as the spin-off of
non-chemical-specific businesses.
|
| 1991
Linde AG took over the business area technical gases and developed
it with the help of significant investments in the renewal years to an important
growth factor in the region and its largest gas center in
Europe.
|
| 1992
The Trust Agency, the Minol AG and Leuna-Werke AG concluded a
contract with a consortium being under ELF Aquitaine`s leadership which allowed
inter alia the erection of a new refinery with a capacity of 10 million tons in
Leuna/Spergau.
STEAG AG took over the parts of power generation and erected a
new gas and steam power plant until 1994.
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| 1993
Within the business-area-related privatization the French company
Atochem took over the formaldehyde/glues businesses and the Belgian company UCB
the amines.
Within the framework of a contract the company Oxysynthese
committed to erect a plant for the production of hydrogen
peroxide.
|
| 1994
The business-area-related privatization was continued successfully.
This concerned inter alia the businesses caprolactam, salicylic acid/latex,
surfactants as well as miramid.
The DOMO group began with the expansion and
modernization of the caprolactam sector and erected a new plant for the
processing of caprolactam fo fibers.
In May the construction of the present
day TOTAL Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland began.
|
| 1995
Within the framework of a MBO/MBI in the shape of LEUNA-Harze GmbH
the business unit resins/Leumal are privatized.
BSL Olefinverbund GmbH took
over the polyolefin business.
The business area catalyst ist
privatized.
|
| 1996
The InfraLeuna Infrastruktur und Service GmbH established for the
infrastructure privatization at the end of 1995 started its business activities
on January 1st and realized a comprehensive restructuring and modernization
program as owner and operator of the infrastructure facilities.
The business
unit LE-waxes is privatized in form of the LEUNA-Polymer GmbH.
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| 1997
The refinery was commissioned as the most modern in Europe. It is
the biggest direct investment by a French company in Eastern
Germany.
|
| 1998
The MEAG (today: enviaM) erected another gas and steam power plant
at the site and supplies thereof steam and power to inter alia
InfraLeuna.
|
| 1999
ADDINOL LUBE OIL GmbH relocated its business activities to the
chemical site Leuna and erected modern production and storage
capacities.
LEUNA-TENSIDE GmbH expanded their business
activities.
|
| 2000
KataLeuna GmbH constructed a new catalyst plant.
|
| 2002
InfraLeuna GmbH acquired the gas and steam turbine power plant built
by Steag.
|
| 2003
LEUNA-Harze GmbH expanded the production of epoxy resins with the
commissioning of the plant LEUNA-Harze 2 with a capacity exceeding 20,000 tons
per year.
Linde AG commissioned its second steam reformer.
MVV TREA Leuna
GmbH started with the construction of a thermal waste incineration and energy
recovery plant (TREA).
InfraLeuna GmbH finished the restructuring program
successfully.
|
| 2004
Kartogroup Deutschland GmbH located at the site and erected a plant
for the production of tissues.
|
| 2005
LCP Leuna Carboxylation Plant GmbH took over the salicylic acid
plant of Rhodia and modernized it by considerable investments for the
manufacturing of new products.
Announcement of the construction of a hydrogen
liquefaction plant by Linde AG.
Ground breaking ceremony for expansion
investments of ADDINOL LUBE OIL GmbH.
Commissioning of the MVV TREA Leuna I
and ground breaking ceremony for TREA II.
|
| 2006
Start of production of the phenolic resin plant of LEUNA-Harze
GmbH.
Start of construction of the new air separation unit of
Linde.
|
| 2007
The ground breaking of the methyl methacrylate plant of Quinn
Chemicals Leuna GmbH took place. The investment volume was 260 million
euro.
ADDINOL LUBE OIL GmbH inaugurated its new productions plants.
The
POX-methanol plant of TOTAL Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH was modernized for
42 million euro.
KataLeuna GmbH laid the foundation for a new catalyst plant.
The production start of the 30 million euro investment will be beginning of
2009.
Linde started operation of the new hydrogen liquefaction plant as well
as an air separation plant. The investments amount to about 60 million
euro.
LEUNA-Harze GmbH expanded the epoxy resin production to 40,000 tons
liquid resin per year by putting into operation of the plant LEUNA-Harze
III.
With the commissioning of the TREA II the MVV TREA doubled its
combustion power to 390,000 tons per year.
|
| 2008
For 120 million euro the TOTAL Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GmbH
started the erection of a third desulfurization plant to produce lowsulfur fuel
oil.
Xentrys Leuna GmbH invested 12 million euro in the expansion of
production plants.
InfraLeuna began with the erection of a new condensation
turbine. Objective is the flexible acting on the power and gas markets. Thereby
result additional effects for the site.
With the commisioning of another
phenolic resin plant LEUNA-Harze GmbH increased the production capacity of
BPF-epoxy resin to 10,000 tons per year and expanded their capacity of glycide
ether plant to 7000 tons per year by commissioning of the glycide ether plant
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