Acid Plant Database

Acid Plant Database June 26, 2010

Owner	Glanzstoff Austria GmbH & Co. KG
Location	Herzogenburger Straße 69 A-3100 St. Pölten Austria
Background	The fibre factory was opened on June 7, 1906 in the town of Sankt Pölten. From 1911 to 1913 viscose was the main product. Even though the company had 3,000 employees in 1929, it ceased operations from 1930 to 1932. After the Second World War it was an USIA plant administered by the Soviet occupation government from 1946 to 1955, then merged with the Dutch AKU and ENKA group (1956-1983). Subsequently a government-held company until it was taken over by Lenzing AG in 1987. In 1994 production was restricted to tyre rayon. In the same year take-over by C. Grupp and the CAG Holding GmbH and reorganisation as GmbH (limited liability company).
Website	www.glanzstoff.at
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Type of Plant	WSA
Gas Source	Viscose
Plant Capacity	5000 MTPA
SA/DA	Conversion: 99%
Emissions	SO₂: 120 mg/Nm3
Status	Shutdown 2008
Year Built	-
Technology	Haldor Topsoe
Contractor	-
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News	July 18, 2008 - The Glanzstoff Group, one of the world‘s leading producers of viscose yarn, will cease production at its St. Pölten factory at the end of 2008 due to technically/economically unfeasible future regulatory requirements. The facility will be retained as the holding location of the internationally active Glanzstoff Group. The decision was made after careful examination of all technological and economic alternatives. The further reduced emission values set by regulators as of the end of 2009 cannot be achieved technologically/economically. An appeal by Glanzstoff was rejected by Austria’s Independent Administerial Senate (Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat / UVS). Independently of this decision, further operation of the St. Pölten factory, which after a fire in the exhaust fan at the beginning of the year may only produce at approximately 40% of capacity for emissions reasons, would endanger the economic stability of the entire Glanzstoff Group. The decision to phase out production in St. Pölten occurred against the background of requirements prescribed by regulators. Although the exhaust air situation could be decisively improved in recent years thanks to comprehensive investment and technological measures, Glanzstoff Austria is forced to lower carbon disulfide emissions from 100 kg/h to 22 kg/h and of hydrogen sulfide from its current level of 10 kg/h to 3.5 kg/h by December 23, 2009. The UVS ruling confirmed these values on July 2 of this year. Moreover, an intricate IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) approval process of potentially several years’ duration has been prescribed for the plans submitted for reconstruction of the exhaust-air plant, which was destroyed in a fire at the beginning of the year. For this reason it is predictable that quickly returning to full efficiency at the St. Pölten facility, which would be economically indispensable, is not possible for the foreseeable future.

MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

* Coordinates can be used to locate plant on Google Earth


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