THE CASE OF NOVAMONT
ETP 2010
Working together on societal challanges
Brussels 11-12 May 2010 Charlemagne Building
NOVAMONT: THE ORIGINS (1989)
FERRUZZI
MONTEDISON
MONTECATINI
ERIDANIA
NOVAMONT
(DONEGANI INSTITUTE)
(R&D CENTER)
BEGHIN SAY
(VILVOORDE
RESEARCH CENTER
R&D
projects:
materials, cobuilders
INTEGRATION OF CHEMISTRY,
AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONM ENT
for detergency, biofuel, paper
additives, chemicals from
LIVING CHEMISTRY FOR QUALITY OF
LIFE
hydrocracking
1994: CONCENTRATION JUST ON MATERIALS; CREATION OF NOVAOL, DEDICATED TO BIOFUELS
1996: NOVAMONT ACQUIRED BY BANCA INTESA-SANPAOLO (ex COMIT) AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL
SHAREHOLDERS
NOVAMONT PROFILE
GROWTH TREND
ACQUISITION BY INTESASANPAOLO BANK
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
BREAK- EVEN
MONTEDISON RESEARCH
CENTER ON RRM SINCE
1989
2006
2008
2010
NOVAMONT PROFILE AS AN ENTERPRIS E
•
PIONIER AND A MARKET LEADER IN THE SECTOR OF BIODEGRADABLE
MATERIALS FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES
•
TAILOR-MADE MATERIALS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATIONS (Mater-Bi trade-mark)
•
STRONG PATENT PORTFOLIO (more than 120 articles, >100patents ( 800
cases), >100MlEuro of investment, 10 awards).
•
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AS THE DRIVING FORCE OF
NOVAMONT’S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (>10% of turnover , more than
30% of the human resources dedicated to research)
•
SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL GROWTH TREND OF REVENUES, WITH
STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN OPERATING PERFORMANCE .
Awarded by EPO and EU as “Inventor of the year 2007” for the 1992 –
2001 patents on bioplastics and industrial achievements
NOVAMONT TOD AY
INDUSTRIAL
ENTERPRISE
INCUBATOR
TRAINING
CENTER
NOVAMONT ’S STARCH/VEGETABLE OILS
STARTING TECHNOLOGY
CORN
KERNEL
STARCH
DESTRUC TURIZED STARCH
+ CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS
MILLING
AMORPHOUS
AMYLOSE AND
AMYLOPECTINE
COMPLEXED
STARCH
(droplet like
structure)
+
COMPLEXED
STARCH
(layered
structure)
INTERMEDIATES
POLYMERIC
COMPLEXING
AGENTS
VEGETABLE OILS
NOVAMONT RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES
-STATE OF THE ART 2006 SITUATION
INDUSTRIAL
PHASE: 20000TON
COMPLEXED
1989
STARCH
TECHNOLOGY 1995
STARCH
NANOPARTICLES
2009 SITUATION
60000ton
2000
4 INDUSTRIAL
UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
POLYESTERS
FROM
VEGETABLE OILS
4 INDUSTRIAL LINES FULL
CAPACITY
2010-2012
SITUATION
INCREASE OF
CAPACITY
INCREASE OF
CAPACITY
1997
RESEARCH
MONOMERS F OR
POLYESTERS AND
INTERMEDIATES
2004
RESEARCH PHASE
TRANSFORMATIO
N OF CO/BYPRODUCT S IN COMONOMERS AND
ENERGY
PILOT PLANT. INDUSTRIAL
PLANT BASED ON NEW
TECHNOLOGY PLANNED TO BE
BUILT IN 2010-2011
ACTIVADED DIFFERENT
PROJEC TS AT LOCAL AND
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
25000ton
48ML Eu
INVESTMENT
BIOMASS
25000ton
2004
START-UP OF
FIELD TESTS
SPECIALIZED
OLEAGINOUS
CROPS
NEW
DEVELOPMENTS
SELECTED OLEAGINOUS CROPS – COOPER ATION
PROJEC TS TO USE ALL THE COMPONENTS.
In 2010 START-UP OF FIRST DEDICATED COLTIVATION
WITH COLDIRETTI (SINCRO JV)– FEEDING MONOMERS
PLANT END 2011 BEGINNING 2012
BIOREFINERY INTEGRATED IN THE TERRITORY
BIO-CHEMICALCONVERSION AREA
MONOMERS
FERMANTATION
INTERMEDIATES
PRODUCT S AREA
AGRI AREA
BIO-POLYMERS
STARCH
INDUST RIAL USES
GLYCEROL
OTHER USES
AS CHEMICALS
OIL
BIFUNCT IONAL
ACID
MONO
UNSAT URATEDCONVERSI ON
EXTRACTION
ACID
PROTEINS
MONOFUNCT IONAL
BIOCONVERSION
ACID
SPECIALIZED
VEGETABLE OIL
CROPS
CHEMICALS
CAKE
POLYOFUNCT IONAL
ACID
LIGNIN
PURE CE LLULOSE
HEMICELLULOSE
BIOCONVERSION
THERMAL
VALORIZATION
RESIDUA L
BIOMASS
ANAERO BIC
DIGESTION PHASE I COMPOSTING PHASEII
BIOGAS
ENERGY
POLYFUNCT IONAL
ACIDS
LIQUID
FERTILIZER
ENERGY AREA
COMPOST
BIO/CHEMICAL
CONVERSION
SEEDS
BIOREFIN ERY : MATER BI PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
ALREADY INDUSTRIAL
PLANT READY IN 2011
GENERATI
ON
MINIMUM
RRM C14%
STARCH
NON-FOOD
VEGETABLE OIL
DERIVATIVE
MONOME
RS FROM
BIOMASS
TECHNOLOGIES
FOR BIOPLASTICS
CHEMICALS
1°
25%
YES
NO
NO
STARCH COMPLEXATION
2°
40%
YES
YES
NO
•STARCH COMPLEXATION
•POLYESTER PRODUCT ION
3°
50%
YES
YES. REDUC ED
IMPACT
NO
•STARCH COMPLEXATION
•POLYESTER PRODUCT ION
•MONOMER 1
•C9-C13 DIACIDS
•C9-C18
MONOACIDS
•OTHER
CHEMICAL
INTERMEDIATES
4°
70%
YES
YES. REDUC ED
IMPACT
YES
•STARCH COMPLEXATION
•POLYESTER PRODUCT ION
•MONOMER 1
•MONOMER 2
Lignin/phenols
Cellulose/sugars
Emicellulose/xylo
se
5°
90%
YES
YES. REDUC ED
IMPACT
YES
•STARCH COMPLEXATION
•POLYESTER PRODUCT ION
•MONOMER 1
•.MONOMER 2
•MONOMER 3
NEXT INDUSTRI AL OBJECTIVE
FOR 2010-2011:
PRODUCTION OF MONOMERS TIED TO THIRD
GENERATION POLYESTERS AND CHEMICAL
INTERMEDI ATES
•
A NEW INVESTMENT IN 2010 OF 48 ML EURO . FIR ST
PLANT OF THIS TYPE WITH A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 25000
•
SELECTED SITE: A DE-INDUSTRIALIZED CHEMICAL SITE
IN CAMPANIA
•
INVESTMENT COVERED BY CAPITAL INCREASE
ALREADY DELIBERATED BY SHAREHOLDERS, EU
STRUCTURAL FUNDS OF CAMPANIA REGION
FIRST PRODUCTION SITE
TERNI
NEW PRODUCTION SITE
TERNI
INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVATION OF
BIOREFINERY’S SECOND STEP
– RECOVERY OF A DISMISSED
CHEMICAL SITE (EX-VINYL CLORIDE
PRODUCTION).
– NEW EMPLOYMENT IN THE
INDUSTRIAL COMPARTMENT AT
LOCAL LEVEL (30% increase in 2007
and 2008)
EX-3M SITE IN CASERTA
BIOREFINERIES FOR BIOPLASTICS
AND CHEMIC ALS
A SOUND OPPORTUNITY FOR:
• RE-INDUSTRIALIZATION OF CHEM ICAL SITES IN EUROPE
•
QUALIFIED EMPLOYMENT IN A KNOWLE DGE BASED
ENVIRONMENT
•
CASE STUDIES OF ECONOMICAL AND ENVIRONMENT
SUSTAINABILITY ABLE TO REDISIGN ENTERPRISES,
PROMOTE PARTNERSHIPS RE-STARTING FROM LOCAL
AREAS
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF MATER-BI
BIOPLASTICS
NOVAMONT IDE A OF INNOVATION
-FOR A SYSTEM-BASED ECONOMY -
STANDARDS
DIVULGATIVE ACTIVITY
STRATEGIC
R&D PROJECTS
CASE STUDIES
INNOVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ANALYSIS
CONTINUOUS
TRAINING
IP PROTECTION
ALLIANCES/ DYNAMIC PARTNERSHIP
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS CAN BECOME A POWERFUL
DEMONSTRATIVE CASE OF RELEVANT DIMENSIONS FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL GROWT H
•REDESIGN ENTIRE APPLICATION SECTORS
•AFFECT THE WAY RAW MATERIALS ARE PRODUCED
THROUGH INT EGRATION OF ENTIRE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL
CHAINS
•MODIFY PRODUCT ’S USE AND DISPOSAL
•EXTEND THE EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITY OF RESEARCH LABS
TO LOCAL AREAS
•DEFINE RELIABLE SYSTEMS STANDARDS
“THE CHALLANGE OF OUR M ILLENNIUM IS IN THE BALANCE BETWEEN
THE TECHNICAL MEANS THAT HUMANITY POSSESSES AND THE
WISDOM IN HOW WE WILL M AKE USE OF THEM”
Umberto Colombo