News - Josef Meissner GmbH & Co. KG

SINOPEC has placed an order with Josef Meissner for a world scale Mononitrobenzene plant.

The plant with a capacity of 480.000 tonnes per year employs Josef Meissner' s adiabatic process and consist also of a so-called thermolysis for the treatment of the occurring waste waters.

JOSEF MEISSNER delivers engineering, equipment, services and know-how for the plant that will be operated by Sinopec Nanjing Chemical lndustries Co. Ltd. and erected in the Fujian Province.

Josef Meissner provides technology for the production of nitrobenzene (MNB) at BASF´s Verbund site in Geismar, USA

Within the MDI expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, BASF has chosen Josef Meissner as nitration technology supplier for the MNB production plant.

MSW-Chemie orders a plant for the continuous production of granular emulsion explosive

After MSW-Chemie and Josef Meissner jointly set up successfully a pilot plant for the production of a new granular emulsion explosive with very low emission properties, Josef Meissner has been awarded as the main contractor to build a production with high capacity.

Successful commissioning of Jiangsu Fuqiang’s MNB plant

Our new customer Jiangsu Fuqiang New Material Co. Ltd. located in China has recently commissioned its MNB plant.

MEISSNER‘s equipment and technology for the nitration and our patented, improved washing were used to build a state of the art world scale plant complex.

Based on Josef Meissner's technology Hanwha Solutions Corporation builds a new DNT plant (capacity 180,000 tpy)

Based on Josef Meissner's technology Hanwha Solutions Corporation builds a new DNT plant (capacity 180,000 tpy) with thermolysis for the treatment of the waste water produced.

The plant is located in Yeosu, South Korea.

New MEISSNER NC Stabilization Plant for SYNTHESIA in Operation

A new MEISSNER plant for the stabilization of Nitrocellulose (NC) has been successfully commissioned at the production site of our longstanding customer SYNTHESIA, a.s. in Pardubice, Czech Republic.

SYNTHESIA and its strategic business unit Nitrocellulose is one of the leading producers of Nitrocellulose in Europe, and the new stabilization plant is part of several MEISSNER plants that have been delivered to SYNTHESIA over the last decades.

World-Scale DNT Plant by MEISSNER for SEEC in China

MEISSNER supplies a new plant of world-scale capacity for the production of Dinitrotoluene (DNT) to the customer SEEC (Fujian Southeast Electrochemical Co., Ltd.) in China. The plant uses the MEISSNER process for the manufacture of DNT and features highest reliability and availability. In particular, the plant complies with most stringent safety standards. The scope of supply includes an additional unit for waste water pre-treatment, which is based on the well proven thermolysis technology.

New Emulsion Plant for Orgsintez ProLab (Nova Roll) in Russia

MEISSNER with its product group RHE Händel Engineering supplied a new plant for the production of styrene acrylate emulsions to the customer Orgsintez ProLab in Russia.

The production plant based in Dzerhinsk was successfully commissioned at the beginning of 2018 and since then keeps working at full capacity and to the utmost satisfaction of the customer.

Modernization of Multi-Purpose MEISSNER Pilot Plant

Our pilot plant for the development and check of formulations, especially for synthetic resins and polymer emulsions, has been comprehensively modernized and supplemented. After having moved the plant from the former RHE location Sankt Augustin to the central MEISSNER location for research and development in Immekeppel, the pilot plant could now be successfully commissioned.

During commissioning, together with one of the customers of the MEISSNER product group RHE Händel Engineering, customized new developments for the preparation of synthetic resins have been explored and checked in terms of their implementation in large-scale production plants.

MEISSNER acquires Jiangsu Fuqiang as New Customer for MNB Plant

Jiangsu Fuqiang New Material Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shandong Jinling Group Co., Ltd., commissioned MEISSNER with the supply of a chemical plant for the production of mononitrobenzene (MNB). Another important chemical manufacturer in China has thus been gained by MEISSNER.

Successful Commissioning of the DNT Plant at Yantai Juli‘s

The DNT plant with a capacity of 177,000 metric tons per year, installed in Laiyang (Shandong Province, China) at the leading Chinese TDI producer Yantai Juli Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., was successfully commissioned.

Strengthened Partnership with PJSC Pigment

After successful commissioning of the first emulsion plant, Josef Meissner/RHE Haendel Engineering and PJSC Pigment now agreed upon the supply of a further emulsion plant. The plant shall be put into operation still within 2016.

MEISSNER invests into the Future

MEISSNER company undertakes an extensive modernisation of their office buildings at the Cologne headquarters. During renovation, new office accommodations have been created in the garden-side section of the buildings in order to account for the increased number of employees. The integration of the entire RHE staff into MEISSNER’s new RHE product group thus also finds its spatial expression.

MEISSNER integrates RHE as a separate Product Group

All over the world, the name of RHE stands for innovative technology and quality in the construction of synthetic resin plants for the chemical industry. The ROSEN + HÄNDEL company was founded in 1958 and turned into the independent RHE HÄNDEL GMBH & CO. KG, which in 2000 became a 100% subsidiary of MEISSNER.

At the same time when Dr. Mirko Händel was appointed as MEISSNER Managing Director in July 2015, RHE was integrated into MEISSNER company and today is a separate product group of MEISSNER.

MEISSNER supplies another DNT plant to JULI

The leading Chinese TDI producer JULI has placed the order for another DNT plant with MEISSNER. The scope of supply includes a waste water treatment, too.