Industrial service provider and operator of the Knapsack Chemical Park: maintenance, engineering, plant construction, infrastructure and supply and disposal.
Yncoris GmbH & Co. KG
Hürth-KnapsackNew on Amplifa
Industrial service provider and operator of the Knapsack Chemical Park
Yncoris GmbH & Co. KG is an industrial service provider based in the Knapsack district of Hürth and operates the Knapsack Chemical Park. The company was created in 1998 through the spin-off of corporate divisions of Hoechst AG and traded under the name InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG until 2019. Its service portfolio covers four areas for the entire life cycle of chemical plants: maintaining (maintenance, turnarounds), operating (infrastructure services, HSE management, supply and disposal), planning (concepts and consulting, project and site engineering, authority management) and building (construction, GDK plant construction, process technology with process analytics and automation technology). For the manufacturing companies at the site, Yncoris supplies electricity, gases and liquids via a pipeline system, operates wastewater treatment through Abwasser-Gesellschaft Knapsack GmbH and logistics services through KCG Knapsack Cargo GmbH with up to 50,000 containers per year. In addition, the company offers some of its services regionally and supraregionally throughout Germany, including in international plant construction. Partners in the chemical park include Celanese, LyondellBasell, Clariant, Vinnolit, CABB and Nippon Gases Deutschland.
- Site
- Hürth-Knapsack
- Processes
- Maintenance / turnarounds, Project engineering (conceptual design, basic engineering, detail engineering), Site engineering (process and chemical engineering, equipment layout and piping planning,, Concepts & consulting (consulting services, process design, conceptual design), Authority management (permits, appointed-officer functions), Construction / GDK plant construction / construction services / fabrication and assembly, Process technology (process analytics technology, automation technology), Supply and disposal (energies and media, energy and media distribution networks, energy and
- Materials
- Fresh water, Fully demineralized water, Steam, Natural gas, Compressed air, Instrument air, Oxygen, Nitrogen
- Certificates
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001
- Founded
- 1998
- Employees
- 1110
- Industries
- Chemical industry, Process industry
- 01
Concepts & Consulting
- 02
Project Engineering (Conceptual, Basic & Detail Engineering)
- 03
Site Engineering
- 04
Authority Management
- 05
Construction / GDK Plant Construction / Fabrication and Assembly
- 06
Process Technology (PAT, Automation Technology)
- 07
Maintenance and Turnarounds
- 08
Supply and Disposal, Infrastructure Services
Energies, media and material network
Electricity
Electrical power supply for the production plants in the chemical park.
Steam
Provided via the Yncoris distribution network for industrial processes.
Compressed Air
Supply of plants with compressed air via the pipeline network.
Natural Gas
Energy source and process medium for the companies based at the site.
Oxygen and Nitrogen
Industrial gases from the adjacent Nippon Gases Deutschland plant.
Fresh and fully demineralized water
Supply of process and ultrapure water.
Chlorine, Caustic Soda, Hydrogen
Gases of the material network, provided by Vinnolit and distributed via Yncoris systems.
Hydrogen Chloride
Network material from CABB in the Knapsack Chemical Park.
Ethylene, Propylene, Iodine Chloride, Phosphorus
Material network products from LyondellBasell, distributed via Yncoris systems.
Locations
Knapsack Chemical Park
DEOperator of the Knapsack Chemical Park; headquarters and operating site
- Materials
- Electricity, steam, compressed air, natural gas, fresh and fully demineralized water, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine,
- Pipeline system for gases and liquids
- Two three-stage mechanical-biological-chemical wastewater treatment plants (Abwasser-Gesellschaft Knapsack GmbH, since 1929)
- Container terminal with rail connection (KCG Knapsack Cargo GmbH, capacity of up to 50,000 containers/year)
- More than 100 bulk material silos with 40,000 m³ storage capacity (Spedition Schmidt, polypropylene and PVC granulates)
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance / turnaroundsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Project engineering (conceptual design, basic engineering, detail engineering)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Site engineering (process and chemical engineering, equipment layout and piping planning,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Concepts & consulting (consulting services, process design, conceptual design)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Authority management (permits, appointed-officer functions)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Construction / GDK plant construction / construction services / fabrication and assemblyAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Process technology (process analytics technology, automation technology)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Supply and disposal (energies and media, energy and media distribution networks, energy andOther | – | – | – | – | – |
| HSE management (occupational health and safety and plant safety, health protection, environmentalInspection | – | – | – | – | – |
| Infrastructure services (facility management, logistics, site security)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
4 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three-stage mechanical-biological-chemical wastewater treatment plant | Abwasser-Gesellschaft Knapsack GmbH | 2 | – | 1929 | Knapsack Chemical Park |
| Container terminal with rail connection | KCG Knapsack Cargo GmbH | – | Capacity of up to 50,000 containers per year | – | Knapsack Chemical Park |
| Bulk material silos (polypropylene and PVC granulates) | Spedition Schmidt | more than | Storage capacity 40,000 m³ | – | Knapsack Chemical Park |
| Pipeline system for gases and liquids | YNCORIS | – | – | – | Knapsack Chemical Park |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and safety
HSE management (Health, Safety, Environment) covers occupational health and safety and plant safety, health protection and environmental measurements and ensures legally compliant site operation.
| Evidence | Knapsack Chemical Park |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 | |
| ISO 14001 |
History
- 1929
Foundation of Abwasser-Gesellschaft Knapsack GmbH (today 67.4 % Yncoris stake).
- 1998
Established on January 1 as a spin-off of corporate divisions of Hoechst AG at the Hürth-Knapsack site (as InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG).
- 1999
Shares of Hoechst AG transferred to Celanese AG after its merger with Rhone-Poulenc; limited partner shares held by LyondellBasell (37 %), Celanese (27 %), Clariant (21 %) and Vinnolit (15 %).
- 2001
Foundation of KCG Knapsack Cargo GmbH (Yncoris stake 23 %).
- 2003
Foundation of EBS-Kraftwerk GmbH (Yncoris stake 50 %).
- 2019
Renaming of InfraServ Knapsack to Yncoris on June 1.