YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG – Chemiepark Knapsack

About the Knapsack Chemical Park

The Knapsack Chemical Park in Hürth near Cologne is a multi-user chemical site with over 118 years of history, operated by YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG. On the 180-hectare site with the Hürth and Knapsack plant sections, around 20 companies from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries as well as the circular economy produce. As site operator and industrial service provider, YNCORIS offers services from a single source: site operations and infrastructure (rail tracks, roads, pipelines, sewers, corridors), permitting management, engineering, plan, build, operate and maintain, as well as plant fire brigade, plant security and emergency management. The Knapsack/Wesseling/Godorf integrated site is connected to the LyondellBasell petrochemical complex. The site is increasingly developing towards the circular economy: recycling of plastics, beverage cartons, PET/polyester and phosphorus, thermal waste recovery, biomass and substitute fuel power plants, as well as a Hürth-South expansion area for Advanced Sorting. As a scale-up platform, it integrates young companies into existing value chains.

Site

Hürth

Processes

Site operations and infrastructure (rail tracks, roads, pipelines, sewers, corridors), Permitting management, Engineering and technical services, Plan, build, operate, maintain, Plant fire brigade and plant security, Emergency and crisis management, Scale-up platform for young companies, Settlement management for investors (multi-user site)

Materials

Site infrastructure, Material integration, Logistics, Engineering

Certificates

Major Accidents Ordinance (12. BImSchV), Safety briefing / check-in, Emergency and crisis management

Founded

1907

Employees

2500

Industries

Chemical industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Circular economy / recycling, Energy, Logistics, Circular economy / recycling (plastics, beverage cartons, PET/polyester,

1. 01

   Site operations and infrastructure

2. 02

   Permitting management

3. 03

   Engineering and technical services

4. 04

   Plan, build, operate, maintain

5. 05

   Plant fire brigade, plant security and emergency management

6. 06

   Logistics incl. container terminal

7. 07

   Settlement management for investors

Services and Site Services

Locations

Knapsack Chemical Park (Hürth)

DE

Chemical park site with Hürth and Knapsack plant sections; site operations and industrial services by YNCORIS

Materials

Chemicals, circular economy, energy

• 22 km rail network
• 2 wastewater treatment plants
• 138 km above-ground pipelines
• Container terminal
• Plant fire brigade and plant security

Hürth-South plant section

DE

Expansion area for the circular economy and Advanced Sorting; integrated recycling and further processing center

Materials

PE/PP plastic waste, beverage cartons, PET/polyester

• Advanced sorting facility
• Scale-up platform

Companies and Plants at the Site

Inside the production

Quality and Safety

YNCORIS operates a comprehensive emergency organization with plant fire brigade, plant security and plant crisis team; the operating areas are subject to the Major Accidents Ordinance and are regularly inspected by the authorities. Annual major exercises and contractual agreements with the city and district ensure joint hazard response.

History

1. 1907

   Start of the chemical site on the Knapsack hill; the site has been part of Hürth for over a century

2. 2007

   Publication of the chronicle '100 Years of the Knapsack Chemical Site' by the then InfraServ GmbH & Co. Knapsack KG

3. 2026

   Brand relaunch of the Knapsack Chemical Park with new logo (Feierabendhaus and Erlenmeyer flask); update of the safety brochure (closure of BASF's Knapsack site)