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Around 70 neighbors, as well as personalities from local politics, came to Kempen to hear us explain our investment plans for the site and take a look behind the scenes. BYK is planning to build a new raw material tank farm and a tank truck unloading station in Kempen to the latest standards and is investing around 20 million euros in the project.

The new buildings will ensure the safe supply of raw materials to the mixing containers. The investment will also improve occupational safety in the area of tank truck processing and increase throughput times with a modern unloading platform.

The new tank farm is to be built in accordance with the current standards of the Building Energy Act and equipped with heat pumps for environmentally friendly heating. The project is being intensively examined and monitored by the authorities. This includes not only documents and expert opinions on the construction, but also on fire protection, plant safety, noise protection and environmental protection. The preparatory construction work is scheduled to begin this year; commissioning is planned for the end of 2026.

The feedback from our guests was positive. Both neighbors and politicians are pleased with BYK's commitment to the Kempen site.

BYK Netherlands realised a brand-new set of solar panels on the roof of its site in Denekamp. This will be the second location – besides Deventer - that creates energy through a sustainable source in the Netherlands. The warehouse roof is stacked with 444 solar panels which generate approximately 145.000 kWh of green electricity annually. And that is by no means all: further sustainability projects are being planned at all three Dutch BYK locations.

• New innovation building – modern and sustainable
• Heating and cooling with 100 percent renewable energies (heat pumps and photovoltaic systems)
• Commitment to Germany as an innovation location
• Even greater customer proximity and exclusive seminar offerings thanks to integrated seminar and function rooms
• Project costs of around 25 million euros

BYK Additives starts 2024 with a significant investment at the Deventer site in the Netherlands. On January 11, 2024, BYK Netherlands B.V. celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new factory in Deventer, the Netherlands. The new production facility will manufacture solvent based wax dispersions and replace the current facility with a state-of-the-art process installation which will meet current as well as future demands from our customers – of course also in line with current and future regulatory demands. BYK is investing a double-digit million euro amount in the plant.

Investigations into the cause of the fire in Kempen are ongoing - securing of the accident site and cleanup work are making good progress

At the 10th BYK OPEN Charity Golf Tournament with 116 participants and prominent support from TV chef Björn Freitag, 4,000 euros in donations were collected - this time the entire sum will be donated to the Weseler Tafel.

Over the past twelve years, the BYK OPEN tournaments have raised a total of around 40,000 euros in donations and donated them to dedicated clubs and organizations in the Wesel area. 
 

BYK congratulates - and of course we're proud, too, and not just a little bit: Our colleague Sascha Hubbert has won the Ironman in Hamburg!

You will be able to see it from afar: Starting in August, a large construction crane with a hook height of 46 meters will stand on our production site in Wesel (Abelstraße) for around three months.

Last week, the new thin film evaporator (DSV) was moved to its new destination at our site in Wesel. This sounds unspectacular, but it is a further step towards sustainable production.

• Sales 24 percent above previous year’s level
• EBITDA margin 21 percent in the first half year
• Further milestones achieved in innovation and climate protection
• Forecast for the full year raised

• One of the world’s largest and most versatile Flexshuttle facility inaugurated
• Significant time-to-market advantage for customers
• BYK doubles capacity in application technology
• Ca. 15-million-euro investment

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In order to provide our apprentices with the best possible digital support in their mobile work, we have recently started using graphics tablets in our laboratories. This makes remote in-house lessons even better, as it is now possible for all participants to draw chemical formulas and reaction chains graphically via Microsoft TEAMS. In this way, we contribute to the increased protection of our apprentices and our employees from Corona! A win-win for everyone!"

Sales decrease by nearly 7 percent to 1,078 million euros. EBITDA margin reaches 18.7 percent. Company continues to invest in the future

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