INVEST SECURELY
Grow sustainably.
Investing today secures the future – and requires more than just a place on the map. At Chemiepark Knapsack, you will find a location that combines security, growth and future prospects. Located in the heart of the economically strong Cologne metropolitan region, it offers everything industry needs: from fully developed open spaces and an industry-friendly environment to infrastructure that sets standards.
Your contact persons
Pierre Kramer
Sebastian Trunk
Location benefits
Figures
> 2500
employees
at Chemiepark Knapsack
20
partners
on site
200 km
infrastructure
(tracks, roads, pipelines, sewers, routes)
118
years
since foundation
450
trainees
on site
More synergies in the integrated material network
The companies on site can share raw materials, intermediate and end products. The reliable and resilient utility supply is also a real location advantage for efficient processes.
Brands
Strong partnerships on site.
Transformation on site
Shaping the future together.
Around 120 years of tradition as an industrial location
Consistent culture of dialogue with neighbours, politicians and the media
Professional approval management
Connection to LyondellBasell petrochemical complex
Recycling of plastic waste - MoReTec plant/Advanced Sorting
Propylene from Wesseling for production plants in Knapsack
Phosphorus recycling by RWE
Waste sorting centre by Remondis
Biomass power plant by e.on
Urban mining: batteries, plastics, textiles, tyres
Scale-up platform for young companies with integration into existing value chains
Genuine multi-user location with clear rules and contracts
Focus on your own core business due to YNCORIS services for approvals, engineering and technical services
Waste to energy plant by eew
Mechanical recycling of beverage cartons by Palurec
Advanced sorting and recycling of PE/PP plastic waste at the Hürth-Süd and Wesseling plants (MoReTec facility) by LYB
Chemical recycling of PET and polyester waste by matterr
Future prospects: CCU with partially biogenic CO₂ from waste to energy plant
Sludge incineration at RWE
Biomass power plant at e.on
Waste to energy plant at eew
From linear to circular economy
The future of chemistry.
The circular economy is of crucial importance for climate protection and the future of Chemical Park Knapsack. That is why we are integrating innovative recycling technologies with an advanced sorting plant in our expansion area Hürth-Süd. This new site part creates space for future-oriented companies, complements the existing site portfolio and makes Knapsack ready for the next generation of sustainable chemical production.
- Circular economy as a well-established principle: utilise resources multiple times, avoid waste
- Urban mining: efficient recovery of valuable raw materials from existing materials and facilities on site and within the region
- New settlements with foresight: focus on circular solutions and industrial partnerships with synergy potential
- Innovative strength meets industrial expertise: direct proximity to the AI Village, universities and research institutions
- Flexible framework conditions for start-ups with sustainable ideas
Full supplied
Optimally secured.
At Chemical Park Knapsack, companies benefit from a comprehensive supply of energy, utilities and reliable services, efficient and future-proof.
Whether steam, electricity or, in future, hydrogen: our networks are designed to meet current and future requirements.The existing infrastructure is highly resilient with its own wastewater treatment plant, site security, fire brigade and medical service. Engineering expertise and knowledge in authority management are available directly on site. This allows companies to concentrate on the essentials: their core business.
- Broad utility supply: Compressed air, demineralised water, fresh water, steam, oxygen, nitrogen, electricity & natural gas
- Prospective connection to H₂ and CO₂ infrastructure
- Wastewater treatment through two centralised treatment plants
- Resilient infrastructure: site security, fire brigade, rescue service, medical facilities - Services from specialists via YNCORIS
- Training for trainees via Rhein-Erft Akademie
Assets on site
Modern und resilient.
- Grid operator for regulated energy sources: electricity and natural gas
- Grid operator for utilities: oxygen, nitrogen, fresh water, deionised water and steam
- In-house production of utalities: cooling water and compressed air
- Modern and resilient assets ensure security of supply
- Long-term competitive steam supply
- Power supply for secondary energies
- Long-term available CO2 point source (recycling cascade)
- Optimal for CCU applications due to high biogenic content
- Area available for future CCU applications in the immediate vicinity
- Two industrial wastewater treatment plants available
- Treatment of different types of wastewater possible
- Two gas and steam power plants (balancing energy) operated by Statkraft
- Traditional lignite site in RWE's Rhenish mining area
- Biomass power plant operated by e.on
- Sludge incineration plant operated by RWE
- Gas peak load plant operated by RWE (planned)
- Connection hydrogen backbone
- Enables the procurement of green hydrogen at world market conditions
- Project development for connection to a prospective CO2 infrastructure has begun - essential for CCU/CCS applications
- Site fire brigade
- Access-controlled works premises (24/7 security)
- Emergency management with crisis communication
- Excellent transport infrastructure via rail and road
- Training for trainees and job education provided by the Rhein-Erft Academy on site
Over a century
Nothing is more constant than change.
The Chemical Park Knapsack looks back on over 100 years of industrial development – and has constantly reinvented itself in the process. What once began as a site for energy-intensive large-scale chemical production is now being consistently developed towards the chemical production of the future. A place that shows: transformation is a tradition here.