Case Study<br>Chemical Company Builds State of the Art Emulsion Plant
Alberdingk Boley GmbH, headquartered in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of polyurethane and acrylate emulsions used in the production of high-quality adhesives and coatings. In 2000, the company chose to expand its manufacturing operations to the United States, and in 2002 selected a plant site in Greensboro, NC. Both polymer and polyurethane emulsions will be produced at the North Carolina site.
Alberdingk Boley selected RHE Haendel Engineering GmbH & Co. KG and RHE America to design and supply the equipment for its new plant. RHE has designed and supplied most of the emulsion production trains —including raw material and finished good storage tank farms and buildings — to Alberdingk Boley during the last 30 years. RHE draws on both 40-plus years of experience designing emulsion manufacturing plants and specialized knowledge of reaction processes to prepare all engineering and design work from a minimal amount of information about the raw materials provided by Alberdingk Boley.