Chemische Industrie Uithoorn (Cindu, later Cindu Chemicals) was a chemical company in Uithoorn, Netherlands specialising in processing from coal tar. The company was founded in 1922 as Teerbedrijf Uithoorn (TEBU), and operated under a number of company names. It was acquired by Koppers in 2010 and renamed Koppers Netherlands.
Chemische Industrie Uithoorn (Cindu) later Cindu Chemicals BV
A subsidiary producing polymers from tar derived chemicals was formed in 1960 as Neville Cindu Chemie (later Nevcin Polymers) and operated from the same site in Uithoorn. A reactor at the factory exploded in 1992, causing three deaths and several injuries.
Industrial chemical activity in Uithoorn dates to at least 1863; the Koninklijke Chemische Fabriek produced primarily Sulphuric acid the site. The company was acquired by rival sulphuric acid produced Ketjen en Co.[note 1] who concentrated their manufacturing capacity in Amsterdam. The plant in Uithoorn closed, and was sold for demolition in 1916.[3] In 1922 the factory was acquired by J.A. van Seumeren who created a tar processing facility under the company Teerbedrijf Uithoorn (TEBU).[4]Koninklijke Hoogovens acquired a stake in the company in 1927.[5]
In 1952/3 the company merged with the Utrechtsche Asphaltfabriek NV in 1952 to form Teerunie NV, in 1959 the company was renamed Chemische Industrie Uithoorn (CINDU).[4][6] In 1953 a sales subsidiary (TEBU France) was established in France in 1953. (sold to the van Dijk family 1979 and now tebu-bio).[7]
During the 1970s pollution from in the Uithoorn area became a major source for public concern - Cindu was a major polluter. A public group werkgroep Cindroom was formed by concerned residents of Uithoorn.[8] During the 1970s new environmental protection laws were introduced in the Netherlands, including air quality, and odor nuisance regulations. Before emission control mechanisms were introduced the Cindu plant was estimated to emit ~200t per year into the air.[9] Discharges causing water pollution also exceeded standards, which the company could not realistically meet; exceptions to discharge limits were granted to 1988 whilst the company and authorities sought solutions.[10]
In 1991 the Cindu group (including subsidiaries) employed over 1700 of which over 500 were employed in Uithorn including about 120 at the Nevcin joint venture.[3]
Cindu's parent holding company Cindu International NV (formerly named Cindu - Key & Kramer NV) owned interests in a number of other companies, Cindu International was split up in 1997, and delisted 1999.[11][12] The coal tar activities at Uithoorn continued after 1997 as Cindu Chemicals, (50% owned by Koninklijke Hoogovens), as well as the joint venture Nevcin Polymers.[13]
In 1992 three people died after an explosion at the factory. In 2001 a storage tank for Naphthalene cracked; the resultant odor brought complaints about the odor of (moth balls), which was reported as far away as England.[14]
The plant was sold to Koppers Inc.[1] in 2010 and ceased operations in 2014.
Joint ventures and subsidiaries
Nevcin
Neville Cindu Chemie was founded in 1959 as a 50:50 joint venture located in Uithorn, between Cindu International and Neville Chemical. The company manufactured organic resins.[15][16] The company was renamed Nevcin Polymers in 1984.[16]
On 8 July 1992 an overheating vessel at the Nevcin site exploded, resulting in a fire;[17] three people were killed and eleven wounded.[18] The accident was caused by the reaction vessel being wrongly filled with the reactive chemical Dicyclopentadiene the previous day.[19]
In 1999 Neville chemicals became sole owner of the company.[15][20] The company was renamed Neville Chemical Europe BV from the beginning of 2003.[21] In October 2011 the company was sold to Resinall Rutgers Resins (Germany).[22]
TTS
Tanker Transport Services BV (TTS) was established in 1965; it was the water transportation subsidiary of Cindu, operating tanker barges. It became a separate company in 2002 through a management buyout.[4][23]
Products
Cindu chemicals
In 2007 Cindu's output included Naphthalene, Creosote, Carbon black and Pitch used for the production of carbon electrodes, and also bitumen emulsions for road construction.[24]
The primary process carried out the site was by distillation at 350C, in addition to further purification processes. The primary source of raw material (tar) was Koninklijke Hoogovens, tar from the plant was shipped by barge to Uithoorn.[25]
As of 2012 the plant had a capacity to process 140000t of tar per year.[26]
^Ketjen, founded by Gerhard Tileman Ketjen; one of the predecessor companies of AKZO.
References
^ ab"Kopper Holdings buys Cindu Chemicals", www.businessweek.com, The Associated Press, 2 March 2010
^"Koppers Netherlands B.V.", investing.businessweek.com, Bloomberg LP, retrieved December 31, 2018
^ abCindu 8 juli 1992, (NBDC), 2 : beschrijving March 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, 2.1 Het bedrijf February 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
^ abc(PDF), www.uithoorn.pvda.nl, Uithoorn Partij van de Arbeid, pp. 2–3, 17 December 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-05, retrieved 2012-02-16
^Martinus Nijhoff (1973), Studies on the history of the Netherlands, Nederlands Historisch Genootschap, p. 129, ISBN9789024715374, in order to increase sales of coal tar, Hoogovens acquired an interest in NV Teerbedrijf Uithoorn (Uithoorn Tar Company) (Tebu) in 1927
^"Organische Grundstoffe : Zwischenprodukte, Teerfarben, Weichmacher, Losungsmittel", Die chemische industrie (in German), Verlag Chemie, 14: 471, 1962
^Cindu 8 juli 1992, (NBDC), 3 : organisatiethemas March 13, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, 3.2 Milieu, kwaliteit en veiligheid
^J. Tilma; G. Kokshoorn; A. Lammers (1992), "Treatment of Process Emissions to Air for Odour Reduction", in A. J. Dragt; J. van Ham (eds.), Studies in Environmental Science : Biotechniques for air pollution abatement and odour control policies : proceedings of an international symposium, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 27–29 October 1991, Elsevier Science Publishers BV, pp. 217–218, ISBN0-444-89263-X
^Cindu 8 juli 1992, (NBDC), 2 : beschrijving March 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, 2.2 Preventie en mitigatie February 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
^"Reorganisatie hakt Cindu in stukken", www.volksrant.nl (in Dutch), 22 November 1997
^A. de Jong; P. J.G. Roosenboom; M.J.C.M. Verbeek; P. Verwijmeren (October 2007), (PDF), www.rsm.nl (in Dutch), RSM Erasmus University, Appendix A. Private equity casussen : Overnames door private equity partijen met een beursexit; Casus 1. Cindu, pp.85-6, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2012-02-16
^"Cindu", www.trouw.nl (in Dutch), 22 November 1997
^"Stankoverlast door lek bij Cindu", www.volksrant.nl (in Dutch), 24 July 2001
^ ab"ACQUISITIONS, EXPANSIONS", Rubber World Via Finarticles.com, April 1999, Neville Chemical, Pittsburgh, PA, has reached an agreement to become the sole owner of Nevcin Polymers B.V. Located in Uithoorn, the Netherlands, Nevcin Polymers has been a 50/50 joint venture since 1960 with Neville Chemical and Cindu International, through one of its affiliated companies
^ ab"Neville Chemical Europe BV : General Introduction" (PDF), www.nevchem.nl, Neville[permanent dead link]
^Cindu 8 juli 1992, (NBDC), 2 : beschrijving March 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, 2.4 Respons en hulpverlening
^Cindu 8 juli 1992, (NBDC), 2 : beschrijving March 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, 2.5 Herstel February 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
^G. Lettinga (April 1993), "Ambulance Command and Control in Chemical Accidents" (PDF), in J. Meulenbelt; G.J. Noordergraaf; T.J.F. Savelkoul (eds.), Health aspects chemical accidents (Proceedings), World Health Organization / Centre on the Health Aspects of Chemical Accidents, p. 133
^"Neville Chemical Company Finalizes Deal with Nevcin Polymers, B.V.", www.thefreelibrary.com, PRNewswire, 21 April 1999
^"Nevcin announces name change", www.specialchem4adhesives.com, Neville Chemical Company, 19 December 2002, archived from the original on 10 September 2012
^, www.cindu.nl, Cindu Chemicals BV, archived from the original on 23 August 2007
^, www.cindu.nl, Cindu Chemicals BV, archived from the original on 23 August 2007
^Koppers - Uithoorn August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Koppers Inc. company webpage
^, www.nevchem.nl, Products and Markets : Hydrocarbon resins, archived from the original on 2008-09-20
Sources
, www.nbdc.nl (in Dutch), Nationaal Brandweer-documentatiecentrum (NBDC), archived from the original on 2005-03-12
External links
Cindu
, www.cindu.nl, Cindu Chemicals BV, archived from the original on 15 January 2010, archive of company website
, www.koppers.com, Koppers Inc., archived from the original on 2011-08-11, company webpage
Nevcin
, www.nevchem.nl, Neville Chemical Europe BV, archived from the original on 2011-12-11, company website;Nevcin
tebu-bio
tebu-bio: reagents and lab services in Life Sciences, company website
January 06, 2023
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Coordinates 52 14 23 N 4 50 34 E 52 23981 N 4 84291 E 52 23981 4 84291 Cindu Chemicals Neville Chemical Europe Chemische Industrie Uithoorn Cindu later Cindu Chemicals was a chemical company in Uithoorn Netherlands specialising in processing from coal tar The company was founded in 1922 as Teerbedrijf Uithoorn TEBU and operated under a number of company names It was acquired by Koppers in 2010 and renamed Koppers Netherlands Chemische Industrie Uithoorn Cindu laterCindu Chemicals BVIndustryChemicalPredecessorTeerbedrijf Uithoorn TEBU 1922 1952 Teerunie 1952 1959 Founded1922 as Teerbedrijf UithoornFounderJ A van SeumerenSuccessorKoppers Netherlands BV 2010 HeadquartersUithoorn NetherlandsProductsCoal tar derivativesRevenue 50 million 2008 1 Number of employees122 2 A subsidiary producing polymers from tar derived chemicals was formed in 1960 as Neville Cindu Chemie later Nevcin Polymers and operated from the same site in Uithoorn A reactor at the factory exploded in 1992 causing three deaths and several injuries Cindu ceased operations in 2014 Contents 1 History 1 1 Joint ventures and subsidiaries 1 1 1 Nevcin 1 1 2 TTS 2 Products 2 1 Cindu chemicals 2 2 Nevcin 3 Notes 4 References 4 1 Sources 5 External linksHistory EditIndustrial chemical activity in Uithoorn dates to at least 1863 the Koninklijke Chemische Fabriek produced primarily Sulphuric acid the site The company was acquired by rival sulphuric acid produced Ketjen en Co note 1 who concentrated their manufacturing capacity in Amsterdam The plant in Uithoorn closed and was sold for demolition in 1916 3 In 1922 the factory was acquired by J A van Seumeren who created a tar processing facility under the company Teerbedrijf Uithoorn TEBU 4 Koninklijke Hoogovens acquired a stake in the company in 1927 5 In 1952 3 the company merged with the Utrechtsche Asphaltfabriek NV in 1952 to form Teerunie NV in 1959 the company was renamed Chemische Industrie Uithoorn CINDU 4 6 In 1953 a sales subsidiary TEBU France was established in France in 1953 sold to the van Dijk family 1979 and now tebu bio 7 During the 1970s pollution from in the Uithoorn area became a major source for public concern Cindu was a major polluter A public group werkgroep Cindroom was formed by concerned residents of Uithoorn 8 During the 1970s new environmental protection laws were introduced in the Netherlands including air quality and odor nuisance regulations Before emission control mechanisms were introduced the Cindu plant was estimated to emit 200t per year into the air 9 Discharges causing water pollution also exceeded standards which the company could not realistically meet exceptions to discharge limits were granted to 1988 whilst the company and authorities sought solutions 10 In 1991 the Cindu group including subsidiaries employed over 1700 of which over 500 were employed in Uithorn including about 120 at the Nevcin joint venture 3 Cindu s parent holding company Cindu International NV formerly named Cindu Key amp Kramer NV owned interests in a number of other companies Cindu International was split up in 1997 and delisted 1999 11 12 The coal tar activities at Uithoorn continued after 1997 as Cindu Chemicals 50 owned by Koninklijke Hoogovens as well as the joint venture Nevcin Polymers 13 In 1992 three people died after an explosion at the factory In 2001 a storage tank for Naphthalene cracked the resultant odor brought complaints about the odor of moth balls which was reported as far away as England 14 The plant was sold to Koppers Inc 1 in 2010 and ceased operations in 2014 Joint ventures and subsidiaries Edit Nevcin Edit Neville Cindu Chemie was founded in 1959 as a 50 50 joint venture located in Uithorn between Cindu International and Neville Chemical The company manufactured organic resins 15 16 The company was renamed Nevcin Polymers in 1984 16 On 8 July 1992 an overheating vessel at the Nevcin site exploded resulting in a fire 17 three people were killed and eleven wounded 18 The accident was caused by the reaction vessel being wrongly filled with the reactive chemical Dicyclopentadiene the previous day 19 In 1999 Neville chemicals became sole owner of the company 15 20 The company was renamed Neville Chemical Europe BV from the beginning of 2003 21 In October 2011 the company was sold to Resinall Rutgers Resins Germany 22 TTS Edit Tanker Transport Services BV TTS was established in 1965 it was the water transportation subsidiary of Cindu operating tanker barges It became a separate company in 2002 through a management buyout 4 23 Products EditCindu chemicals Edit In 2007 Cindu s output included Naphthalene Creosote Carbon black and Pitch used for the production of carbon electrodes and also bitumen emulsions for road construction 24 The primary process carried out the site was by distillation at 350C in addition to further purification processes The primary source of raw material tar was Koninklijke Hoogovens tar from the plant was shipped by barge to Uithoorn 25 As of 2012 the plant had a capacity to process 140000t of tar per year 26 Nevcin Edit Nevcin synthesises hydrocarbon resins using distillates from cracking of the naphtha fraction with polymerisation feedstock including isoprene piperylene and cyclopentadiene or dicyclopentadiene dimer as well as styrene and styrene type products including vinyltoluene indene methylindene and alpha methylstyrene Resins derived from Coumarone Benzofuran and indene are also produced 27 Notes Edit Ketjen founded by Gerhard Tileman Ketjen one of the predecessor companies of AKZO References Edit a b Kopper Holdings buys Cindu Chemicals www businessweek com The Associated Press 2 March 2010 Koppers Netherlands B V investing businessweek com Bloomberg LP retrieved December 31 2018 a b Cindu 8 juli 1992 NBDC 2 beschrijving Archived March 12 2005 at the Wayback Machine 2 1 Het bedrijf Archived February 16 2005 at the Wayback Machine a b c Uithoorn aan de Amstel PDF www uithoorn pvda nl Uithoorn Partij van de Arbeid pp 2 3 17 December 2010 archived from the original PDF on 2012 09 05 retrieved 2012 02 16 Martinus Nijhoff 1973 Studies on the history of the Netherlands Nederlands Historisch Genootschap p 129 ISBN 9789024715374 in order to increase sales of coal tar Hoogovens acquired an interest in NV Teerbedrijf Uithoorn Uithoorn Tar Company Tebu in 1927 Organische Grundstoffe Zwischenprodukte Teerfarben Weichmacher Losungsmittel Die chemische industrie in German Verlag Chemie 14 471 1962 60 years of tebu bio history tebu bio com Cindu 8 juli 1992 NBDC 3 organisatiethemas Archived March 13 2005 at the Wayback Machine 3 2 Milieu kwaliteit en veiligheid J Tilma G Kokshoorn A Lammers 1992 Treatment of Process Emissions to Air for Odour Reduction in A J Dragt J van Ham eds Studies in Environmental Science Biotechniques for air pollution abatement and odour control policies proceedings of an international symposium Maastricht the Netherlands 27 29 October 1991 Elsevier Science Publishers BV pp 217 218 ISBN 0 444 89263 X Cindu 8 juli 1992 NBDC 2 beschrijving Archived March 12 2005 at the Wayback Machine 2 2 Preventie en mitigatie Archived February 16 2005 at the Wayback Machine Reorganisatie hakt Cindu in stukken www volksrant nl in Dutch 22 November 1997 A de Jong P J G Roosenboom M J C M Verbeek P Verwijmeren October 2007 Hedgefondsen en Private Equity in Nederland PDF www rsm nl in Dutch RSM Erasmus University Appendix A Private equity casussen Overnames door private equity partijen met een beursexit Casus 1 Cindu pp 85 6 archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 04 retrieved 2012 02 16 Cindu www trouw nl in Dutch 22 November 1997 Stankoverlast door lek bij Cindu www volksrant nl in Dutch 24 July 2001 a b ACQUISITIONS EXPANSIONS Rubber World Via Finarticles com April 1999 Neville Chemical Pittsburgh PA has reached an agreement to become the sole owner of Nevcin Polymers B V Located in Uithoorn the Netherlands Nevcin Polymers has been a 50 50 joint venture since 1960 with Neville Chemical and Cindu International through one of its affiliated companies a b Neville Chemical Europe BV General Introduction PDF www nevchem nl Neville permanent dead link Cindu 8 juli 1992 NBDC 2 beschrijving Archived March 12 2005 at the Wayback Machine 2 4 Respons en hulpverlening Cindu 8 juli 1992 NBDC 2 beschrijving Archived March 12 2005 at the Wayback Machine 2 5 Herstel Archived February 16 2005 at the Wayback Machine G Lettinga April 1993 Ambulance Command and Control in Chemical Accidents PDF in J Meulenbelt G J Noordergraaf T J F Savelkoul eds Health aspects chemical accidents Proceedings World Health Organization Centre on the Health Aspects of Chemical Accidents p 133 Neville Chemical Company Finalizes Deal with Nevcin Polymers B V www thefreelibrary com PRNewswire 21 April 1999 Nevcin announces name change www specialchem4adhesives com Neville Chemical Company 19 December 2002 archived from the original on 10 September 2012 Sources Resinall Rutgers Resins GmbH purchases Neville Chemical Europe BV www coatingsworld com 6 October 2011 Neville Chemical Europe Sold www nevchem com Neville Chemical Company 5 October 2011 permanent dead link TTS ww ttstankers com permanent dead link Products www cindu nl Cindu Chemicals BV archived from the original on 23 August 2007 Activities www cindu nl Cindu Chemicals BV archived from the original on 23 August 2007 Koppers Uithoorn Archived August 11 2011 at the Wayback Machine Koppers Inc company webpage Neville Chemical Europe BV www nevchem nl Products and Markets Hydrocarbon resins archived from the original on 2008 09 20 Sources Edit Cindu 8 juli 1992 een procesmatige analyse van een crisis www nbdc nl in Dutch Nationaal Brandweer documentatiecentrum NBDC archived from the original on 2005 03 12External links EditCindu Cindu Chemicals BV www cindu nl Cindu Chemicals BV archived from the original on 15 January 2010 archive of company website Koppers Uithoorn www koppers com Koppers Inc archived from the original on 2011 08 11 company webpageNevcin Neville Chemical Europe BV www nevchem nl Neville Chemical Europe BV archived from the original on 2011 12 11 company website Nevcintebu biotebu bio reagents and lab services in Life Sciences company website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chemische Industrie Uithoorn amp oldid 1071573005, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
