Special Envoy in Leuna (Saxony-Anhalt)
Of the next technological leap, we still only see the foundations: the stumps of the pipes protrude from the ground, and the piles of earth piled up by five backhoe loaders swirl in the dust.
After coal, oil and gas, the
Leuna
Park is
negotiating a new industrial shift, that of sustainable chemistry.
In this area, which at the time of the GDR recorded the highest concentration of sulfuric acid in the world in the soil, the plant of the Finnish UPM will be manufacturing organic plastic from wood from the end of next year. of beech.
With an investment of 550 million euros and 220 jobs for Leuna, which won against 13 competing German sites.
"
Our price competitiveness counted, but it was energy security that made the difference, ”
comments Christof Günther, director of Infra-Leuna, the company with 700 employees that manages this industrial site, the flagship of Saxony. -Anhalt and part
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