Chemoxy was recently awarded £1.5 million from the Regional Growth fund to expand capacity at its Billingham site to install a multi-purpose combined reaction and distillation plant at a total cost of £6 million.

Chemoxy's new plant is to provide additional capacity for low-emission latex paint additives and provision of recycling facilities for various waste and by product streams. The new facility will create 15 direct jobs and provide at the Billingham site, and generate sales of £7.5 million, 70% of which will be sold overseas.

The company's bid was supported by NEPIC, Stockton upon Tees Borough Council, Tees Valley Unlimited and the University of Northumbria.

Chemoxy has since awarded Redhall Engineering a three-year contract to deliver project, maintenance and engineering support services to its two Teesside-based assets.

In December 2011, the current management team led the buyout of Dow Chemical Co’s custom processing facilities at Middlesbrough and Billingham. The Middlesbrough site has been carrying out distillation since 1868, while Billingham was added to the portfolio in 1994. The business employs over 100 workers across the two sites.

Chemoxy claims to be one of Europe’s largest providers of custom manufacturing services to blue chip petrochemical and speciality chemical companies as well as to smaller companies with niche applications. It also manufactures solvents for use in the latest generation of paints and cleaning products.

Chemoxy Details:
Sales revenue     £35M/year
No. of employees     >100
Annual output     30-40ktpa
Storage capacity     18,000m3
Distillation columns     9
Reactor capacity     165m3
Two sites     17 acres & 3 acres

Middlesbrough site:

• 7 high resolution fractionation columns
  • Up to 50 theoretical plates
  • 0.75 to 1.75m diameter
  • Vacuum (to 5mmHg) and side stream capabilities
• 6 Reaction Vessels
  • Stainless steel (25m3)
  • Solids addition facility
  • Solids handling plant
  • Hydrogenation unit – 3 barg
  • Temperatures to 230 C
• Drumming and IBC filling facility

• 2 high resolution fractionation columns
  • Up to 30 theoretical plates
  • 0.75 to 1.25m diameter
  • Vacuum (to 5mmHg) and side stream capabilities
• 3 Reaction Vessels
  • Stainless steel (25m3)
  • Glass lined (9m3)
  • Solids handling plant
  • Chloride resistant Duplex stainless steel (24m3)
  • Solids addition facility
  • Methyl Chloride direct feed to reactors from bulk storage
  • Temperatures to 200C
• Drumming and IBC filling facility

To find out more please follow this link http://www.chemoxy.co.uk/