Europe’s leading industrial region
The Chemical Industrial Park Knapsack is located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most important chemical and power location in Germany. Just under 30% of all foreign investments are concentrated in this region due to it having the largest buying and selling market. The Chemical Industrial Park Knapsack is located just 10 kilometers south west of Cologne and has excellent access to the Rhineland highway network enabling the fast transfer of goods to customers in all of Europe.
Well connected
Direct highway access (Knapsack), without having to deal with a cross town link, is just four kilometers away. The Airport Cologne/ Bonn is only about 30 kilometers away. The chemical park’s own public container terminal acts as a satellite terminal for the regional mega-terminal Cologne-Eifeltor (Köln-Eifeltor) as well as for a second major terminal located 20 km away in the Harbor Köln-Niehl. This harbor has connections to all of North See’s overseas ports.
Well-established services
The Chemical Industrial Park Knapsack’s concept enables every partner to concentrate on their core business, be it production, logistics or services. Accordingly, costs, for example, power, raw materials and logistics can be reduced considerably. The companies profit from the infrastructure at their disposal and the opportunity to take advantage of the custom services offered by the site operator InfraServ Knapsack. Investors can expect to find optimal economic conditions and individual solutions for their business models.
Full of Energy
After two years of construction, Statkraft’s 800 MW Gas and steam power station went into operation in 2008. A further power station project from E.ON Energy from Waste Saarbrücken GmbH and InfraServ Knapsack started production in January 2009.
Our profile
As operator of the chemical park, InfraServ Knapsack offer circa 10 international companies operating in the chemical industry (production of organic and inorganic chemicals, crop protection products, fine and special chemicals, plastics) optimum opportunities to operate their production plants. However, InfraServ Knapsack does not only serve customers in the chemical park, but they offer a full range of services from just one source to customers outside the park as well. Services include plant planning and construction as well as the maintenance and certification of industrial plants. InfraServ Knapsack can draw on their decades of practical experience in this sector.