Treibacher Industrie AG / ENEA --- Processi innovativi di estrazione

Treibacher Industrie AG / ENEA
--Processi innovativi di estrazione per il
recupero di terre rare da scarti
Meeting
ENEA “STORIE DI RICERCA E DI IMPRESA: INNOVARE SI PUO’!”
Dr. Stefan Pirker, Head of R&D
Dr. Wolfgang Oberleitner, Product Manager Rare Earth Recycling
16.07.2013
23.07.2013
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EC Rawmaterials Initiative - 14 critical Rawmaterials
… in our product portfolio
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Source: EU Commission 2010, Grafik RHI AG
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Carl Auer von Welsbach
Rare Earth scientist, Entrepreneur
and Company Founder
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PhD thesis,
V. Zepf, 2012,
Univ. Augsburg
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Our History – Rare Earths from the Beginning
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1898 Carl Auer von Welsbach founds the company
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1903 Production of Rare Earth containing Mischmetal and lighter-flints Production
1916 Ferro alloy production
1949 Production Sodium Perborat and Rare Earths Compounds
1959 Production of Hard Metal Powders
1969 Vanadium Oxide Production
1978 Recycling activities of metal-containing waste
1985 Vacuum alloy production
1983 Production of Rare Earths containing Storage Alloys for batteries
1992 Production of Rare Earths containing materials for investment casting
1995 ISO 9001 Certification
1996 Production of Materials for Rare Earths and Vanadium containing
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1996 Treibacher Auermet d.o.o. in Ravne/Slov. is founded
2002
2004
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2008
2012
2013
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Acquisition of Rare Earths Business from Meldform (UK)
Supply of API Rare Earth starting material for the pharmaceutical industry
Production of nickel based alloys
Production of Rare Earths containing feed additive
GMP certificate is awarded
Acquisition of Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH – Rare Earths materials
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Leading Positions in decisive Markets
Material
Position
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important global player
(including advanced products)
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Vanadium Chemicals
Major European player
Ferro Vanadium
No. 1 in Europe
Ferro Molybdenum
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Catalyst recycling
No. 1 in Europe
Vacuum carbides
World No
No. 1 in “special
special carbides”
carbides
Tungsten carbide
Niche player
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Facts and Figures 2012
Revenue in Mio. EUR
600 Employees
546 521 451 500 378 400
400 300 219 200 100 ‐
2008
2009
2010
2011
730
720
710
700
690
680
670
660
650
678
2008
2012
673
674
2009
2010
717
718
2011
2012
Regional Revenue distribution
Investment in Mio. EUR
Others; 1%
Others; 1%
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America; 15%
19,5 20
13,7 15
Asia; 15%
Exportquota >85%
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20,7 88
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Europe; 69%
69%
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2009
2010
2011
2012
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Treibacher Industrie AG at a Glance
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Althofen – Headquarter, Research and Development, Production, Sales, Engineering
Toronto (Canada), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan),
Ravne (Slovenia) – Production
Evonik Treibacher GmbH (Austria) – Joint Venture with Evonik (50%)
Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH (Germany) – Phosphors for LED and Security
Private company
Financial stability
Sustainable strategy
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Research and Development
Goal Î Ideas into products and processes
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~ 70 employees (35% share of women, 30% Eng./PhDs.)
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approx. 5.5 mio € R&D, approx. 2.5 mio € Analytics
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Four R&D working groups,
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Rare Earths and Chemicals
Functional- and Structural Ceramics
Nonoxide Ceramics
Metallurgy
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¾ Analytics department
¾ Patent department and Stage Gate processcoordination
¾ Education and training of apprentices
(chemistry/chemicalengineering)
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Focus Areas for Our Innovation Approach
Competencies
Wet chemical
synthesis and
processing
Solid state
processing
Electric Arc Fusion
Carbothermal
synthesis
R&D-topics
R&D
topics
Functional ceramic
materials
Markets
Catalyst materials for
automotive (SCR,
TWC, DPF)
Energy
SOFC
Gas turbines
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Aeroengines
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Photovoltaics
Thermoelectrics
Bio- and dental
ceramic
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Electronics and
semiconductors
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Energy
Pharmaceutical
agents
Exhaust gas catalysis
Automotive
Industrial
Environment
Mobility
Industry
Milling, classification
Colloidal chemistry
Thermal spray materials
Agglomeration
Hard metal materials
Life Sciences
Pharmaceuticals
Medical Technology
Inorganic analytics
Filter media for water
purification
Water treatment
Polishing powders
Metal tooling
Recycling
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Recycling of critical
raw materials
QM (e.g. GMP)
Requirements
Medicine
Raw material sourcing
Extraction technology
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Rare Earth Separation – A Strategic Project with ENEA
Technology
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Rawmaterials supply
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processes
Project
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RE Cracking of HREE (Dysprosium, Scandium and
Ytt i )
Yttrium)
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Extractiontechnology of HREE Î Extractioncompetence (SX, IX, Supercritical CO2)
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Recycling of
Rare Earths, especially
Heavy Rare Earths
(HREE)
Î with institutional partner ENEA
Î highly recognised funding project in Austria with
a project volume of approx. Euro 2.5 mio !
Source: ENEA
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Treibacher Industrie AG
A Hidden Champion in Rare Earths
Metallurgy and Chemistry
Meeting
ENEA “STORIE DI RICERCA E DI IMPRESA: INNOVARE SI PUO’!”
Dr. Stefan Pirker, Head of R&D
Dr. Wolfgang Oberleitner, Productmanager Rare Earth Recycling
16072013
23.07.2013
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