Start of epoxy resin development at the Leuna site. Introduction of the Epilox® brand name, which has continued to stand for outstandingly high-quality epoxy resins right through to the present day.
1995
Privatisation of the epoxy resin business area of the LEUNA Werke – foundation of today’s LEUNA-Harze GmbH.
1998 bis 2007
Building and commissioning of new plants for the production of epoxy resin. Step by step increase in production capacity of liquid resins from 8,000 to 40,000 tonnes per year.
2004 bis 2008
Step by step increase in production capacity of reactive diluents to 7,000 tonnes per year.
2006 bis 2008
Commissioning of plants for manufacturing of bisphenol F: the first step on the way to backwards integrated epoxy resin production.
2012
Commissioning of chlorine-alkali electrolysis and epichlorohydrin plants. Glycerol, a renewable raw material, is used for the synthesis of epichlorohydrin.
2015
Opening of the new hardener production plant with a capacity of approx. 10 kt/a for blends and adducts with common amines and Polyaminoamides.
2017
With „LEUNA-Harze 4“, the annual production capacity of Bisphenol A- and Bisphenol F-resins increased by 30 kt/a to a total capacity of 70 kt/a of liquid epoxy resin.
2019
Expansion of reactive diluent production at the site to approx. 10 kt/a.
2021
: Expansion and modernisation of Bisphenol F production.
2021
Initiation of the sale of resins and reactive diluents derived from renewable raw materials.
2022
Expansion of the tank farm for bio-based epichlorohydrin.
