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Annual Report
2014
In a multi-faceted industry with a wide range of markets, Mersen put in a modest
performance in 2014, after two exceptionally good years.
Nevertheless, wewere able
to distinguish ourselves on certain projects thanks to an approach combining expertise, innovation
and purpose-designed engineering. Rather than simply repeating past successes, our teams met some
particularly daunting technical challenges.
Chlor-alkali around the world
Led by the need for regulatory compliance in Europe,
strong demand in North America and new contracts
with Union Chlorine and Oman Chlorine in the Middle
East,
Mersen continued to demonstrate its
chlor-alkali expertise in 2014
, in particular with
the supply of burners needed to produce hydrochloric
acid and turn-key assemblies designed specifically for
the oil, gas andwater treatment markets.
THE YEAR IN
BRIEF
Innovation-driven
growth
CHEMICALS
&
PHARMACEUTICALS
Turn-key PTFE-coated piping
for an ExxonMobil plant
It took more than 500 hours of preliminary design
covering seismic andwind
risks as well as other stresses, but ExxonMobil’s synthetic rubber plant in Singapore
will meet all of the high-performance criteria demanded by the business. TheMersen-
engineeredsolutioncomprisedPTFE-coatedpipingspeciallyadapted tocorrosivefluids
andalreadybuiltintoa15-square-metermetallicframeworkinfivemodules.Composed
of more than 180 three-meter long tubes of 300mmdiameter, the $2-million turn-key
project included critical testing.
A world first in pre-assembled
anticorrosion systems
Mersen was chosen by a Philadelphia-based
producer of inhalation anesthetics
to supply an
exclusive turn-key anticorrosion solution combining an
optimized design, process control, assembly and start-
up services. The $4.5-million contract concerns the
purification of a synthetic fluorinated anesthetic for use
in both humans and animals – an innovative application
engineered to meet the customer’s specific needs by
leveraging awide range of Mersen’s capabilities.
Singapore EXXON MOBIL plant
Photo credit EXXON