Webinar Presentation

Webinar Presentation
Opportunities and Risks for an Engineering
Company in the Bioeconomie
16th March 2015
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Agenda
1
Short Presentation of TKIS-PT
2
Talking about the challenge to get biobased Processes and Plastics into the market
3
First Conclusions of an Engineering Company
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ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG
Business Structure
Business
Area
Business
Unit
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Marine Systems
Submarines
Surface Vessels
Services
Process Technologies
ResourceTechnologies
Fertilizer/
Coke Plant Technologies
Mining
Assembly Systems
Cement
Car Body Technology
Services
Lightweight Solutions
Chemicals/Oil & Gas
Services
Forming Dies
Implementation
Regionale Deutschland
Singapur
Organisationen Australien
Kanada
Katar
Testing Solutions
I Europe/CIS
IIAmericas
VMENA
III
India
Asia Pacific
VISub-Saharan Africa
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System Engineering
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Deutschland
Frankreich
GB
Italien
Spanien
USA
Mexiko
Brasilien
Indien
China
Russland
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions – Biotechnologies Division
Facts and Figures of the Leuna Branch
Location
2007 – 2012 Leipzig
since 08/2012 Leuna
Staff
TKIS 20 / TKUES 33
R&D Expenses > 8 Mio €/a
Facilities
Laboratory (Fermentation, Analytics)
Technikum (250 L)
Multi-Purpose Facility (85.000 L)
View into the Multi-Purpose Plant Leuna. The plant has a capacity
of >700 t/a for Organic Acids via fermentation.
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Products
Biobased Monomeres, Drop-In- &
Platform Chemicals
Model
Technology Development &
Commerzialisation of License - & EPCBusiness
Own Development + Development for
3rd Parties
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Fields of Operation
1
Own Processes for biobased bulk chemicals + derivates
• Technology / Licenses
• Engineering (EPC)
• Technology and Plant (Process Wrap incl. Guarantees)
2
3rd Partie Processes in the area of biobased Chemicals
• Scale-Up Orders from Technology Start-ups (Technikum and Multi Purpose Facility)
• Production of Samples in industrial scale
• Engineering Services
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13 compounds were identified as most attractive for TKIS
Maturity/
development status
Market
size / growth
Equipment
market
Long list
of 113
chemicals
13 most
attractive
compounds
113
113
113
25
13
High
12
Low
101
88
88
45
12
Long-list
Source:McKinsey
Technical
feasibility
Time to
market
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Market
growth
Resulting most attactive compounds
113
68
113
2011
Ability to
differentiate
▪ Succinic acid & derivatives
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(particularly 1,4 butanediol)
Lactic acid & derivatives (e.g., PLA)
2nd generation ethanol
Ethanol derivatives
(ethylene, ethylene glycole, ethylene
oxide)
Acrylic acid (via 3-HPA)
2,5 FDCA (for PEF, a PET substitute)
Isobutanol
N-Butanol
Propylene
Furfural
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Biopolymers with potential and hurdles – Drop-in chemicals to be further
analyzed
A. Biopolymers: e.g. LA/PLA

Application of PLA not widely accepted
(physical properties vs price)

Rather high market entry barriers

Market potential generally seen as
supplemental opportunity – no stand-alone
business
B.
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Action List
Drop-in chemicals
Value chain less complex than in Polymer
business (downstream established)
Mass production market with overall growth
Applications already existing – bio-route
could be a new alternative, but needs to be
proved
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LA/PLA: Brand owner talks to define
application specifications

Drop-in chemicals: market estimation for
promising and relevant drop-in chemicals
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A. (Bio-)Polymers
Still rather high entry barriers for all players
Conventional
Value Chain Comparison Conventional vs. Bio-Polymer
Conventional – long-term proven and fully established
Feedstock
(oil & gas
based)
Example
Ethan -
Chemical Conversion
(typically multiple steps)
- Ethylen
Application
Technology
Consumer
Market
Film
- Packaging
- Polyethylen (Chips)
TKIS scope
Biotechnology

Know-how initially built up
through expertise in operation,
applications and engineering:
–
Polyolefines, Vinyl: Hoechst AG
–
Polyesters, Polyamide: EMS
Chemie

Due to established processes
(>50 yrs) focus on single step in
value chain possible

Competitors act with identical
limitations

Know-how to be newly established
over most steps of value chain – far
beyond core TK expertise

Currently value chain not yet fully
established – end application of
PLA not widely accepted (e.g. food
vs. polymers)
Biotechnology – to be newly established and to be proven in detail
Feedstock
(bio-based)
Example
Sugar -
Conversion
by Bioprocess
- LA
Chemical
Conversion
Application
Technology
- DLA – PLA
(Chips)
- Film
New TKIS scope (going far
beyond core expertise)
Consumer
Market
- Packaging
Typical barriers between players –
each player with its own issues
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A. (Bio-)Polymers
LA/PLA Market only stimulated as soon as Brand Owners define
Application Specs and Demand Material Supplies
barrier
Sugar/starch
barrier
Lactic Acid
Compounding
PLA
barrier
Manufacturer
Brand owner
(JV Cargill & PTTGC)
Operators2
(JV of
Potential operators tbd (e.g.
2
)
)
Small 3rd party
producers
Plant
engin
1
Support Teaming / Partnering
Request polymer grade for
required applications
!
Define specs
for bio-products
Brand owner talks to be intensified to gather requirements and demands –
similar process with MTR technology in the past (e.g. PET chips Coca-Cola)
1. Sulzer plant engineering for smaller PLA producers from Lactide
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2. Only production of LA and Lactide due to patents/contracts; Corbion invest in PLA plant; when off-takes agreement signed
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B. Drop-in Chemicals
Drop-in Chemicals Promising Applications to Drive Biotechnologies?
Key Characteristics of Drop-in Chemicals (bio-based Organic Chemicals)
Value Chain
Key Characteristics of Drop-in Chemicals
1
(Bio-)Polymers

Applications already existing – bio-route as
new alternative

Value Chain less complex than in Polymer
business (downstream established)

Mass production market with overall growth
(e.g. PLA)
 Polycondensation:
projects by UIF/BT
Biotechnologies
(e.g. LA, SAC, …)
2
Drop-in chemicals
(e.g. BDO, Acrylic Acid)
Fermentation, Separation
and Purification
 Main focus on R&D/
process technology
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 Chemical conversion:
projects by OP/BT
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Conclusions for TKIS (1st draft)
(path forward)
1
Biopolymers
• Development not w/o final customer (brand owner)
• Teaming up along the value chain
• Political support for use of biodegradable plastics desirable (esp. with low oil prices)
2
Drop-In Chemicals (bulk)
• Sales price >1.400 €/t (e.g. Acrylic Acid)
• High Carbon Efficiency (anaerobic processes)
• Deep Integration of Chemical Conversion into Fermentation Process (e.g. BDO)
• Large (fragmented) markets with capacity >1.000.000 t/a and growth rate >8%
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Conclusions for TKIS (1st draft)
(path forward)
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Drop-In Chemicals (speciality or niches)
• Sales Price >4.000 €/t (e.g. DDDA, Sebacic Acid)
• At least 2 plants >30.000 t/a
The „Dont‘s“ for TKIS
• It‘s a „big boys game“, dont team up with investment or development companies
which are not from the same stable
• Dont touch BioChems which are not not already on the market (but may have
interesting characteristics e.g. Itaconic Acid, 2,3 BDO). Time for market development
and penetration is too long
• Dont touch BioChems with low carbon efficiency
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Danke für Ihre
Aufmerksamkeit.
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