MORCHEM: SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION AT PACK EXPO LAS VEGAS 2021

27 – 29 September 2021 in Las Vegas, NV

Our participation in the 2021 edition of Pack-Expo Las Vegas, has been very successful, receiving a big number of visitors at our booth, where we presented our innovative solutions for the flexible packaging market, with special focus on our sustainable solutions, biodegradable and compostable adhesives, and recyclable technology.

It was very exciting to return to the long-awaited live meetings with our customers always following the hygiene and health measures thus ensuring a safe event.

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MORCHEM MEMBER OF THE IQS COMPANIES FOUNDATION

Since July 2021 MORCHEM has been a new member of the IQS Companies Foundation of Barcelona, supporting with its donation the projects of IQS, which is dedicated to the promotion of university training, research and the relationship between IQS and the business world.
The institutional ceremony took place on 21 September and was attended by Helmut Schaeidt Murga, CEO of MORCHEM and Salvador Borrós, General Director of IQS, among others.

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INTERVIEW WITH SALVADOR SERVERA, Global Chief Commercial Officer at MORCHEM

Salvador is heading the global department for client relations at MORCHEM. In the following interview he describes how he, together with his team, managed Covid successfully and what in his opinion the future in client relations may look like.

A very interesting prospective from an expert.

Topics:

1. How Corona changed client-relations at MORCHEM.

2. How MORCHEM dealt with the situation successfully.

3. The future of client-relations? Offline or Online?

4. Outlook – a personal prospective by Salvador Servera

Watch video at this link:

https://youtu.be/drZ99RRo_p0

MORCHEM BACK ON-SITE AT FACHPACK 2021

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INTERVIEW CRISTINA VENTAYOL – TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AT MORCHEM

Cristina Ventayol is Technical Director at MORCHEM. Cristina is convinced that chemistry allows progress. And by using chemical expertise in the right way, chemistry can offer solutions and actually contribute to the environment.

One key-objective of MORCHEM. In the following video-interview she speaks about:

  • The challenges of the chemical industries, also with regard to sustainability and health.
  • Why MORCHEM is an innovator by using its expertise to make a difference, also to the environment.
  • Circular economy and the philosophy of MORCHEM.
  • Last but not least, the role of diversity within MORCHEM.

Find out more in the following interview.

 

MORCHEM: “SAFE USE AND HANDLING OF DIISOCYANATES TRAINING”

 

The EU has introduced a mandatory training of diisocyanates workers according to REACH restriction – published in the Official Journal of the European Union in August 2020 and which will become effective in August 2023, providing a transition period of 3 years. This regulation, addressed to industrial and professional uses of diisocyanates introduces new minimum training requirements for workers handling this substance and mixtures containing them.

The European associations ISOPA and ALIPA, strongly committed with this new regulation, are already working together with other industry-associations, such as IVK and FEICA on an online training platform, which will provide different levels of training based on the risk categorizations.

MORCHEM has been included in this Pilot Phase for “Safe use and handling of diisocyanates training”, in accordance with the legal training requirements of this REACH regulation.

The MORCHEM team has finished the full Level 1 training, and we are very proud of being one of the first companies in Europe which has successfully completed this training and received the corresponding certificates.

Our aim is working together for a safe and secure future for the Polyurethane industry.

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OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF THE NEW MORCHEM PLANT IN FONTANAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA, MR EMILIANO GARCÍA-PAGE

FONTANAR (Guadalajara), 14th June 2021

On 14th June, the President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, inaugurated the new MORCHEM plant in Fontanar.

This event was initially scheduled for 16th March 2020, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 state of alarm situation.

The event was held with a reduced circle of people respecting the allowed capacity limits at the time and was attended by several authorities from Castilla la Mancha: In addition to the President of the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha, we were joined by Ms. Patricia Franco, Councillor of Economy, Business and Employment of the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha, Mr. José Luis Vega Pérez, President of the Provincial Council of Guadalajara and Mr. Víctor San Vidal, Mayor President of the City Council of Fontanar.

The new plant, built in a record time of 16 months on a 30,000 m2 plot, and after an investment of more than 25 million Euros, is focused on the manufacture of high volume polyurethane and polyester adhesives and is one of the most innovative factories in Europe, with fully automated facilities.

Despite the pandemic situation we decided to start up in April 2020. The good coordination and dedication of the teams of Fontanar and Las Franquesas allowed us to successfully start up the new plant little by little.

We would like to thank the regional government of Castilla La Mancha for all the support received for this project, as well as the City Council and the people of Fontanar for their warm welcome and hospitality.

 

INTERVIEW WITH OUR CEO HELMUT SCHAEIDT MURGA

Hereafter you will find an interview with our CEO, Helmut Schaeidt Murga.

MORCHEM is one of the leading manufacturers for sustainable and compostable PU-adhesives. DIN certified. And one year ago we also opened a new production plant near Madrid, which is one of the most innovative factories of PU-based adhesives in Europe.

In this video Helmut Schaeidt Murga will talk about:

  • Current situation and future plans of MORCHEM (Min. 00:30)
  • Product portfolio MORCHEM (04:37)
  • New production-plant in Madrid (07:00)
  • Global organization of MORCHEM (07:45)
  • How MORCHEM is successful, despite Corona (08:55)
  • Sustainability at MORCHEM (12:40)
  • Upcoming innovations and services at MORCHEM (15:07)
  • MORCHEM Philosophy (18:25)

https://youtu.be/e71LNHIGHgQ

MORCHEM FONTANAR: COMMITTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT WITH CUTTING-EDGE GAS TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY

INSTALLATION OF NEW REGENERATIVE THERMAL OXIDIZER (RTO)

In line with its environmental protection policy, MORCHEM has started in its plant in Fontanar a newly installed Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO), one of today’s most advanced air pollution control technologies across industry.

This process unit is designed to treat volatile organic compounds (VOCs) via thermal oxidation at very high temperature and release a clean air flow into the atmosphere.

At the same time part of the combustion energy is recovered improving the energy efficiency of the system. Environmental protection is one of the pillars of MORCHEM’s sustainability strategy.

MORCHEM: NEW TECHNICAL APPLICATION LAB IN GERMANY

Important step to support our customer needs

MORCHEM is happy to announce the opening of its new Applications Laboratory in Munich, Germany, a strategic location in Central Europe.

Together with the Application Laboratory in Les Franqueses (Spain) its operational lab capacity has increased significantly and can therefore better meet its customer’s needs.

MORCHEM, being a very customer oriented company, works in lockstep with the market requirements offering its services for new applications and providing added value solutions.

Built with state-of-the-art equipment, the new laboratory offers extensive possibilities and testing solutions to ensure the best results with MORCHEM being your real partner. At the same time, Morchem’s highly trained Technical Service Team can also support you on site to enable a successful scale up.