Partners

LVM NV
Tom Claes
Environment Manager Tessenderlo Group
Tel.: +32 13 612233
Fax: +32 13 668140
Mailto: tom.claes@tessenderlo.com
Website: http://www.tessenderlogroup.com
Tessenderlo Chemie
Stationsstraat, Ingang 2
B-3980 Tessenderlo (Belgium)
 

The project will take place at the LVM-site in Tessenderlo, Belgium.

The Limburg Vinyl Maatschappij NV (LVM) was founded in 1969 as a joint venture between Tessenderlo Chemie and DSM.  LVM is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessenderlo Group, an international chemicals group employing over 8,100 people at more than 100 sites in 20 countries worldwide.

LVM produces monovinylchloride (MVC), a raw material used for the production of the plastic polyvinylchloride (PVC), one of the most important plastics of our time.

The activities at the LVM site in Tessenderlo started in 1972 with a first production line.  With the commissioning of the second production line in 1976, the production capacity was increased to a yearly production capacity of 550,000 MVC.  The intermediate in the production process is 12DCA (12 dichloroethane).

LVM is a member of the European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM), a division of Plastics Europe (European association of polymer producers).  Plastics Europe is in turn part of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and also maintains close contacts with Euro Chlor, the European chlorine manufacturers.

RSK Benelux bvba
Lars Van Passel
Senior Project Manager RSK Benelux
Tel.: +32 3 4519301
Fax: +32 3 4519300
Mailto: LVanPassel@rskgroup.be
Website: http://www.rskgroup.be
Businesscentrum Rivium
Antwerpsesteenweg, 45
2830  Willebroek (Belgium)

RSK Benelux bvba is part of the RSK Group.  Headquarter of RSK Group is located in the UK.  RSK Group integrates environmental, health, safety and engineering services and employs over 700 people in Europe and Russia.  RSK Group has a yearly turnover of 74 million € and is one of the top 10 environmental companies in the world.

RSK Benelux bvba is the Benelux department of the group and has several offices in Belgium and The Netherlands.  RSK Benelux bvba employs 32 people. 97% of the turnover of RSK Benelux is related to soil and groundwater contaminations, the other 3% is related to due diligences and compliance audits.  In Belgium, RSK Benelux bvba is certified as a remediation specialist by the Flemish, Brussels and Walloon region.  We specialize in providing innovative solutions for complex soil and groundwater contamination problems for our clients.  In the past years, pilot testing and implementation of remediation activities have been executed for various clients in the chemical, petrochemical, automotive and other industrial sectors.

RSK has ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification for quality, environmental management and health and safety.

AVECOM NV
Harmien Verstraete
Project Engineer Avecom
Tel.: +32 9 3751714
Mailto: harmien.verstraete@avecom.be
Website: http://www.avecom.be
Industriepark Wondelgem
Haven 9000
Industrieweg 122 P
9032  Wondelgem (Gent, Belgium)

AVECOM NV is founded in 1995 as a spin-off of the Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET) of Prof. Dr. Ir. Willy Verstraete (Ghent University).  The core-business is product development for upgrading microbial processes.  Avecom has expertise in research, development and tailor-made solutions for specific problems in microbial waste water treatment and soil remediation. Avecom employs 10 people, of which 6 are specialised environmental engineers, who create a yearly turnover of 1 million €. One third of this turnover is related to soil.  Avecom has a broad expertise in biological concepts thanks to a profound collaboration with different universities, institutes and industrial partners.

Avecom offers a wide spectrum of feasibility studies. Besides the feasibility studies, Avecom developed several inocula that can be implemented successfully for environmental problems.

Avecom developed experience in lab-scale and field tests for biological soil sanitation and waste water treatment.  Moreover, Avecom is specialised in biological degradation of chlorinated ethenes and 1,2-dichloroethane.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE LIFE programme of the EUROPEAN UNION
European Commission, Environment Directorate