Safe outsourcing of chemical processes not an easy task

摘要

The outsourcing of chemical productions with all its technologically sophisticated process steps is a big business today. This involves the manufacture of chemicals that have been produced for several years already, as well as new developed chemicals that never have been produced on large scale. Most of these are realized batch wise in Multi-product plants, expensive specialty chemicals as well as cheap chemicals. That is why; custom synthesis is of economic interest. However, with all their advantages, Multi-product plants have system-inherent drawbacks with respect to safety. For each process step one must prove with the systematic approach whether the existing plant and the existing organisation are capable to control the risks of the process. Thus, the challenge for Multi-product chemistry is not only to avoid disastrous accidents but also production losses.