Salt

 

Our Salt production facilities are located in Delfzijl, Hengelo (The Netherlands) and Mariager (Denmark). The production of salt is based on vacuum salt technology. Would you like to see how we produce salt? Scroll down to the bottom of this page and watch a three minute video explaining the salt production process.
 
The main raw materials are raw brine and energy (steam and electricity). Raw brine is produced by solution mining in multi-effect evaporation plants. AkzoNobel has an annual production of about 5 million tons of salt. With a capacity of more than 2 million tons our Hengelo plant is the largest vacuum salt plant in the world.

Electrolysis Salt... building block for basic chemicals
The purity of our salt makes it perfectly suited for the electrolytic production of chlorine, caustic lye and sodium chlorate, and minimizes the contaminants introduced into the process. Having AkzoNobel as their supplier helps our internal customers to cut operational and environmental costs, while guaranteeing reliable and efficient operations with techniques such as mercury, diaphragm and membrane electrolysis.

Road Salt... bringing people home safely...
As a leading supplier to road-maintenance authorities, we help our customers bring their 'end-users' home safely. Our high-quality salt provides the optimal combination of de-icing effectiveness, low costs and guaranteed availability. The purity of AkzoNobel de-icing salt guarantees fast and effective action... and leaves fewer impurities behind on the road surface. Our de-icing salt is delivered in bulk and as a salt specialist, of course, we also provide our customers with products and advice for the effective de-icing of today's special drain asphalt.
If you are interested in our road salt products: click here for the road salt product website.