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Chlorovinyls manufacturing technologies are mature technologies. Over the years dating back to the mid-1950’s various industry players have advanced their own technologies and a few have offered these technologies for license. Advancements in the technologies were dramatic until the turn of the century. Since that time the chlorovinyls manufacturing technologies have become normalized, there now being little difference between the technologies offered for license. Chlorovinyls manufacturing technology is now considered “open art” and much of the know-how that still exists sits in the hands of technology specialists and equipment suppliers. Consequently, many of the major players are no longer offering to license chlorovinyls manufacturing technology. Major licensors such as Ineos and Oxyvinyls have dropped out of the licensing business. The only major licensors remaining include Kem One and Westlake (also referred to as Vinnolit and Uhde technologies). With the loss of competition for licensed technologies, Kem One and Westlake are now charging exorbitant license fees and in certain cases insisting on additional equipment, catalyst and additive supply commissions. As a consequence, many of the industry players are designing new and expanded facilities based on their own in-house and open art know-how and experience. Intervale specialists have decades of experience designing, building, commissioning, starting up, operating and maintaining these chlorovinyls facilities, and can offer design services based on the Intervale or the client’s in-house and open art technologies.
With no allegiance to, or alignment with, a particular technology, Intervale can evaluate, recommend, incorporate and optimize elements of any available chemical or polymer technology. As an independent consulting firm, Intervale can merge the most effective elements of the available technologies to meet the special needs of the client.
Intervale specializes in technology selection, technology transfer, basic engineering design incorporating the new technology into the client’s plant, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project management, commissioning, start-up and performance analysis.
Intervale manufacturing studies typically result in recommendations to install new technology. Intervale can support the client in all aspects of any project involving the new technology, assuring successful application at the client’s site.
