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ICL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS – WORLD’S #1 PRODUCER OF ELEMENTAL BROMINE
ICL Industrial Products is a global leader in the production of flame retardants (”FR’s”) and a variety of bromine compounds as well as other chemicals based primarily on rich mineral resources found in the Dead Sea.
ICL-IP sells its products to the electronics, construction and automobile industries and clear brine fluids to the oil and gas drilling industry.
ICL-IP is home to ICL's IMI (TAMI) Institute for R&D Ltd. which conducts R&D activities for ICL and outside clients.
Products
* Based on 2009 external sales
ICL Industrial Products at a Glance
- 2009 Revenues: $1.0 billion (including ~$1.1m in internal sales)
- % of ICL Revenues: 22% (external sales)
- Operating Income: $20.9 million
- Market Leader: #1 producer of elemental bromine (~40% of global production capacity); #1 producer of
organophosphorus FRs leadership position in brominated FRs
- Major Markets: Western Europe, US, China, Japan and Taiwan
Production Capacity of Bromine Manufactures in 2009
Source: ICL estimates, US Bureau of Mines, Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission publications
Dead Sea: World's Most Concentrated Source of Bromine
Source: ICL estimates
Product Lines
- Elemental bromine: 40% of the world's production capacity of elemental bromine (potential production capacity of 280,000 tons)
- Bromine compounds: used in FRs, clear brines for the oil drilling industry, soil and space fumigation products, and water treatment biocides.
- Phosphorus FRs: a global leader of the FR industry
- Chlorine-based biocides
- Magnesia: used in transformer, steel production, rubber, Food, pharma, mineral supplement applications, calcia products and varied industrial applications.
Competitive Position
ICL Industrial Products competitive edge derives from several factors:
- World’s largest and lowest-cost producer of elemental bromine, 77% of which is used in the production of higher-margin compounds.
- One of the industry’s largest fleets of isotanks which enables it to transport large quantities of bromine safely throughout the world.
- Global marketing network.
- Strong technical support system that works closely with the segment’s customers.
Environmental Activities
During the past few years ICL-IP has focused on research and engineering activities and projects to create new ecological systems and improve existing ones. Among the principal actions taken in the field of environmental protection include:
- Investments in production facilities in order to improve recycling of solvents and other organic materials and their absorption via active charcoal, in order to achieve reduction of the amount of these materials emitted into the air;
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Investment in monitoring and detection systems connected to facility production control systems and expansion of bromine and chlorine leak detection systems;
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Commencement of a joint work project for the establishment of a regional air monitoring system;
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Erection of new production columns to reduce bromine emissions into the air that meet European emissions standards;
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Operation of a facility in Ramat Hovav for biological treatment of the facilities’ wastewater, the most prevalent technology for reducing organically degradable substances in wastewater;
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Operation of a special laboratory for monitor and analyze wastewater quality;
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Commencement of the planning and licensing process for an independent wastewater removal system, at an estimated cost of approximately $15 million; and
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Construction of a plant for treatment of hazardous waste at Ramat Hovav which will recover bromine from the waste and energy as steam.