Haldor Topsoe signs investment agreement as part of Danish Queen’s state visit to China

At the invitation of the President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping, Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort are this week paying a state visit to China accompanied by four ministers and the largest ever Danish business delegation with 161 companies present including representatives from Haldor Topsoe A/S.

As part of the visit, a signing ceremony between Haldor Topsoe A/S and Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area (TEDA) was held Friday at Fanghua Garden located in the state guesthouse in Beijing overseen by the Her Majesty the Queen and Mr. Yang Jiechi, China’s State Counseller and former Minister of Foreign Affairs.

签署标志着Haldor Topsoe的第二阶段与TEDA的投资协议，用于建设天津汽车催化剂厂，代表9亿DKK的总资本投资。植物的建设正在进行，生产将于2015年初开始。

天津催化剂生产厂将重点关注中国市场的高卷制造产品，可用于从柴油车辆的发动机排气中删除NOx，即中型和重型车辆，如轻型商用车辆，公共汽车和卡车。manbet手机客户端登入一旦装备，这些催化剂将能够对降低中国城市环境中的空气污染产生显着影响，在那里估计大约20％的空气污染才能源于车辆。

除了巩固政治和经济合作和改善文化交流之外，本周访问的整体主题是丹麦和丹麦公司如何支持中国的可持续发展道路。在这方面，Haldor Topsoe的74年来提供基于催化的高度先进的节能解决方案的经验代表了中国可以利用的宝贵资产，以解决其中一些国家最紧迫的环境问题。

“Delivering efficient automotive catalysts is only part of our business in China. We also offer larger, stationary catalytic solutions for cleaning off-gasses from a wide range of industrial sources, including fossil-fuel and biomass-fired utility boilers, gas turbines, oil refining and chemical plants, and waste incinerators for example. These technologies have proven their worth for years in Europe and North America and hold a huge potential in terms of curbing air pollution in China”, says Bjerne S. Clausen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Haldor Topsoe and continues:

“Another area related to reducing air pollution lies in the upgrading of fuels to higher environmental standards. In this field, Topsoe can help Chinese refiners produce cleaner fuels that meet stricter environmental regulation. In fact more than 40% of ultralow sulfur diesel in the world is currently produced using catalysts and technology from Topsoe”, says Bjerne S. Clausen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Haldor Topsoe.

Facts about Haldor Topsoe and China

• Denmark and China have a long track record of collaboration in the climate and energy field, and over the years Topsoe has been a reliable partner in supporting China on its path towards sustainable urbanization.

•Topsoe于1984年在北京设立办事处，但在甚至进一步回归的国家开展业务的赛道记录。Topsoe目前雇用近100人，多年来，该公司签署了100多家工程合同和1000名催化剂合同，与中国同行。

• As a market China is growing fast and now represents one of Topsoe’s largest markets in the world with a revenue in excess of 100 mio. USD. Topsoe continues to see opportunities in China with growing domestic demand and a 12th Five-Year Plan focused on balanced growth and sustainability.

• The intention to build a new production plant in China was announced by Haldor Topsoe in June 2012 during former Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit to Denmark. This was followed up by the signing of an investment agreement, which took place in Tianjin during Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidts official visit to China in 2012.

• Once complete, the production plant in Tianjin will be Haldor Topsoes third production plant in the world in addition to its two current sites in Frederikssund, Denmmark and Houston, Texas.