Eminex® goes BeNeLux - Methane emission reduction
Following the successful market launch of Eminex® - an innovative manure treatment agent for significantly reducing the emission of climate-damaging gases - in Germany in September 2021, the go-ahead has now been given for the market launch of the sustainable product in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The specialized press was informed via a kick-off meeting on November 3rd. A productive discussion about the benefits of the product was followed by a tour of two dairy farms in the region that already use Eminex®. In stimulating discussions with the farmers, the journalists and sales partners learned about the positive effects of Eminex® in practice.
In Belgium and the Netherlands, too, the issue of "climate-damaging emissions" is more relevant than ever. By using Eminex®, the emission of methane from slurry stores, among others, can be successfully reduced. Eminex® thus offers an effective approach to improve the climate balance.
Agriculture and climate: Emissions of climate-damaging methane
More than 50 % of methane emissions in the EU come from the agricultural sector. Beside the digestion of ruminants, farm manure storage is also a significant contributor to methane emissions from agriculture.
Methane emissions are identified as particularly critical due to their high greenhouse gas impact. These are almost completely avoidable with appropriate treatment. This is confirmed by recent studies by DEKRA Assurance Services GmbH and the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomics. According to these studies, the addition of small quantities of Eminex®, a liquid manure treatment containing calcium cyanamide, can reduce methane and CO2 emissions during storage by 90 to 100 %.
Mixed into the liquid manure, Eminex® inhibits the release of methane, CO2 and nitrous oxide and is itself degraded within a few weeks.
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The company sees interesting growth prospects for itself especially in the areas of human and animal nutrition and agriculture. As a result of population growth, it is necessary to achieve efficient food production. Pharmaceutical raw materials and our creatine products can contribute to healthy aging as life expectancy increases. Alzchem is facing up to the goal of sustainability arising from climate change in the field of renewable energies and across the entire company. The fields of fine chemicals and metallurgy offer just as great a perspective.
The broad product range of Alzchem Group AG includes dietary supplements, precursors for corona tests and pharmaceutical raw materials. These products are our company’s response to global trends and developments. Alzchem is ideally positioned in this regard and sees itself as well equipped for an environmentally oriented future and global developments.
The company employs around 1,630 people at four production sites in Germany and one plant in Sweden, as well as two sales companies in the USA and China. In 2020, Alzchem generated consolidated sales of around EUR 379 million and EBITDA of around EUR 53.8 million.