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Production Site Harwich
Speyer – ein Standort mit Zukunft
Speyer ist ein strategischer Produktionsstandort für Haltermann Carless. Kontinuierliche Weiterentwicklungen und Investitionen sind wichtiger Teil der über 50jährigen Geschichte. Mit rund 120 Mitarbeiter produzieren wir ein umfangreiches Portfolio mit hohen Ansprüchen an Qualität und Nachhaltigkeit. Dafür investieren wir in moderne Technologien, verbesserte Produkte und nachhaltige Lösungen.
Speyer – ein Standort mit Zukunft
Speyer ist ein strategischer Produktionsstandort für Haltermann Carless. Kontinuierliche Weiterentwicklungen und Investitionen sind wichtiger Teil der über 50jährigen Geschichte. Mit rund 120 Mitarbeiter produzieren wir ein umfangreiches Portfolio mit hohen Ansprüchen an Qualität und Nachhaltigkeit. Dafür investieren wir in moderne Technologien, verbesserte Produkte und nachhaltige Lösungen.
Haltermann Carless in Harwich –
a versatile
production site
Harwich, UK, is one of the key production sites within the Haltermann Carless group. Here we manufacture our Caromax® aromatic solvent portfolio for Agrochemicals and Fuel Additives, and a variety of Oil & Gas products. Additionally, we blend high-performance Fuels, which are used for specific applications, such as racing or historic cars, first fill or engine development.
With our sophisticated distillation and blending facilities, the Harwich Manufacturing Centre is capable of producing large or small scale quantities of products to precise specifications, tailor-made to customer requirements.
Facts at a glance:
- 2-batch distillation units
- 3- and 4-column continuous distillation plants
- High precision in-tank blending
- 170 tanks
- Production in accordance with GMP standards
- Water jetty
- Rail siding
- Road facilities
- ISO 9001 (Quality)
- ISO 14001 (Environment)
- ISO 50001 (Energy)
- ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety)
100 employees, plus numerous external service providers
- Aromatic Solvents
- Gas Condensates
- Pipeline Interfaces
- Middle Distillates
- Mixed Hydrocarbon Streams
- High-performance Fuels
Processing facilities
Distillation & blending
In Harwich, perfect conditions are available, such as considerable process efficiency thanks to optimised and modern production units and high plant availability. The processing units in our Harwich Manufacturing Centre comprise batch and continuous distillation facilities:
Batch Distillation Plants
A 2-batch distillation units which can also be linked together to operate as a single, two column distillation plant either fully continuously or in a semi-continuous mode. Throughput varies depending on operating mode and feed composition.
Batch Still 1 | Batch Still 2 | |
Construction | Carbon Steel | |
Batch Capacity | 45m3 | 90m3 |
Operating Pressure | 2.04 barg / Full Vacuum | 1.4 barg / Full Vacuum |
Heating Medium | Steam @ 10 barg | |
Column Internals | 40 pairs Sieve Trays | 43 Pairs Sieve Trays |
Condensate Distillation Plant
A 4-column continuous distillation plant, principally designed for the fractionation of North Sea Gas Condensates (or similar streams such as Pipeline Interfaces or mixed hydrocarbon streams) into a variety of distillate fractions. Throughput up to 30mt per hour depending on feed composition. Typical processing campaigns of 1,000 to 10,000mt.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |
Construction | Carbon Steel |
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Operating Pressure | 2.04 barg / full vacuum | 2.04 barg / full vacuum | 1.7 barg / full vacuum | 3.0 barg / full vacuum |
Heating Medium | Mineral Oil @ 298 oC | |||
Column Internals | 40 Fixed Valve Trays | 40 Fixed Valve Trays | 20 Fixed Valve Trays | 4 Stages Structured Packing |
High Vacuum Distillation Plant
A 3-column continuous distillation plant designed primarily for high vacuum operation, with low internal pressure drop, to fractionate speciality Gas Oil and heavy Aromatic feedstocks at the lowest possible column base temperatures to minimise product degradation. It is, however, also possible to process North Sea Gas Condensates and Pipeline Interfaces on this plant. Throughput up to 25mt per hour depending on feed composition. Typical processing campaigns of 1,000 to 5,000mt.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Construction | Carbon Steel |
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Operating Pressure | 1.5 barg / Full Vacuum | ||
Heating Medium | Synthetic Oil @ 320 oC | ||
Column Internals | 26 Valve Trays | 36 Stages Structured Packing | 36 Stages Structured Packing |
High precision in-tank blending
High precision in-tank blending of multiple components to meet a bespoke customer specification.
In addition to the above distillation facilities the site offers the Perco® sweetening process and soda lime treatment to improve product odour.
Custom processing
Custom processing is gaining more and more acceptance. In addition to manufacturing our own high-quality products in Harwich, we offer custom processing for external partners.
Decreasing costs, shorter delivery times and quality that meets the highest industry standards are among the undisputed advantages of external production. In Harwich, ideal conditions are available, such as considerable process efficiency thanks to optimised and modern production units, as well as high plant availability. We offer you a high quality assurance through modern laboratories connected to the production as well as an ideal location at the port with connections to all transport routes.
If you are looking for additional processing capacities to absorb order peaks, supplementary process technologies or want to outsource secondary processing to use your own plants with a higher added value? Then we are your partner!
Our offerings
- Producing one-off products
- Processing of contaminated streams (e.g. insurance claims)
- Regeneration of used solvents
- Treatment of process by-products to recover recyclable materials contained therein
- Production of launch volumes for new product developments

Laboratories
Centerpiece of quality assurance
The Harwich Manufacturing Centre hosts a well-equipped laboratory with highly qualified technicians and analysts. This allows Haltermann Carless to conduct on site analysis and to share quick, accurate, reliable testing results with our customers.
Analytical tests
- Gas Chromatography (GC/FI, headspace, GC/MS, thermal desorption, reformulyzer, PIONA) & HPLC,
- Elemental analysis techniques (atomic absorption, X-ray fluorescence, atomic fluorescence)
- Spectroscopy (FTIR, UV-Vis)

Supply Chain Services
Harwich is located on the east coast of England with access to the North Sea. This allows an easy reach of the major oil and chemical refineries of Europe. This strategic location offers us great benefits with regard to the distribution of our products. A deep water jetty, rail siding and road loading and off-loading facilities offer direct links into all modes of transport infrastructure.
Our jetty facility is capable of handling vessels of up to 14,000mt displacement and 7.5m draught.
Your benefits:
As our customer you can rely on a timely delivery and qualified transport under consideration of all safety regulations using all modes of transportation.
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Haltermann Carless
sustainability awards

EcoVadis Gold
In recognition of our responsible and sustainable behaviour, we have been awarded Gold status several times.
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ISCC EU & ISCC PLUS
We offer our customers sustainable and certified solutions that comply with strict sustainability criteria.
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FIA Three-Star accreditation
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, has awarded us the highest accreditation for environmental sustainability.
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