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Rhenus Weserport builds its first rail loading facility: collaboration with Schwandorf-based Nabaltec

EQS-News: Nabaltec AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous Rhenus Weserport builds its first rail loading facility: collaboration with Schwandorf-based Nabaltec 11.01.2024 / 10:00 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Rhenus Weserport builds its first rail loading facility: collaboration with Schwandorf-based Nabaltec

Schwandorf, 11 January 2024 – For more than 25 years, Rhenus Weserport Bremen has stood for expert and professional transshipment of various goods and materials. As a member of the Rhenus Group, the port agency has previously focused on transferring cargo from seagoing vessels onto trucks and inland waterway vessels. But for its recently forged partnership with Nabaltec AG, Rhenus Weserport is now substantially extending its existing railway line. The rail loading facility in Germany's southernmost seaport will be used for the shipment of imported aluminum hydroxide and aluminum oxide.

Nabaltec AG supplies growing markets all over the world with eco-friendly flame retardant fillers and specialty alumina. Due to high energy costs, and given the trend towards de-industrialization, which is expected in Germany as a result, the company is looking to expand its ability to purchase aluminum hydroxide and aluminum oxide, two materials which are of vital importance for its product portfolio, from smelters in Europe, in Brazil and – depending on cost and quality – all over the world. The materials are shipped to Germany by sea, as German ports offer cost advantages for Nabaltec over Dutch and Belgian ports, and storage of the materials in Bremen ensures a reliable supply. "The decision to route the aluminum hydroxide and aluminum oxide through Rhenus Weserport was made because of its existing railway line, which is perfectly suited for a project-based extension. Other crucial factors included the direct link to oceangoing traffic and the existing loading and storage facilities. The materials are shipped by rail from Bremen right to us in Bavaria. We expect to see cost benefits due to the extension of our supplier portfolio, which will allow us to continue offering our products on a competitive basis," explains Johannes Heckmann, the CEO of Nabaltec AG. Aluminum hydroxide is a flame retardant and a key component in plastic cables and other metallic conductors. Aluminum oxide is used in the production of technical ceramics and in the refractory and polishing industries.