Elsteraue, Germany

MÜNZING Micro Technologies GmbH (MMT) is located in the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, approx 40 km south of the city of Leipzig.

The site is specialized in the production of all kinds and grades of micronized waxes, sold under MÜNZING´s CERETAN® brand.

In order to provide our customers with a full range of micronized wax products covering application-specific requirements, MMT operates two different types of micronization equipment: spray towers for molten liquid waxes to generate our unique, spherical particle shape micronized wax products, and air-jet mills for conventional (non-spherical particle shape) micronized wax grades. The site is equipped with mixing and packaging units, QC lab, and warehouses. Due to continuous micronization processes, MMT is operated 24/7 with about 60 employees.

Also, in Elsteraue, there is our brand new production site of MÜNZING Emulsions-Chemie GmbH (MEC), which is currently under construction. Construction started in August 2020, and the plant is scheduled to start operation by the end of 2021. After completion, the plant will be capable of producing more than 10,000 mt per year of water-based wax emulsions and specialty additives like powder defoamers. Those products are mainly used in construction industry applications like indoor and outdoor paints, plasters, and stuccos.

The plant design is optimized for low energy consumption, including a combined heat and power unit with micro gas turbines and a sophisticated energy recovery system which is expected to consume only 50% of energy compared to a conventional plant setup.