page_title: Leuna works
section_title: Since 1990
hierarchical_section_title: Leuna works / Since 1990
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Industrie- und Chemiepark. Großteils unter Verwaltung der Infraleuna. Ein großer Teil der Nachwende-Investitionen (EU-gefördert) in das Gelände der ehemaligen Leunawerke wurde für die Raffinerie Total/Elf eingesetzt. Leuna, Sachsen-Anhalt. Foto 2009 Wolfgang Pehlemann DSCN2964
context_page_description: The Leuna works in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, is one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes in Germany. The site, now owned jointly by companies such as Total S.A., BASF, Linde AG, and DOMO Group, covers 13 km² and produces a very wide range of chemicals and plastics.
context_section_description: After German reunification in 1990, the Leuna works were divided into several smaller units that were sold to several companies, among them Total S.A., BASF, Linde AG, and Belgian DOMO Group. Common utilities for the companies are provided by InfraLeuna. With the closure of unprofitable plants and general modernization, the number of employees was reduced significantly from 28000 (1978) to 9000 in 2014. QUINN Chemicals invested in a plant to manufacture methyl methacrylate (MMA) but construction has halted as of January 2009 due to heavy cost overruns.
  Chancellor Helmut Kohl mediated the transfer of the Leuna oil refinery to French company Elf Aquitaine (who later became part of Total) in 1990/1991. Dubious transactions at that time led to the so-called Leuna affair and criminal proceedings against manager Alfred Sirven. In 1997, the new refinery MIDER (Mitteldeutsche Erdoel-Raffinerie), now TRM (Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland) started production after two and a half years of construction time. It represents the largest direct investment of a French company in the new states of Germany and was supported by an EU state aid of 1400 million Deutsche Mark, corresponding to 27% of the total investment. With the construction of new plants in an area named Leuna III, the industrial complex has expanded towards the village of Spergau.
caption: Chemical and Industrial Plant Leuna in 2007
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