Who are we?
Casale is a private Swiss company based in Lugano. For over 100 years Casale has been offering technologies and engineering solutions with an extended portfolio and a unique value proposition in the world: it is the only company that can provide the technologies for the production of Ammonia, Urea, Methanol, Nitrates, Phosphates, complex fertilizers, Syngas, Hydrogen and Melamine. CASALE’s key capabilities include plant revamping and new plants construction. Thanks to its portfolio of technologies and expertise, CASALE has secured 500 contracts with more than 400 customers over the past 30 years, gaining a leading position in all the business areas where it operates globally. With many successful revamping projects completed over the past decades, CASALE is now a world leader in plant revamping, and its technologies are installed in numerous operating ammonia, methanol, nitric acid and fertilizer plants around the world. It licenses its own technologies whose energy efficiency and high capacity are the best-performing in the market. CASALE’s know-how includes catalyst and process development, it also commercialises equipment to produce ammonia, and for syngas generation.
Ambition statements
CASALE aims to improve ammonia production by validating the catalyst to be developed at TRL6, demonstrating its techno feasibility. Using the new catalyst, CASALE’s green ammonia production will improve significantly reducing energy consumption, increasing efficiency and minimizing CO2 emissions. This innovation aligns with the growing green economy and the exponential growth of the hydrogen economy, positioning CASALE at the forefront of sustainable industrial development.
CASALE’s laboratory
Multiple set-ups for NH3 synthesis catalyst testing and benchmarking under relevant industrial condition (temperature, pressure, flow, composition, poisoning). Set-up for adsorption/desorption gasses test. Equipment for mechanical test on structured catalyst.