
1954
START OF ACTIVITY
Affiliate of Kirchner Hamburg
Licensee of Selas of America, worldwide leader company specialized in process furnaces at high temperatures – severe/critical conditions, etc.
- Cracking Ethylene
- Steam Reforming
- Visbreaking
- VCM
- Carbon Bisulfide
- Etc.
KIRCHNER ITALIA S.p.A. gained considerable experience in the implementation, not only of refinery and petrochemical traditional furnaces of its own design (Topping, Vacuum, Reboilers, etc.) but, particularly, also in the realization of process furnaces licensed by Selas of America.
Meanwhile, thanks to its technological development, Kirchner Italia also became an “Approved Constructor” for other major processing companies worldwide (UOP etc.).

1970-1972
APPROVED CONSTRUCTOR AND IMPORTANT CONTRACT
At the end of the license with Selas of America, Kirchner Italia continued its work developing both its self-designed furnaces and other furnaces such as Ethylene Cracking, Primary Reformer etc.,
realized as “Approved Constructor” for the most important processing companies in the world, to which they could now access due to the expiry of the License with Selas of America.
Haldor Topsøe License
1970 Rhodiatoce Novara
primary Reformer + Waste Heat Section
First Reformer in Italy licensed by Haldor Topsøe.
Lummus License
1970 Montecatini Edison porto Marghera
N°14 Ethylene Cracking Furnaces + 2 ra N°14 Ethylene Cracking Furnaces + 2 Steam Superheaters Lummus license, one of the world’s major names for Ethylene.
Liquichimica Augusta - Main Contractor CTIP Roma
Large scale works: All furnaces of plant ISOSIV 2 for the production of bio proteins. N°13 Furnaces entirely designed and supplied by Kirchner Italia and, the year after.
1973 Doubled for the same customer and
the same Main Contractor CTIP Rome
N°10 Furnaces entirely designed and supplied by Kirchner Italia for plant ISOSIV 4.

1976-1989
NEW PROJECTS
Montedison Mantova
First energy recovery plant, entirely designed by Kirchner Italia, with innovative technology:
- Burners with forced draft, high capacity and low air excess (5% fuel gas, 10% fuel oil).
- Pre-heating combustion air through latent heat flue gas Efficiency increase from 75% to 93,46%!
Energy recovery plant on N°14 Ethylene Cracking Furnaces in Porto Marghera, supplied by KIRCHNER ITALIA in 1970.
This new recovery plant was built with a contract financed entirely by KIRCHNER ITALIA.
Kirchner Italia is financially self-sufficient, without the need to access to bank credit and is actually capable to finance customers.
The payments arrived immediately since the plant started working and making revenues.
This way, the Customer spent no money at all.
Meanwhile, Furnaces, Energy Recovery Plants and Yield Improvements of existing Ethylene Cracking Furnaces were continued to be accomplished, thanks to the experience and technology acquired by Kirchner Italia also on these types of furnaces.
Processes are optimized in collaboration with the experience of loyal and important customers (Montedipe, Enichem Anic, etc.).
After the realization of numerous Energy Recovery Plants and Yield Improvements, in collaboration with the process of customer Montedipe, Kirchner Italia realizes the transformation of a Steam Superheater Furnace into an Ethylene Cracking Furnace (Montedipe Porto Marghera).

1992-1997
NEW LICENSES
1992 EXXON
Design and supply of new furnaces licensed by EXXON Research for Statoil, Kalundborg, Denmark.
1992 Davy McKee
Design and supply of a Primary Reformer licensed by Davy McKee for Supermetanol, Jose Edo Anzoategui, Venezuela.
1992 C.F. Braun
The development of collaborations with new processes continued:
Design and supply of a Primary Reformer licensed by C.F. Braun for
Tecnimont, CNTIC Hejiang, China.
1993 Stone & Webster
Design and supply of N°6 Ethylene Cracking Furnaces licensed by Stone & Webster for Tecnimont, CNTIC Canton, China.
1994 Brown & Root
Design and supply of a Primary Reformer licensed by Brown & Root for Tecnimont, CPCIC Urumqi, China.
1997 Brown & Root
Design and supply of a Primary Reformer licensed by Brown & Root for Tecnimont, SAFCO, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
THE LARGEST PACKAGE
Realization of a Primary Reformer licensed by Haldor Topsøe for Fluor Daniel, Statoil, Tjeldbergodden, Norway.
The largest 100% package ever realized:
1350 ton. Radiant zone / 550 ton. convection zone. Entirely made in Italy in two main packages; each package came complete with coils, refractory, external insulation, lighting, instrumentation, painting etc.

2001- 2014
NEW CUSTOMERS
NEW AMERICAN PROCESS LICENSOR: KBR
Acquisition of a new American Process Licensor: KBR
Supply of Convection Zones for Ethylene Cracking Furnaces for Techint – PEMOSA, PECASA, Mexico.
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Customer ENI for Raffineria di Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi, Pavia, Italy
Plant EST – ENI SLURRY TECHNOLOGY
New technology developed by ENI.
Design and supply of N°5 Furnaces.
THE LARGEST REVAMPING
Licensed by Stone & Webster for Versalis, Priolo, Italy
The largest Revamping on N°4 Ethylene Cracking Furnaces;
Value of order: 46,6 MM/€.
NEW FIELD - POWER PLANTS
New Customer in Thailand: PTT Public Company Ltd
Construction of N°3 Waste Heat Recovery Units, entirely designed
by KIRCHNER ITALIA.
Gas Recovery of three Rolls Royce RB211 Turbines.

2001- 2014
NEW CUSTOMERS
2002/2003
Development with new customers in China, Iran, Qatar, India, Algeria.
2008
New Customer in Russia: JSC Sibur Holding / Tobolsk Polymer, LLC CO., Tobolsk, Russia, Main Contractor Tecnimont.
Supply of N°4 PDH Furnaces for Polymers Plant. (UOP License).
2010
New Customer in Colombia: Cartagena Refinery - REFICAR Supply of N°5 Furnaces.
2011
New Customer in Suriname: Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. Supply of N°6 Furnaces licensed by CB&I / Lummus
Supply of N°1 Primary Reformer licensed by Haldor Topsøe.
2013
New Customer in Saudi Arabia: SAUDI ARAMCO, Main Contractor Saipem Supply of N°8 Furnaces for Units 410 and 420 for Naphtha and Aromatics plant.
2013
New Customer in Africa: Dangote Fertilizer Ltd., Nigeria Supply of N°2 Primary Reformers licensed by Haldor Topsøe Design and supply of N°2 Start-up Heaters
For the largest Fertilizer plant in Africa.
2014
New Customer in Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
Supply of N°1 Primary Reformer licensed by Haldor Topsøe for new End User OJSC phos Agro – Cherepovets, Russia
Design and supply of N°1 Start-up Heater.