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Versalis to shut down cracking in Brindisi by April

Schedule announced for conversion of Italian site. Polyethylene production to continue as gigafactory project replaces basic chemicals operations.

January 10, 2025 14:02

Versalis will permanently shut down its cracking plant in Brindisi, southern Italy, by April while keeping the polyethylene production facility operational. As part of the group’s restructuring plan for chemical operations, €700 million will be invested in Brindisi to begin producing lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) energy storage systems by the end of 2028.
The gigafactory project will use two areas, each about four hectares, for producing active materials and energy storage systems in the plant’s western section.

Details of the Puglian site’s conversion project were presented yesterday by Versalis during a technical meeting in Rome at the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (Mimit). This was the second meeting on the ENI group's chemical subsidiary restructuring project, following a session focused on the Sicily plants in Ragusa and Priolo (read article).

While unions in the chemical sector expressed interest in the productive reconversion, they criticized the decision to shut down the cracking plant, noting the gigafactory will be built on unused areas of the Brindisi site. Worker representatives also demanded assurances about maintaining employment levels.

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