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Visit to Messer Visita Carlos Arola

n the 9th of April, the 4th about 20 mins. away from Salou. experiments with liquid nitrogen l pasado 15 de mayo nos atención de todos los alumnos
Oof ESO students went to We left in the morning by bus for (or looked at an employee doing Evisitó el Sr. Carlos Arola, y despertar un gran interés.
visit Messer, taking advantage La Pobla de Mafumet, a village it). This was the most fun part! director general de Arola El Sr. Arola explicó el proceso
of the absence of the rest of located near El Morell, where we Liquid nitrogen is obviously very Comercio Internacional, para completo que sigue un producto
ESO, since they were gone on were attended in the town hall cold, and we had to keep our ofrecer una conferencia a los desde su manufactura hasta
their ski trip. by a Messer representative. She distance so we wouldn't freeze alumnos de cuarto de ESO. llegar al usuario en términos
gave us a presentation on Messer, ourselves. A very fun example of de transporte y de trámites
Sonali Mayani introducing us to the company, what we saw was an experiment M. Franquet burocráticos. El interés de los
Messer is a chemical company its goals and achievements, etc., with a rose. After freezing it, the El tipo de negocio que desarrolla alumnos se reflejó al final de la
which supplies industrial gases focusing more on the economical employee hit it against the table la empresa del Sr. Arola, logística charla en una interesante sesión
to other companies that need it part. Then we were given an and it shattered into pieces. We internacional, consiguió atraer la de preguntas y respuestas.
in their manufacturing process. explanation about the actual also ate frozen biscuits.
This company is the largest separation of gases from the air, Overall, I found this experience
family-owned company to be in centering ourselves on the science a very fun experience, and it also
this sector, and it started out in behind the process. helped us see other sectors to
Germany around a century ago, After this small presentation, we which we can dedicate ourselves
and then expanded itself across were taken to the plant, where we in the near future. We learnt many
the world. Now it has factories in had a small snack and visited the interesting things, both about the
Europe, Asia, and South America. area, looking at all the machinery. business side and the science side,
As we all the, the petrochemical We also saw how the gases are and saw many new things. The
industry is very important in this stored, and how they transport best part was the liquid nitrogen
area. Tarragona is home to the the gases from the storage tanks part, obviously! The trip finished
best petrochemical complex in to special lorries so that the gases off very well, and we returned with
Spain. The factory we went to visit can be taken to the companies that a memorable experience: eating
is located in El Morell, a small town need it. To finish the tour, we did frozen biscuits!