Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe "Puławy" PLC is a Polish chemical

company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether Natural person, natural, Juridical person, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members ...

based in

Puławy Puławy (, also written Pulawy) is a city in eastern Poland, in Lesser Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, at the confluence of the Vistula and Kurówka River, Kurówka Rivers. Puławy is the capital of Puławy County. The city's 2019 population was Cen ...

Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...

, specializing in the production of mono-volumes of

nitrogen fertilizer A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from liming materials or other non-nutrient soil amendments. Man ...

(

ammonium nitrate Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula . It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly soluble in water and hygroscopic as a solid, but does not form hydrates. It is predominantly us ...

urea Urea, also called carbamide (because it is a diamide of carbonic acid), is an organic compound with chemical formula . This amide has two Amine, amino groups (–) joined by a carbonyl functional group (–C(=O)–). It is thus the simplest am ...

, UAN,

ammonium sulfate Ammonium sulfate (American English and international scientific usage; ammonium sulphate in British English); (NH4)2SO4, is an inorganic salt with a number of commercial uses. The most common use is as a soil fertilizer. It contains 21% nitrogen a ...

), one of the world's largest producers of

melamine Melamine is an organic compound with the formula C3H6N6. This white solid is a trimer (chemistry), trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-Triazine, 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass, and its derivatives ha ...

. It also produces

caprolactam Caprolactam (CPL) is an organic compound with the chemical formula, formula (CH2)5C(O)NH. This colourless solid is a lactam (a cyclic amide) of caproic acid. Global demand for this compound is approximately five million tons per year, and the vast ...

hydrogen peroxide Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula . In its pure form, it is a very pale blue liquid that is slightly more viscosity, viscous than Properties of water, water. It is used as an oxidizer, bleaching agent, and antiseptic, usua ...

AdBlue Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF; also known as AUS 32 and sometimes marketed as AdBlue) is a liquid used to reduce the amount of air pollution created by a diesel engine. Specifically, DEF is an aqueous urea solution made with 32.5% urea and 67.5% ...

and technical

gases Gas is a state of matter that has neither a fixed volume nor a fixed shape and is a compressible fluid. A ''pure gas'' is made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon) or molecules of either a single type of atom ( elements such ...

. Since January 2013, it has been part of Grupa Azoty.

History

Polish People's Republic (PRL) Period

The decision to build plants producing Nitrogen fertilizer in Puławy, was taken on December 19, 1960. It took nearly 5 years to build the plant. Ammonia and urea's production was finally launched on 4 December 1966. In the years 1967–1970, production of carbon dioxide and dry ice has been started. In 1970 it was decided to build a caprolactam plant, and from 1975 to 1977, the first production line of melamine has been started. In the 1980s, the company made progress in reducing the works’ nuisance for the natural environment. The wastewater treatment plant was built right by the production line of caprolactam. At the same time, the range of artificial fertilizers was being improved. The two-component fertilizer, urea ammonium nitrate ''RSM'' ( UAN) was put into production for the first time.

Third Republic of Poland Period

On 1 September 1992, plants have been transformed into a

Limited Liability Company A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of ...

and acquired its current name. On 14 November 1995, the production line of

was launched. On 15 December 1998, the company started the work on the installation producing

sodium Sodium is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Na (from Neo-Latin ) and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 element, group 1 of the peri ...

ortooksoboran (PBS). What is more, old production lines of urea and ammonia were modernized. In the years 2000–2004, two new production lines of melamine were launched in collaboration with Eurotecnica, so plant reached 10% share in world production of this compound. By 2005, the

Treasury A treasury is either *A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry; in a business context, corporate treasury. *A place or location where treasure, such as currency or precious items are kept. These can be ...

was the owner of the factory, holding 99,99% shares of the company. In 2005, the company was privatized by issuing shares on the

Warsaw Stock Exchange The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) () is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland. Founded in 1817, it was located in the Saxon Palace until 1877 when it was moved to the Exchange Building at the Saxon Garden. Currently, it is located at ul. Książęca ...

; however, the Treasury remained the owner of a controlling interest. In 2008, Zaklady Azotowe "Puławy" PLC were authorized to engage the economic activity in the special economic zone to increase urea production capacity of about 270 thousand tons a year and Ad Blue to 100 thousand tons a year. In 2011, the company acquired 98.43% of shares in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

Phosphate Fertilizer Plant "Fosfory" LTD, extending the commercial offer of phosphate fertilizers and compound fertilizers. In 2012, the company acquired 85% of shares in chemical plants

Chorzów Chorzów ( ; ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa ...

Adipol-Azoty PLC, extending the commercial offer of such

potassium nitrate Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula . It is a potassium salt of nitric acid. This salt consists of potassium cations and nitrate anions , and is therefore an alkali metal nit ...

calcium nitrate Calcium nitrate are inorganic compounds with the formula Ca(NO3)2(H2O)x. The anhydrous compound, which is rarely encountered, absorbs moisture from the air to give the tetrahydrate. Both anhydrous and hydrated forms are colourless salts. Hydrated ...

and chemical food additives.

Authorities

Management

* Jacek Janiszek – President of the Management board * Krzysztof Homenda – Vice-president of the Management board * Paweł Owczarski – Vice-president of the Management board * Izabela Małgorzata Świderek – Vice-president of the Management board * Andrzej Skwarek – Member of the Management board

Supervisory Board

* Jacek Nieścior – chairman of the Supervisory Board * Maciej Marzec – member of the Supervisory Board * Wiktor Cwynar – secretary of the Supervisory Board * Grzegorz Mandziarz – member of the Supervisory Board * Jacek Wójtowicz – member of the Supervisory Board * Krzysztof Bednarz – member of the Supervisory Board

Production capacity

The annual production capacity of the plant in 2011 was as follows: *

– 1 215 000 tons *

– 1 103 850 tons * UAN (''RSM'') – 1 000 000 tons *

– 156 000 tons *

– 100 000 tons *

– 92 000 tons *

– 70 000 tons *

– 10 000 tons * liquefied

carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalent bond, covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in a gas state at room temperature and at norma ...

– 74 250 tons

Organizational structure

Subsidiaries

* Phosphate Fertilizer Plant In Gdańsk "Fosfory" Sp z o.o. – 98,45% * Azoty-Adipol PLC – fertilizers and chemicals production and logistics services – 85,00% * Prozap Sp z o.o. – engineering services - 84,69% * Remzap Sp z o.o. – repair services - 94,61% * Medical Sp.z o.o. – healthcare services - 91,41% * Jawor Sp z o.o. – hotel services - 99,96% * Sto-Zap Sp z o.o. – catering services - 96,15% * Melamina III Sp z o.o. – energy project - 100,00%

Affiliated entities

* BBM Sp z o.o. – marine export terminal – 50,00% * CTL Kolzap Sp z o.o. – siding services – 49,00% * Navitrans Sp.z o.o. – shipping services – 26,45% * Technochimservis – commercial services – 25,00%

Sports Clubs

Zakłady Azotowe "Puławy" are currently sponsoring a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club

KS Azoty-Puławy KS Azoty-Puławy is a team handball, men's handball club from Puławy, Poland, that plays in the Polish Superliga (men's handball), Superliga. History The club was founded on the initiative of :pl:Jerzy Witaszek, Jerzy Witaszek, Piotr Dropek ...

formed in 2003, by subtracting from the club Wisła Puławy, playing in the

Polish Superliga The Polish Superliga, officially known as the Orlen Superliga due to its sponsorship by Orlen, is the top men's handball league in Poland. It is currently a 14 teams league, played from September to May. The competition was founded in 1956 under ...

. It also supports the multi sectional club Wisła Puławy, represented by the swimmer

Konrad Czerniak Konrad Czerniak (born 11 July 1989) is a Polish competitive swimmer who has participated in the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships. He won ten medals at these championships, mostly in the butterfly. At the 2012 Summer ...

. During the season 2010/11 the players of Puławy's football club managed to win the promotion to the second division.MMPuławy.pl: ''Zakłady Azotowe będą sponsorować Wisłę Puławy. Giza i Nowak kuszeni przez inne kluby''
27.07.2012, 11:00

References

External links

Official website
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