Grupa Azoty S.A.
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| Industry | Chemical Industry |
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| Founded | 1927 |
| Founder | State Treasury |
| Headquarters | 33-101 Tarnów ul. Eugeniusza Kwiatkowskiego 8, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland |
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Key people
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Mariusz Bober (CEO and Chairman of the executive board), Witold Szczypiński (VP) Tomasz Hinc (VP) Paweł Łapiński (VP) Józef Rojek (VP) Artur Kopeć (VP) |
| Products | Fertilizer, Plastic, chemikals, Oxo alcohol, Pigments |
| 1 315 mln PLN (2015) | |
| 692 mln PLN (2015) | |
| Total assets | 9 948 332 th. PLN (end 2015) |
| Total equity | €495 mln PLN (end 2015) |
| Owners | State Treasury (33%), Norica Holding, ING OFE, TFI PZU, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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Number of employees
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13 879 (2015) |
| Website | http://grupaazoty.com// |
Grupa Azoty S.A. (before Zakłady Azotowe in Tarnów-Mościce) - the company in the chemical industry located in the Mościce district of Tarnów, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southeastern Poland.
The company was established in 1927, during the Second Polish Republic period, as one of the most modern factories in Europe then.
In the present day it the largest chemical holding company in Poland. It is also a leading chemicals company in Europe, where it is the second largest producer of mineral fertilizers and melamine, the third largest producer of compound fertilizers, and the fifth largest producer of plasticisers and polyamide 6.
Grupa Azoty (formerly: Zakłady Azotowe in Tarnów-Mościce S.A.) forms a Capital Group, affiliating, inter alia, the following subsidiaries:
Grupa Azoty is currently the second largest producer of mineral fertilizers and third of compound fertilizers in European Union. It is also present in the sector of construction plastics, OXO alcohols and plasticizers. It offers a rich range of products made in particular plants in Tarnów, Puławy, Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Police, Gdańsk, Grzybów, Chorzów i Guben.
Mineral fertilizers are one of the most important fields of operation of Grupa Azoty. It specialises in production of nitric and compound fertilizers. Additionally, in Agro segment, the company deals with ammonia production and other half-products produced on the basis of nitrogen. What is more, Grupa Azoty performs a project of phosphorite excavation (the main material in compound fertilizer production) in its own mine in Senegal. Grupa Azoty is the leader on the Polish market and second largest producer of mineral fertilizers European Union.
In the scope of this segment, most of all, engineering plastics (polyamide 6 (PA6) and modified plastics) are produced as well as auxiliary products such as caprolactam and other chemicals. Currently, the largest factory of Polyamide 6 in Tarnów is under construction, which will allow Grupa Azoty to increase its production possibilities and become the leading producer of this material in Europe.
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