Zakłady Azotowe Puławy

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• Paweł Jarczewski, Chairman
• Cezary Możeński, Chairman of the Board

Zakłady Azotowe Pulawy SA ( German nitrogen works Pulawy ) is a Polish chemical company based in Pulawy, Lublin Voivodeship, specializing in the volume production of nitrogen fertilizers with one of the components ( ammonium nitrate, urea, nitric solution of urea, ammonium sulphate ); also one of the world's largest manufacturer of melamine and the largest Polish companies in the large-scale chemical synthesis industry.

• 3.1 Board of Directors
• 3.2 Board of Directors

• 5.1 majority interests
• 5.2 Minority interests

• 7.1 2000
• 7.2 2001
• 7.3 2002
• 7.4 2004
• 7.5 2010
• 7.6 2011
• 7.7 2012

Company Data

Zakłady Azotowe Pulawy SA registered in the Polish Commercial Register under number 0000011737. Register data:

• Regon ( business registration number): 430 528 900,
• NIP ( tax identification number): 7160001822nd

The initial capital is 191.15 million PLN and is divided into 19,115,000 shares. The totality of the shareholders of the Company stood in the middle of 2012 the following example before:

• State: 50.67 %
• Kompania Węglowa S. A.: 9.90%
• Zbigniew Jakubas and related economic agents: 5.16%
• ING TFI S. A.: 5.01%

History

Period of the Polish People's Republic

The decision to build the nitrogen fertilizer factory in Pulawy was taken on December 19, 1960. After a construction period of five years starting on June 4, 1966, the production of ammonia and urea. In the years 1967 to 1970, the production was followed by carbon dioxide and dry ice.

In 1970 the decision was made to build a production plant for caprolactam, from 1975 to 1977 was the first production line for melamine.

In the 80 years of the 20th century, the first progress in the area of environmental protection has been achieved. Among other things, a sewage treatment plant was built on the production line for caprolactam. In parallel, the fertilizer - range was extended: The first fertilizer with two components being fabricated, a nitric solution of urea.

Period of the Third Republic of Poland

On 1 September 1992, the company became a state-owned joint-stock company and got its current name. On 14 November 1995 the production line was set for hydrogen peroxide in transition. On 15 November 1998, a plant for sodium orthophosphate borane followed. Moreover, technologically obsolete production lines were replaced and modernized for urea and ammonia.

In the years 2000 to 2004 in succession two new production lines were set for melamine in motion in collaboration with the company Eurotecnica, since then the company has a 10 percent share of world production of this chemical compound.

By 2005 the state was 99.99 % of the shares of the company owner. In 2005 the company was privatized through an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange ( GPW ), but the state remained the holder of a majority package.

On 30 October 2007 the Special Economic Zone Starachowice was decided with the subarea Pulawy. Within the sub-area Pulawy Zakłady Azotowe Pulawy SA is located in the industrial park of Pulawy and covers an area of about 99 ha.

In 2008 Zakłady Azotowe Pulawy SA received under the provisions of the SEZ approval for the expansion of capacity for urea by about 270,000 t / year and Ad Blue up to 100,000 t / year. These investments were completed in 2010. At the same time the company Air Liquide received the commercial approval in the territory of the special economic zone for the production of technical gases for the purpose of Zakłady Azotowe Pulawy SA and other customers.

2011, the Company acquired a 98.43 - percent stake in the Danziger operating for phosphorus fertilizer " Fosfory Sp z oo " and extended the trading range to phosphorus fertilizer and fertilizer mixtures.

2012, the Company acquired a 85- percent stake in the chemical plants of Chorzów Adipol - Azoty SA, and expanded the trade offer, inter alia, potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate and chemical food additives.

Management

Board of Directors

• Paweł Jarczewski - CEO
• Marian Rybak - Board Member
• Zenon Pokojski - Board Member
• Wojciech Kozak - Board Member
• Marek Kapłucha - Board Member

Board of Directors

• January Cezary Możeński - Chairman of the Board
• Irena Ozog - Member of the Supervisory Board
• Józef Jacek Wojtowicz - Secretary of the Supervisory Board
• Marta Kulik - Zawadzka - Member of the Supervisory Board
• Andrzej Bartuzi - Member of the Supervisory Board
• Jacek Kudela - Member of the Supervisory Board

Capacity

The annual capacity of the plant turned out in 2011 following example illustrates:

• Urea - 1,215,000 tons
• Ammonium nitrate - 1.10385 million tons
• Nitric urea solution - 1,000,000 tons
• Ammonium sulphate - 156,000 tons
• AdBlue - 100,000 tons
• Melamine - 92,000 tons
• Caprolactam - 70,000 tons
• Hydrogen peroxide - 10,000 tons
• Condensed carbon dioxide - 74,250 tons

Investments

Majority interests

• The Gdansk operating for phosphorus fertilizer " Fosfory Sp z oo " - 98.45 % of the Shares in the Company
• Azoty - Adipol SA - production of fertilizers and chemicals, logistics services - 85.00 %
• Prozap Sp z o.o. - Engineering services - 84.69 %
• Remzap Sp z o.o. - Renovation Services - 94.61 %
• Medical Sp z o.o. - Sickness benefits - 91.41 %
• Jawor Sp z o.o. - Hotel services - 99.96 %
• Sto - Zap Sp z o.o. - Catering - 96.15 %
• Melamina III Sp z o.o. - Energy project - 100.00 %

Minority interests

• BBM Sp z o.o. - Sea export terminal - 50.00 %
• CTL Kolzap Sp z o.o. - Siding services - 49.00%
• Navitrans Sp z o.o. - Forwarding - 26.45%
• Technochimservis - Commercial Services - 25.00%

Sports clubs

Zakłady Azotowe in Pulawy currently sponsor the Handball Club Azoty - Pulawy, which was created in 2003 by the selection of players from the club Wisła Pulawy that emerges in the PGNiG Superleague. They also support the sports club Wisła Pulawy, which has several sections and the representative of the Konrad Czerniak is float. The football players of this club achieved in the 2010/2011 season promotion to the second division.

Prizes and awards

The works in Pulawy are winners of many awards at regional, state and international level.

2000

• Of the editors of " Rynki Zagraniczne " prize, awarded "Outstanding Exporter " for the services in the business relationship with foreign countries.
• Golden laurel of "Gazeta Bankowa " the ranking of the "Best Companies 2000 '.

2001

• Certificate " Business Fair Play 2001 ", which will be awarded in the competition " Business Fair Play " by the National Chamber of Commerce and the Research Institute for Democracy and private companies for compliance with the ethical rules of honesty and integrity in business.

2002

• "Golden orbital " in the contest of " Rynek Chemiczny " for the entirety of the commissioning of the plant melamine II related work.

2004

• Statuette of the " Crystal Globe " as the leader of the export value and Leader of export growth 2002/2003, which is awarded by the editors of " Polish Export Review" and by the " Club Eksportera ".

2010

• Price for 2nd place in the number of patents in 2004-2008.
• Award for the processing of the type of production from hydroxylamine in the plant for the production of caprolactam. The award was presented by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.

2011

• Nomination in "The welcome company " for the best image in the context of social business responsibility in the Lublin Voivodeship - the Business Centre Club award given to social engagement and the realization of the idea of social business responsibility.
• Price " Lublin business Adler " in the category: Large industrial companies. The prize was awarded by the Lublin Employers' Association.
• Winner of the Rankings " The reformers " of Wprost - Ranking of the most innovative Polish company, which was prepared by the Economics Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
• "Golden Key to Success in 2010 " in the contest of "Gazeta Wyborcza " in Lublin in the category " large companies ".
• Medal " Acanthus Ureus " for the stand during the International Environmental Exhibition " Poleko 2011" in Poznan.

2012

• Winner of the title "He has transformed the Polish industry ", which is awarded by the editors of economic monthly magazine " Nowy Przemysl " and the business portal Wnp.pl.