Lifosa

Lifosa is a great Lithuanian fertilizer producer, who is now the Russian EuroChem Corporation is ( nearly 95 % of the shares). The company is listed on the Vilnius Stock Exchange on the second list.

The company processed phosphates and other raw materials from Russia to various fertilizer products ( primarily diammonium hydrogen phosphate, 88 % of total sales in 2007 ), mainly according to ( Western) Europe ( two-thirds ), but also sold to America, Africa and Asia be.

The company's sales increased in 2007 compared to the previous year by over a third (from 682 to 922 million litas ), for which an increased production rather than the rapid increase in world market price was less responsible.

History

The origins of the company lie in the time of the Soviet Union. In 1959 started the construction of a fertilizer plant near the city zentrallitauischen Kėdainiai. In 1963, with the production of sulfuric acid started production, to which the end of 1963 joined the production of superphosphate. After several extensions, the phosphate production was from 1996 to diversify and diammonium hydrogen phosphate (1996) and extended the manufacture of phosphates for animal feed (2000-2002). Since 2000, a turbo generator (25 MW) converts the resulting in the production of sulfuric hot steam into electricity, which also supplies the city Kėdainiai next to the company.

In 1995 the company was converted into a public limited company under the name AB fostra and 1996 privatized ( partial privatization already 1991-1994). 2002 Lifosa AB acquired a majority of the Russian fertilizer producer EuroChem.

55.27324.018Koordinaten: 55 ° 16 ' 23 " N, 24 ° 1' 5" E

  • Chemical company (Lithuania )
  • Companies ( Kėdainiai )
  • Fertilizer manufacturers
  • Aktiengesellschaft ( Lithuania)
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