Thermphos International
The Thermphos International B. V. was a company in the chemical industry, which produces phosphorus and inorganic phosphorus compounds. In 2005, it generated annual sales of around EUR 550 million and employed approximately 1,200 people worldwide. Since November 2012 she is in bankruptcy. Most operating parts have already been sold to foreign investors. The main plant is struggling with the disposal of the contaminated sites.
Locations
The company's headquarters is located in Vlissingen in the Netherlands, it also has production facilities in Europe, Asia and South America.
In Germany, it operates as Thermphos Germany GmbH, with headquarters and a factory in the Höchst Industrial Park in Frankfurt am Main as well as a production site in the Chemical Park Knapsack in Hürth, they also had the Omnisal GmbH in Wittenberg. In France, the company has under the umbrella of Thermphos France SARL two productions, one in Épierre and one in Fos -sur -Mer. In the UK there are three works here under Thermphos UK Ltd.. in Widnes, in Oldbury and Newport. Pure sales offices exist in Louvain- la -Neuve (Belgium ), Castiglione delle Stiviere (Italy ), train ( Switzerland ) and Barcelona (Spain). In Asia Thermphos maintains a production facility in Xuzhou, China, and sales offices in Shanghai, Tokyo ( Japan) and Singapore. A South American production facility is located in Buenos Aires, and there is a sales office in Sao Paulo. In North America, sales offices exist in Anniston and Matawan.
Worldwide owns 16 subsidiaries in order to Thermphos International BV:
- Thermphos International BV, The Netherlands
- Thermphos Germany GmbH, Germany (until 2013) - Sold to Italmatch
- Thermphos S.A.R.L. France, France
- Thermphos UK Ltd. , United Kingdom
- Thermphos Food Additive Co. Ltd.. , China
- Sudamfos S. A., Argentina
- Thermphos Trading GmbH, Switzerland
- Thermphos Dequest AG, Switzerland
- Thermphos Dequest UK Ltd. , United Kingdom
- Thermphos België BVBA, Belgium
- Thermphos Investments Singapore Pte. Ltd, Singapore
- Thermphos Japan Ltd.. , Japan
- Thermphos USA Corp.. , USA
- Sudamfos Comercio de Produtos Quimicos do Brasil Ltda., Brazil
- Industrial Park Vlissingen, The Netherlands
Product range
The spectrum of the products from Thermphos comprises the entire width of the phosphorus and phosphate chemistry. It ranges from the production of elemental phosphorus over a wide range of platform chemicals and phosphorous chemical processes such as phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid, phosphorus chloride, phosphorus pentoxide, phosphorus pentasulfide (at the site in the Chemical Park Knapsack ), aluminum orthophosphate, calcium phosphate, ammonium phosphate, potassium phosphate, sodium phosphate on additives for plastics and ceramics to diverse products in the food and animal feed industry.