Business overview

The Group is the largest chemical group in Poland and a significant player in Central Europe. It offers mineral fertilizers and B2B products, including engineering plastics, OXO products and melamine.

Core business of the Group

Source: Company data

The Group’s business is currently divided into the following segments:

• Agro Fertilizers
• Plastics,
• Chemicals,
• Energy,
• Other Activities.

Segments identified by the parent:

• Agro Fertilizers
• Plastics,
• Energy,
• Other Activities.

Agro Fertilizers

Mineral fertilizers are a particularly important area of the Group’s business. The Agro Fertilizers segment manufactures nitrogen and compound fertilizers, as well as ammonia and other nitrogen-based intermediate products.
The segment’s manufacturing activities are conducted by the companies in Tarnów (the parent), Puławy, Kędzierzyn, Police, Gdańsk, and Chorzów. The Group is Poland’s largest and European Union’s second largest manufacturer of mineral fertilizers.

Plastics

The segment’s key products are engineering plastics (polyamide 6 (PA6) and modified plastics) and auxiliary products, such as caprolactam and other chemicals.
They are manufactured by three companies − in Tarnów, Puławy, and Guben (Germany). The Group is the leading manufacturer of polyamide 6 in Poland and the fifth largest integrated producer of PA6 in the European Union.

Chemicals

The Chemicals segment is an important part of the Group’s business, comprising OXO products (OXO alcohols, plasticisers), technical grade urea, melamine, sulfur and other.
They are manufactured in Kędzierzyn, Puławy, Police, and Grzybów. The Group is the third largest manufacturer of melamine in the world and the second largest manufacturer in the European Union. The Group is the only manufacturer of OXO alcohols in Poland, and the fifth largest in the EU; it is also Poland’s largest and EU’s fifth largest manufacturer of plasticizers.

Energy

Electricity and heat produced by the Energy segment are sold locally, to customers in the immediate vicinity of the Group’s plants.
The Group companies are the segment’s key customers. Outside the Group, the segment’s products are sold on the electricity and hot water markets to local customers. The Group companies operate their own electricity and energy carrier distribution networks.

Other Activities

The Other Activities segment comprises auxiliary and support services for the Group companies. Like in the Energy segment, the main customers are the Group companies. Outside the Group, the segment provides maintenance services (automation, design, repair, etc.) and logistics services (road transport, rail transport, ports), and conducts manufacturing activities at the Catalyst Production Plant. The segment is also involved in various activities in such areas as environmental protection, administration, research, and infrastructure management.