Indirect share of Ciech SA in the share capital amounts to 99,75%
Soda Polska was established in October 2007 as a result of assumption of shares in the company’s share capital by Janikowskie Zakłady Sodowe Janikosoda and Inowrocławskie Zakłady Chemiczne Soda Mątwy amounting to 50% each.
Ciech SA indirectly oversees Soda Polska Ciech Sp. z o.o. , in which it holds - through Janikowskie Zakłady Sodowe Janikosoda and Inowrocławskie Zakłady Chemiczne Soda Mątwy – 99,75% of the shares in the company’s share capital.
After contribution in kind of the soda companies - Janikowskie Zakłady Sodowe Janikosoda and Inowrocławskie Zakłady Chemiczne Soda Mątwy - and after registration of the share capital increase in Soda Polska Ciech sp. z o.o. (expected till the end of 2007) by the court, the newly established company will be the sole manufacturer of dense and light soda ash in Poland with a 98-percent share of the domestic market. It also produces wet and dry vacuum salt (including Sól Kujawska), enjoying the position of largest manufacturer of the product in the country. Among other products of the company are: sodium bicarbonate, calcium chloride, precipitated chalk, nitrite salt, salt tablets and carbon dioxide. These products are broadly applied in many industries. The main groups of customers are: international glass-making concerns, domestic glassworks, manufacturers of detergents, the chemical, metallurgical, food and animal feed industries as well as the water treatment sector and households.
