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Today, Zakłady Chemiczne Zachem SA opened a developed elastic foams production plant, one out of its two the most important products. An increase in the production of foams is a result of the second completed stage of the modernization of a production plant. It was possible due to obligations assumed by Ciech at the time of purchasing Zachem in 2006.

- Notwithstanding difficult conditions in international financial markets, we are carrying out our investment project accordingly – says Ryszard Kunicki, president of the Management Board of Ciech SA. Zachem invested in the development and modernization of a foams production plant over 33 millions PLN from 2007 to 2009. The project performed in the Foam Business Centre was included in the Guaranteed Package of Investments signed up by Ciech. The elastic foams production plant has existed since1971. Zachem was the first manufacturer of elastic foams in the national market. Following 38 years of the production of foams in Bydgoszcz, the company posses one of the up to date and largest production plants in Poland.

First stage of investment - 2007
During the first stage of investment, an assortment of produced foams was extended through an exchange of a mixing head in the foaming machine. At this occasion the pigments dosage system and a warehouse of raw materials were modernized; moreover, the installation of water demineralization, and the node of solids dosage and carbon dioxide were built. This stage above all enabled Zachem to extend its offer and start producing slow-burning foams with melamine, new standard foams and light foams based on a new technology NovaFlex.

Second stage of investment – 2008/2009
The second stage of investment, that has already been finished, was focused on the modernization of technological installations and development of a production plant so that an increase in the production from 15 000 tonnes to 25 000 tonnes per year could be possible. – This investment enabled the assortment to be extended up to 36 types of foams – says Konrad Mikołajski, president of the Management Board of Zakłady Chemiczne Zachem SA. – We have now a special offer and increased manufacturing capacities – he highlights. Therefore the next seasoning plant of blocks was built and their total area was increased by 100%.
Also a warehouse for long blocks, that had already been seasoned, was built and it was significantly larger than the previous one. Moreover a building of cut-out of blocks together with a wheelhouse, a shipping building, an installation of the industrial monitoring, new and modernized installations of fire protection, a warehouse with technical gases and a manoeuvre site together with a road infrastructure were constructed. The project covered shaping the land and green areas as well.

Total area of constructed structures exceeded 5000 m², and their capacity exceeded over 45000 m³.
Zachem UCR was a general contractor of the first stage of investment, and SKORBUD from Bydgoszcz carried out the second stage.
Hennecke and Baumer (Germany), the most reputable companies from this branch, were suppliers of technical devices.
It needs to be highlighted that such a serious and complex investment in the foams production plant took place 14 years ago.