Press Release - Inowrocław, October 7th, 2007
In IZCh (Inowrocław Chemical Plant) SODA MĄTWY S.A. the construction of a new installation has been completed. Representatives of the Management Board of Ciech, which is the owner of the company, from Inowrocław, participated in today’s official inauguration ceremony. A new type of soda will be produced at the new installation of dense calcined soda monohydrate with different physical and chemical properties to previously. It meets even the most demanding expectations of our present clients and will also allow us to reach new consumers.
The obtained product meets the strictest requirements of the European and World markets.New solutions have been applied in the monohydrate drying junction, in the production process through the use of a fluid drying room integrated with a bag filter (dry dust removal) which will reduce dust emission. The other production junctions of the installation meet the standards of the best available technology.The installation was completed in a very short period of time, as short as two years, at a cost of about PLN 55 mln. Its construction was financed from a loan and the company’s own resources. Project documentation was prepared by Sodaconsult from Krakow.
The biggest contractors were: Polimex-Mostostal, a consortium of EL-POMIAR Sp. z o.o. from Inowrocław and Procom System S.A. from Wrocław, and Alstal from Inowrocław.The investment completed in SODA MĄTWY S.A., a company that dates back more than 125 years, is another technological leap. In effect the so-called continuous method, applied by Solvay (the then owner) in 1907, belongs to the past now. The planned production capacity of the new installation in Mątwy is around 500 thousands tonnes per year. Commencement of its work will increment the production of dense calcined soda in SODA MĄTWY S.A. from almost 430 thousands tonnes in 2006 to 486 thousands tonnes this year and 510 thousands tonnes in 2008.After acquisition by Ciech in 1996 of the strategic block of shares of the soda companies from Kujawy (SODA MĄTWY S.A. and Janikosoda S.A.), they have undergone a continuous process of restructuring and development as part of Dywizja Sodowa Grupy Chemicznej Ciech (The Soda Division of the Ciech Chemical Group).
The soda segment has generated more than 26 per cent of the Group’s revenue in the first half of the year 2007 (an increase of 17 per cent compared to an analogical period of the previous year).IZCh SODA MĄTWY S.A. and the nearby JZS (Janików Soda Plant) “Janikosoda” S.A. are the only producers of soda in Poland. After the takeover in December 2006 of the Romanian company USG Govora, Grupa Chemiczna Ciech (The Ciech Chemical Group) is the second biggest soda producer in Europe.
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About Ciech Chemical Group
The Ciech Chemical Group is the largest chemical firm in Poland and second best manufacturer of soda ash in Europe. It comprises over 30 companies, eight of which are the most important manufacturing companies. In addition to soda ash, the other main products of the Group are: salt, phosphate fertilisers, plant protection agents, epoxy resins, raw materials to produce foams and other basic chemicals in the glass-making, furniture, construction and agriculture.
With an annual income worth approx. PLN 3.5 billion, the Ciech Chemical Group is acknowledged to be in the one hundred top enterprises of Poland.
Since February 2005 Ciech SA has been quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW). The State Treasury (36.68% of the shares and votes at the General Meeting of Shareholders), Pioneer Pekao Investment Management SA (12.52%), and Otwarty Fundusz Emerytalny PZU "Złota Jesień" (6.12%) are the most prominent shareholders of the company. For more information please visit the web site www.ciech.com.
Contact for the media:
Waldemar Grzegorczyk, Spokesman of the Ciech Chemical Group, Director of the Communications Office of Ciech SA
Phone: (+48 22) 639 13 18, mobile: 0 669 600 011, e-mail: waldemar.grzegorczyk@ciech.com
Jarosław Mykowski, Deputy Director of the Communications Office of Ciech SA
Phone: (+48 22) 639 13 43, mobile: 0 502 192 864, e-mail: jaroslaw.mykowski@ciech.com
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