Sól Kujawska (Salt of the Kujawy Region) manufactured by the Ciech Chemical Group has been awarded with the Polish Promotional Emblem “Teraz Polska” (“Poland Now”). During the gala concert at the Teatr Wielki on Monday 9th, the Head of the Soda Division of Ciech SA, Jan Szczepański picked up the “Teraz Polska” statuette.
“This is another Ciech's product awarded with the emblem “Teraz Polska”. The fact that we can use this marking on packs of Sól Kujawska is of great importance for us. It proves the high quality of this product and confirms the correctness of our policy adopted for this segment of our production”, says Mirosław Kochalski, President of the Ciech Chemical Group. In the previous year, the other product made in the Ciech Chemical Group, namely ClaroGlass glass hollow blocks, manufactured by Vitosilicon SA in Iłowa, has been awarded with the "Teraz Polska" emblem
Sól Kujawska is an edible iodized evaporated salt, which is sold on the retail market in one-kilogramme packs. Ciech is the biggest manufacturer of evaporated salt in Poland. The salt is produced in a plant, which belongs to Soda Polska Ciech and is located in Janikowo in the Kujawy region. The plant manufactures about 600 million tons of evaporated salt every year.
Since the beginning of this production in 1976, already over 16 million tons of salt have been produced in the plant in Janikowo.
Sól Kujawska contains as much as 99.8% of sodium chloride, and this proves the very high purity of the product. It is produced of brine obtained as a result of rinsing out the natural rock-salt deposits by fresh water. The production line of Sól Kujawska is a closed and walled-off circuit, so the risk of physical contamination of the product has actually been eliminated. Sól Kujawska can also be distinguished by its very clear, modern red packaging, which stands out on the shop shelves and draws the customer attention.
Salt deposits in the Kujawy region formed 225-210 million years ago in the process of evaporation of the Zechstein Sea and now they lay at a depth of 3-6 km under the ground surface. The oldest marks of exploitation of salt from the brine springs discovered in Inowrocław come from the 7th and 8th century BC. Although the deposits had been known since the most ancient times, they started to arouse interest on an industrial scale only in the 19th century (the first salt mine was established in 1871).
Dynamics of the quantity sale of Sól Kujawska (1-kg packs) in the years 2003-2007
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Ciech Chemical Group is the biggest chemical concern in Poland and one of the leaders on the Central-European market; it gathers over 30 companies; it is in the group of a hundred biggest business entities in Poland. The Group’s main products include soda ash (second place in Europe), salt, phosphatic and mixed fertilizers, pesticides, epoxy and polyester resins and other organic chemistry products used in the glass-making, furniture and construction industries and in agriculture. With its annual income at the level of about 3.5 billion PLN, Ciech Chemical Group is rated among the first hundred of the biggest Polish companies (49th position on the Polityka’s "Lista 500" and 59th position on the Rzeczpospolita’s “Lista 500” for the year 2007). Since February 2005, Ciech SA has been quoted at the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW). The biggest shareholders of the company include the State Treasury (36.68% of shares and votes at the GMS), Pioneer Pekao Investment Management SA (14.54%), Otwarty Fundusz Emerytalny PZU "Złota Jesień" (6.12%). Further information available at www.ciech.com.
Contact for the media:
Waldemar Grzegorczyk, Spokesman of the Ciech Chemical Group, Head of the Communications Office of Ciech SA
tel. (+48 22) 639 13 18, mobile 0 669 600 011, e-mail: waldemar.grzegorczyk@ciech.com |