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Grupa Azoty
Grupa Azoty is a major producer of advanced
plastics – their sales yield 15% of our revenue.
Plastics represent our second most important
product segment. Grupa Azoty is a strong
European producer of engineering plastics and
a leading integrated producer of polyamides.
One cannot imagine today’s world without
plastics. They surround us in our daily lives.
Our surroundings are bound to change,
and so will plastics. Grupa Azoty owes its
current strong position on the plastics market
to the production of polyamide 6 using
internally-manufactured caprolactam, and
to the production of polyacetals based on
a proprietary technology. What is more, with
its potential and robust R&D facilities, Grupa
Azoty is well positioned to continually enhance
its product portfolio and respond to market
requirements.
Chemistry means change. That is why we set the
course for constant development: we off er a full
range of plastics tailored to specifi c customer
needs, manufacture plastics and plastic
compounds of unique qualities, and develop
our range of modifi ed engineering plastics.
Plastics of the future
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35.2% Nitrogen fertilizersRevenue by key product group
14.4% Plastics and intermediates
8.6% OXO alcohols and plasticizers
7.1% Chemicals
3.8% Melamine
2.9% Pigments13.1% Other
14.9% Compound fertilizers
Sales markets
Products and applications
Plastics manufactured at Grupa Azoty are known both in Poland and abroad. In 2014, we sold over 100 thousand tonnes of plastics*. More than 90% of the production is sold within the European Union, our strategic market, with Germany accounting for nearly half of the sales. 8.5% of the output is sold domestically.
Applications
Plastics manufactured by Grupa Azoty are used in numerous industries, including automotive, construction, electrotechnical, home appliances, food processing and textiles. Plastics are gradually replacing traditional materials such as wood or metal. This trend is expected to grow stronger.
1 Among integrated producers
The Group’s market position
# 1 in Poland
■ producer of polyamide
# 5
■ producer of polyamide 61
in the European Union
* 2014 data, on a consolidated basis
Automotive sector
Electrical engineering
Textiles PackagingToys, sports equipment
Household appliances
Machine parts Construction
Tarnoform (POM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Tarnodur (PBT) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Tarnamid (PA) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Tarnoprop (PP) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Products off ered by Grupa Azoty in the plastics segment
The plastics are manufactured by two
companies of Grupa Azoty: in Tarnów
and Guben, Germany. Tarnamid®
and Alphalon® (trade names of
polyamide 6), and Tarnoform® (a trade
name of polyacetal) are the segment’s
key products, manufactured in both
natural and modifi able forms. This
product range is supplemented
with modifi ed plastics based
on polyamide 66 (Tarnamid®A),
polypropylene (Tarnoprop) and PBT
(Tarnodur). Grupa Azoty’s off ering
also includes intermediates used in
the manufacturing of plastics, such
as caprolactam, cyclohexanone and
cyclohexanol.
Natural plastics:
Tarnamid® – polyamide 6 (PA6) – high-quality engineering thermoplastic in granular form for injection and extrusion moulding, obtained through hydrolytic polycondensation of caprolactam.
Alphalon™ – polyamide 6 (PA6) – available in a wide range of relative viscosities, used in the manufacture of packaging fi lm and monofi laments, and as an engineering plastic for the automotive, electrical engineering and household product industries.
Tarnoform® – acetal copolymer (POM) – engineering plastic characterised by excellent chemical and abrasion resistance properties, used in the manufacture of high-strength items.
Modifi able plastics:
Tarnamid® – (PA6)
Alphalon™ – (PA6)
Tarnoform® – (POM)
Tarnamid® A – (PA66)
Tarnodur A – (PBT)
Tarnoprop – (PPC, PPH)
Key types of modifi ed plastics:
fi berglass reinforced,
mineral fi lled, hybrid,
fl ame retardant,
with anti-adhesion additives,
coloured,
light and temperature resistant,
shock resistant,
special purpose.
Plastics products:
Polyamide casings – used as packaging for cold meat products,
Polyamide 6, 11 and 12 tubes and polyethylene (LDPE) tubes – used as pneumatic and hydraulic tubing.
Laboratory testing of plastics:Grupa Azoty provides engineering plastics testing and analysis services. We test both raw materials (granules, powders) and their fi nished products. Taking into consideration our customers’ growing needs, we develop and implement new analysis methods..
Plastics testing methods:
visual inspection,
physical and chemical testing,
microscopy,
processability testing,
mechanical testing,
heat testing,
thermal analysis,
fl ammability testing,
ageing testing,
electrical testing,
chromatographic analysis of plastics,
rheology,
chemical resistance testing.
Grupa Azoty company locations and plastics segment products:
HamburgHamburgHamburg
Grupa Azoty ZAK S.A. ■ Plasticizers
Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers GmbH ■ Alphalon™
Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers GmbH ■ Alphalon™ sales office
Grupa Azoty S.A. ■ Tarnamid®
■ Tarnoform®
■ Tarnoprop ■ Tarnamid® A ■ Tarnodur ■ Caprolactam
Grupa Azoty Puławy ■ Caprolactam
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Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Puławy
Grzybów
ChorzówTarnów
Police
GdańskGdynia
Guben
Investing in expansion – a new production unit
Grupa Azoty, Poland’s largest producer of engineering plastics, is soon to launch a new Tarnów-based facility for producing polyamide 6, the most popular material in this group of products. The construction of the facility began in 2014 and is planned to be completed in December 2016. The new unit will add 80 thousand tonnes to Grupa Azoty’s annual polyamide output, more than doubling the existing production capacity.
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Grupa Azoty S.A. ul. Kwiatkowskiego 8 | 33-101 Tarnów | PolandGrupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A.Al. Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 13 | 24-110 PuławyGrupa Azoty ATT Polymers GmbH Forster Straße 72 | D-03172 Guben | Germany Trade offi ce: Jessenstraße 4 | D-22767 Hamburg | Germany
Grupa Azoty attaches great importance to the quality of its plastics. We know that our role as a producer goes beyond creating and selling high-quality products, and that is why dialogue with customers is of utmost importance for us. Therefore, Grupa Azoty off ers not only a wide range of base and modifi ed plastics, but also professional technical support through pre- and post-sale customer service. The experience of our experts coupled with our knowledge of the sector allow Grupa Azoty to quickly respond to any processing problems. We can help solve them using technical support provided at our head offi ce or on-site at the customer’s location. At Grupa Azoty we understand that sharing expertise and professional experience between the producer and customer is a prerequisite for mutual satisfaction from the relationship.
Visit the e-plastics.eu website!
e-plastics.eu is a website devoted to plastics and their uses, allowing users to look up detailed parameters of plastics, search plastics by name, physical, chemical or processing characteristics, and make in-depth comparisons. In addition, registered customers can use the service to contact technical consultants and account managers, place orders, monitor invoices and payments, access product certifi cates and product documentation, and track orders to check their status.
Powering Creation Grupa Azoty’s technical support comprises:
consultation on product design,
assistance in choosing plastics for specifi c applications,
advice on product certifi cation,
quality and safety testing of Grupa Azoty’s plastics
and other products,
information on plastics applications and uses,
development of new modifi ed varieties of engineering
plastics to customer specifi cations,
information on injection and extrusion moulding
conditions and plastics processing equipment,
research into new plastics applications according to
requirements.
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