URALCHEM joined as a member company of the Inter-national Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) at the Board of IPNI Director’s Meeting held on September 24 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Moscow, Russia (September 27, 2013) — URALCHEM joined as a member company of the Inter-national Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) at the Board of IPNI Director’s Meeting held on September 24 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Mr. Dmitry Konyaev, CEO and Tatiana Rozarenova, Head of the Client and Regu-latory Relations Division were elected to represent URALCHEM as members of the Board.
“Our membership welcomes the decision of URALCHEM to join IPNI and we are honored and encouraged by this extension of our primary support base,” said IPNI President Dr. Terry L. Roberts. “The addition of new members directly impacts IPNI’s scientific and educational programs that are designed to contribute to the advancement of agronomic science, world food security and environmental protection.”
“URALCHEM is an innovative-minded company, investing actively in the R&D field. We are therefore pleased to become a member of a leading scientific organization that brings forward agro-chemical science. Combining our research efforts will improve efficient solutions for the responsible manufacturing, as well as for use of fertilizers in order to meet the growing global demand for agricultural products”, said Dmitry Konyaev.
IPNI membership is another good indication of the URALCHEM’s commitment to being a responsible producer, along with participation in International Responsible Care Programme, supervised by UNO, registering chemical substances with the European Chemicals Agency and getting certification with Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme (FIAS) in the UK.
The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) is a global organization dedicated to research and promotion of information about the importance of scientific use of fertilizers for plant nutrition. Members of IPNI are composed of companies that are large producers of one or more of the major plant nutrients. International and national associations of fertilizer manufacturers and leading global agrochemical research centres are affiliate members of IPNI.
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URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over 2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and number one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilisers in Russia. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot Branch of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm; MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk, Moscow region.
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