Tessenderlo Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Liquid Fertilizer Plant

Food Production Tessenderlo Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Liquid Fertilizer Plant

2022-12-13 Source: Press release Tessenderlo

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Tessenderlo has recently broken ground for a new Thio-Sul manufacturing plant at its Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands. The fertilizers will be used for crops, arboricultural and vegetable crop cultivation.

The engineering and construction of the plant are being undertaken by LGI (Le Gaz Intégral), who also constructed the first Thio-Sul plant, located in Rouen (France).(Source: Tessenderlo) — The engineering and construction of the plant are being undertaken by LGI (Le Gaz Intégral), who also constructed the first Thio-Sul plant, located in Rouen (France).
(Source: Tessenderlo)

Tessenderlo/Belgium‎ – Tessenderlo Group’s Tessenderlo Kerley International business unit recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to start the construction works for its new liquid fertilizer plant at the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands. Tessenderlo Kerley International – which supplies value-added liquid, soluble, and solid plant nutrition to support growers in realizing efficient and sustainable agriculture – is constructing a Thio-Sul (ammonium thiosulfate/ATS) manufacturing plant, which will be used as a fertilizer for broad-acre crops as well as arboricultural and vegetable crop cultivation. The plant is expected to be operational by mid-2024 and will employ approximately 20 people.

“With the new plant in Geleen, which will be our second Thio-Sul plant in Europe, we are further expanding our local presence in the liquid fertilizer market for precision farming. The Geleen branch will respond to the growing demand for liquid fertilizers from the European market. These fertilizers supplement sulfur nutrients and limit nitrogen losses”, explained Geert Gyselinck, Tessenderlo Kerley International’s Executive Vice President.

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In September 2017, Tessenderlo Kerley International launched its first European plant for the production of Thio-Sul in Rouen (France). Together with Tessenderlo Kerley Fleuren, a tank storage and transshipment company for liquid products located in the Port of Cuijk (the Netherlands) that was acquired by Tessenderlo Group in the first half of 2022, the new plant will further strengthen Tessenderlo Kerley International’s position in the Western European liquid fertilizer market and assist its sustainability goals by bringing liquid fertilizers closer to its customers.

Executive Director Chemelot, Loek Radix commented on this milestone: “With Tessenderlo Kerley International, we have another fertilizer world player that expands and complements the existing production at Chemelot. Their new liquid fertilizer plant is a great example of the extension of the Chemelot ammonia value chain. This fits within the Chemelot strategy 2050”.

The engineering and construction of the plant are being undertaken by LGI (Le Gaz Intégral), who also constructed the first Thio-Sul plant, located in Rouen (France).

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