On Wednesday March 23rd 2022, a doctoral thesis was defended at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Silesian University of Technology as part of the first edition of the implementation-based doctorates programme. The EngD degree was awarded to Urszula Dorosz, an employee of Grupa Azoty ZAK, following defence of her dissertation entitled ‘Chemoenzymatic methods for obtaining lactic acid esters’.

Grupa Azoty is set to launch a refreshed version of its Idea4Azoty programme, which aims to facilitate collaboration between Grupa Azoty and providers of innovative solutions for industrial applications. The project is targeted at universities, research institutions and start-ups.

Grupa Azoty Group companies and employees are engaged in the efforts aimed at helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing war.

In connection with what is happening in Ukraine, companies of the Grupa Azoty Group are taking a number of initiatives to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. The relief efforts of all state-owned enterprises are being coordinated by the Polish Ministry of State Assets and Ministry of the Interior and Administration.

Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn is implementing a capex project named ‘Upgrade of the synthesis gas compression unit supplying the Ammonia Plant’. The general contractor is Grupa Azoty Polskie Konsorcjum Chemiczne, and the total value of the project is estimated at PLN 180m.

The current situation on the fertilizer market was among the topics discussed by representatives of Grupa Azoty with Marian Sikora, President of the Federation of Agricultural Producer Associations, and Stanisław Kacperczyk, President of the Polish Association of Grain Producers. At the meeting, Zbigniew Paprocki, Member of the Management Board and CEO of Grupa Azoty S.A., said that the adverse conditions prevailing on the fertilizer market stem from the gas crisis in Europe, that is record-high gas costs, which have risen by several hundred per cent year on year and directly translate into the current fertilizer production cost levels.