History of Lovochemie, a.s.
The beginning of fertilizer production can be considered as dating back to 1904 when Adolf Schram, an entrepreneur, built a factory here to produce sulphuric acid and superphosphate.
After World War II, a new plant was built producing sulphuric acid, and construction of the first block for nitric acid and ammonium nitrate with lime was finished several years later. The chemical processing plant called Továrna na strojená hnojiva (Artificial Fertilizers Plant), large for the times, was thus built. The national enterprise Severočeské chemické závody (SCHZ; North Bohemian Chemical Plants) was created upon the merger with Česká továrna na umělé hedvábí (Czech Artificial Silk Plant) in 1958.
HISTORICAL DATA
- 1904 Adolf Schram initiated the production of sulphuric acid and superphosphate
- 1923 Czech Artificial Silk Plant was established
- 1951 Artificial Fertilizers Plant
- 1954 Production of nitric acid and ammonium nitrate with lime was started
- 1958 North Bohemian Chemical Plants (SCHZ)
- 1959 Production of carboxymethyl cellulose was started
- 1960 Production of viscose cord silk was started
- 1964 Operation of a new superphosphate manufacturing plant began
- 1967 Production of the combined fertilizer NPK-1 and calcium nitrate was started
- 1969 Part of the production and economic unit Chemopetrol
- 1978 Production of the liquid fertilizer DAM 390 was started
- 1991 Operation of a new manufacturing plant for ammonium nitrate with lime began
- 1993 Lovochemie, joint-stock company was created
- 1996 Privatization of the joint-stock company was completed with Proferta, s.r.o. as the majority owner
- 1997 Member of AGROFERT and UNIPETROL groups
- 2001 Construction of a new production unit for nitric acid was initiated
- 2002 The entire area of Lovochemie, a.s. was hit by a disastrous flood
- 2003 Operation of the new production plant KD 6 began
- 2004 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of mineral fertilizers production in Lovosice
- 2005 Reconstruction of ammonia tapping line
- 2007 A new spherical ammonia storage tank was finished
- 2008 DEZA, a.s. became the sole shareholder
- 2010 AGROFERT HOLDING, a.s. became the sole shareholder
