Chemical industry in Poland

Chemical industry in Poland - one of the key branches of the processing industry which includes:

• organic chemistry industry – manufactures products on the basis of carbohydrates, wood, rubber, fats and other organic substances,^[1]
• non-organic chemistry industry – products manufactured on the basis of non-organic substances, e.g. minerals and ores.

Chemical industry in terms of tons of production can be divided into:^[2]

• great chemistry - the name refers to the production size of millions tons a year; great chemistry includes the production of fertilisers, fuels, plastics (mainly plasticisers) and industrial gases;^[3]
• small chemistry - production on a smaller scale - dozens of tons; this sector includes mainly chemistry with high added value and more expensive production, e.g. medicaments, cosmetics, cleaning agents;
• chemical processing - processing finished half-products: by mixing, packing, thermal treatment and other methods.

Chemical industry is characteristic of the high capital intensity and low labour consumption, for this reason, the most of operations are automated.

Chemical industry products[]

Divisions within the Polish chemical industry, by types of products and companies, include:

• Coking industry^[4][5][6] — for example: the coking plants "Radlin", "Jadwiga", "Dębieńsko" in Bytom, Zdzieszowice, Wałbrzych, Zabrze, and Dąbrowa Górnicza; and foundries in Kraków, Częstochowa, and Dąbrowa Górnicza.
• Cleaning products industry.
• Fertilizers industry ^[7][8] — for example: Grupa Azoty S.A., with plants in Puławy,^[9] Police, Mościce, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Chorzów, Gdańsk,^[10] Grzybów;^[11] Anwil S.A. in Włocławek; Zakłady Chemiczne "Alwernia" S.A. in Alwernia; Zakłady Chemiczne "Siarkopol" in Tarnobrzeg; LUVENA S.A. in Luboń; and Fosfan S.A. in Szczecin.
• Paint and varnish industry^[12][13][14] — for example: production plants in Cieszyn, Dębica, Wrocław, Włocławek, Chorzów and Pilawa.
• Petrochemical industry^[15][16] — government owned PKN Orlen, with refineries in Płock, Jedlicze, and Trzebinia; and the Lotos Group, with refineries in Gdańsk, Czechowice, and Jasło.
• Plastics production and processing industry^[17][18] — for example: Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sp. z o.o.,^[19] Grupa Azoty,^[20] Anwil S.A.,^[21] Synthos S.A.,^[22] and CIECH Sarzyna S.A.^[23]
• Pharmaceutical industry^[24][25] — for example: pharmaceutical plants in Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów, Poznań, Kutno, Starogard Gdański, Jelenia Góra, Pabianice, Łódź, and Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
• Plant protection industry.^[26]
• Soda (sodium carbonate) industry — CIECH Soda Polska S.A., including plants in Inowrocław and Janikowo),^[27]
• Sulfuric acid industry — for example: KGHM Polska Miedź, Grupa Azoty POLICE, Zakłady Górniczo-Hutnicze Bolesław SA.
• Synthetic fibers industry — including plants in Toruń, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and Sohaczew.

See also[]

• Chemical companies of Poland
• Large scale chemical synthesis in Poland

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