Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn
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ZAK Spółka Akcyjna is a chemical company in Poland
. ZAK produces nitrogen fertilizers (16% share of the Polish market), OXO alcohols
(the sole producer in Poland, close to 10% share of the European market), and phthalate plasticizers (approximately 73% and 6% share of the domestic and European markets, respectively).
In 2007, ZAK's consolidated sales revenue amounted to PLN 1.67 billion (€375 million), while the net profit reached PLN 115.3 million (€26 million).
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. ZAK produces nitrogen fertilizers (16% share of the Polish market), OXO alcohols
Oxo alcohol
Oxo alcohols are alcohols that are prepared by adding carbon monoxide and hydrogen to an olefin to obtain an aldehyde using the hydroformylation reaction and then hydrogenating the aldehyde to obtain the alcohol...
(the sole producer in Poland, close to 10% share of the European market), and phthalate plasticizers (approximately 73% and 6% share of the domestic and European markets, respectively).
In 2007, ZAK's consolidated sales revenue amounted to PLN 1.67 billion (€375 million), while the net profit reached PLN 115.3 million (€26 million).