Tessenderlo Group expands capacity of liquid sulfur-based fertilizers
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Tessenderlo Group (NYSE Euronext:TESB) announced today that its subsidiary
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. (TKI) will construct a production facility at Hanford,
California (US) and, at the same time, optimize its Fresno, California facility.
Both plants will produce thiosulfate fertilizers.
"This expansion allows TKI to better serve its customers' increasing
requirements in the Western region of the US", stated TKI's CEO Jordan Burns.
"The extra production capacity, available in the second half of 2014, will
enforce TKI's position as the leading supplier of KTS® and CaTs® fertilizers."
The thiosulfate products KTS® (potassium thiosulfate solution) and CaTs®
(calcium thiosulfate solution) are sulfur-based liquid specialty fertilizers
that can be applied to a wide variety of crops such as grapes, nuts and
vegetables.
The new Hanford facility and optimized Fresno plant are in line with Tessenderlo
Group's intentions to develop its core businesses in agriculture.
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona (US), produces and
markets specialty chemical solutions, including fertilizers, crop protection
chemicals and process chemicals and services to diverse markets in the United
States, Mexico, Central and South America and selected European countries. TKI
operates 10 manufacturing plants, in North America, Belgium, and Turkey. TKI
products are distributed through its network of more than 65 terminals..
(www.tkinet.com) TKI is a subsidiary of Tessenderlo Group, Brussels, Belgium.
Tessenderlo Group is a worldwide specialty company, focused on food,
agriculture, water management and on valorizing bio-residuals. The group employs
about 7,500 people and is a leader in most of its markets, with a consolidated
revenue of 2.1 billion EUR in 2011. Tessenderlo Chemie NV is listed on Eurolist
by Euronext Brussels and is part of Next 150 and BEL Mid indices. Financial News
wires: Bloomberg: TESB BB - Reuters: TesBt.BR - Datastream: B:Tes
Media Relations Investor Relations
Kathleen IWENS Philip LUDWIG
( +32 (0) 478 664 555 ( +32 2 639 16 58
This press release is available in Dutch, English and French on the corporate
web site www.tessenderlogroup.com - under 'News & Media'.
Communiqué de presse:
http://hugin.info/133974/R/1617792/516297.pdf
Persbericht:
http://hugin.info/133974/R/1617792/516298.pdf
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Datum: 06.06.2012 - 17:40 Uhr
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