Grupa Azoty

Grupa Azoty is a major producer of advanced

plastics – their sales yield 15% of our revenue.

Plastics represent our second most important

product segment. Grupa Azoty is a strong

European producer of engineering plastics and

a leading integrated producer of polyamides.

One cannot imagine today’s world without

plastics. They surround us in our daily lives.

Our surroundings are bound to change,

and so will plastics. Grupa Azoty owes its

current strong position on the plastics market

to the production of polyamide 6 using

internally-manufactured caprolactam, and

to the production of polyacetals based on

a proprietary technology. What is more, with

its potential and robust R&D facilities, Grupa

Azoty is well positioned to continually enhance

its product portfolio and respond to market

requirements.

Chemistry means change. That is why we set the

course for constant development: we off er a full

range of plastics tailored to specifi c customer

needs, manufacture plastics and plastic

compounds of unique qualities, and develop

our range of modifi ed engineering plastics.

Plastics of the future

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35.2% Nitrogen fertilizersRevenue by key product group

14.4% Plastics and intermediates

8.6% OXO alcohols and plasticizers

7.1% Chemicals

3.8% Melamine

2.9% Pigments13.1% Other

14.9% Compound fertilizers

Sales markets

Products and applications

Plastics manufactured at Grupa Azoty are known both in Poland and abroad. In 2014, we sold over 100 thousand tonnes of plastics*. More than 90% of the production is sold within the European Union, our strategic market, with Germany accounting for nearly half of the sales. 8.5% of the output is sold domestically.

Applications

Plastics manufactured by Grupa Azoty are used in numerous industries, including automotive, construction, electrotechnical, home appliances, food processing and textiles. Plastics are gradually replacing traditional materials such as wood or metal. This trend is expected to grow stronger.

1 Among integrated producers

The Group’s market position

# 1 in Poland

■ producer of polyamide

# 5

■ producer of polyamide 61

in the European Union

* 2014 data, on a consolidated basis

Automotive sector

Electrical engineering

Textiles PackagingToys, sports equipment

Household appliances

Machine parts Construction

Tarnoform (POM) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Tarnodur (PBT) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Tarnamid (PA) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Tarnoprop (PP) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Products off ered by Grupa Azoty in the plastics segment

The plastics are manufactured by two

companies of Grupa Azoty: in Tarnów

and Guben, Germany. Tarnamid®

and Alphalon® (trade names of

polyamide 6), and Tarnoform® (a trade

name of polyacetal) are the segment’s

key products, manufactured in both

natural and modifi able forms. This

product range is supplemented

with modifi ed plastics based

on polyamide 66 (Tarnamid®A),

polypropylene (Tarnoprop) and PBT

(Tarnodur). Grupa Azoty’s off ering

also includes intermediates used in

the manufacturing of plastics, such

as caprolactam, cyclohexanone and

cyclohexanol.

Natural plastics:

Tarnamid® – polyamide 6 (PA6) – high-quality engineering thermoplastic in granular form for injection and extrusion moulding, obtained through hydrolytic polycondensation of caprolactam.

Alphalon™ – polyamide 6 (PA6) – available in a wide range of relative viscosities, used in the manufacture of packaging fi lm and monofi laments, and as an engineering plastic for the automotive, electrical engineering and household product industries.

Tarnoform® – acetal copolymer (POM) – engineering plastic characterised by excellent chemical and abrasion resistance properties, used in the manufacture of high-strength items.

Modifi able plastics:

Tarnamid® – (PA6)

Alphalon™ – (PA6)

Tarnoform® – (POM)

Tarnamid® A – (PA66)

Tarnodur A – (PBT)

Tarnoprop – (PPC, PPH)

Key types of modifi ed plastics:

fi berglass reinforced,

mineral fi lled, hybrid,

fl ame retardant,

with anti-adhesion additives,

coloured,

light and temperature resistant,

shock resistant,

special purpose.

Plastics products:

Polyamide casings – used as packaging for cold meat products,

Polyamide 6, 11 and 12 tubes and polyethylene (LDPE) tubes – used as pneumatic and hydraulic tubing.

Laboratory testing of plastics:Grupa Azoty provides engineering plastics testing and analysis services. We test both raw materials (granules, powders) and their fi nished products. Taking into consideration our customers’ growing needs, we develop and implement new analysis methods..

Plastics testing methods:

visual inspection,

physical and chemical testing,

microscopy,

processability testing,

mechanical testing,

heat testing,

thermal analysis,

fl ammability testing,

ageing testing,

electrical testing,

chromatographic analysis of plastics,

rheology,

chemical resistance testing.

Grupa Azoty company locations and plastics segment products:

HamburgHamburgHamburg

Grupa Azoty ZAK S.A. ■ Plasticizers

Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers GmbH ■ Alphalon™

Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers GmbH ■ Alphalon™ sales office

Grupa Azoty S.A. ■ Tarnamid®

■ Tarnoform®

■ Tarnoprop ■ Tarnamid® A ■ Tarnodur ■ Caprolactam

Grupa Azoty Puławy ■ Caprolactam

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Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Puławy

Grzybów

ChorzówTarnów

Police

GdańskGdynia

Guben

Investing in expansion – a new production unit

Grupa Azoty, Poland’s largest producer of engineering plastics, is soon to launch a new Tarnów-based facility for producing polyamide 6, the most popular material in this group of products. The construction of the facility began in 2014 and is planned to be completed in December 2016. The new unit will add 80 thousand tonnes to Grupa Azoty’s annual polyamide output, more than doubling the existing production capacity.

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Grupa Azoty S.A. ul. Kwiatkowskiego 8 | 33-101 Tarnów | PolandGrupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A.Al. Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 13 | 24-110 PuławyGrupa Azoty ATT Polymers GmbH Forster Straße 72 | D-03172 Guben | Germany Trade offi ce: Jessenstraße 4 | D-22767 Hamburg | Germany

Grupa Azoty attaches great importance to the quality of its plastics. We know that our role as a producer goes beyond creating and selling high-quality products, and that is why dialogue with customers is of utmost importance for us. Therefore, Grupa Azoty off ers not only a wide range of base and modifi ed plastics, but also professional technical support through pre- and post-sale customer service. The experience of our experts coupled with our knowledge of the sector allow Grupa Azoty to quickly respond to any processing problems. We can help solve them using technical support provided at our head offi ce or on-site at the customer’s location. At Grupa Azoty we understand that sharing expertise and professional experience between the producer and customer is a prerequisite for mutual satisfaction from the relationship.

Visit the e-plastics.eu website!

e-plastics.eu is a website devoted to plastics and their uses, allowing users to look up detailed parameters of plastics, search plastics by name, physical, chemical or processing characteristics, and make in-depth comparisons. In addition, registered customers can use the service to contact technical consultants and account managers, place orders, monitor invoices and payments, access product certifi cates and product documentation, and track orders to check their status.

Powering Creation Grupa Azoty’s technical support comprises:

consultation on product design,

assistance in choosing plastics for specifi c applications,

advice on product certifi cation,

quality and safety testing of Grupa Azoty’s plastics

and other products,

information on plastics applications and uses,

development of new modifi ed varieties of engineering

plastics to customer specifi cations,

information on injection and extrusion moulding

conditions and plastics processing equipment,

research into new plastics applications according to

requirements.

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