Acron

A producer of mineral fertilisers and industrial chemicals located in Veliky Novgorod

6.0
mn t total commercial output in 2021
4.7
mn t mineral fertiliser commercial output in 2021

Acron is the Group’s flagship located in the Russian northwest. The Acron production facility was originally commissioned in the 1960s-1980s and revamped throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Several modern units were constructed in 2006–2016. In 2017, the Group’s updated development strategy through 2025 launched a new stage of modernising existing facilities and building new ones. Acron offers a wide range of nitrogen and complex fertilisers, as well as industrial products.

Acron Group has a subdivision that operates its rail car fleet to transport raw materials to the Group’s production sites and end products to domestic customers and seaports. PJSC Acron Stand-alone Business Unit operates over 1,700 railcars and tanks owned by the Group, as well as over 2,000 leased railcars.

Production Capacity

Unit	Description	Capacity '000 tpa
Ammonia	Two similar units commissioned in 1975 and 1979 and upgraded in 1990s-2000s, and a new advanced Ammonia-4 unit launched in 2016 and upgraded in 2017-2020	2,220
NPK	Two units commissioned in 1982 and 1983 and upgraded in 2016-2019	1,690
AN	Two units commissioned in 1976 and 1978 and upgraded in 2017-2019. These units produce technical-grade AN and agricultural-grade AN	2,230*
Incl. granulation capacity		1,480
Urea	Six units, four of which were put on stream in 1969-1970, and two – in 2012 and 2018	1,970
Incl. granulation/prilling capacity		1,400
UAN	Commissioned in 2007 with subsequent capacity expansion	2,000
Methanol	Commissioned in 1967 and upgraded in 1997	110
Formalin	Five units commissioned in 1971-1973, and one unit put into operation in 2006	240
UFR	Eight units: two commissioned in 1973, two in 1984-1985, three in 2006, and one in 2010	290
Nitric acid	Ten units: seven commissioned in 1976–1980 and three – in 2019-2020	2,050