ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has won a followup order from the Hungarian fertilizer manufacturer Nitrogénmüvek Zrt. to expand its production capacity. A 1,150 metric ton per day (m.t./d) nitric acid plant is to be built at Pétfürdö, around 100 km southwest of Budapest. Completion is scheduled for 2017.
Nitrogénmüvek Zrt. already operates two ammonium nitrate plants supplied by ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions at the Pétfürdö site. A plant to manufacture granulated calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and ammonium nitrate fertilizer is currently under construction. ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions is responsible for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of the new nitric acid plant.
Dr. Hans Christoph Atzpodien, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions stated: “We are delighted at this third contract from Nitrogénmüvek Zrt. in only two years, and at the greatly increased scope compared with the previous orders. This is a sign of great satisfaction on the part of our customer and validation of our strategy of offering engineering, procurement and construction from a single source.”