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Nitricomax expands its production facilities in La Canonja (Spain)
2016.01.12
Chem - Sala stampa - News - Nitricomax expands its production facilities in La Canonja (Spain)
The production would be entirely earmarked for the MAXAM Group companies, a Spanish corporation founded by Alfred Nobel in 1872, which nowadays operates in more than 50 countries across the five continents
Today, Nitricomax, S.L. (part of MAXAM Chem, the nitro-chemical business unit of the MAXAM Group) submitted its project for the expansion of its production facilities to the regional Government of Catalonia. The authorities will now take several weeks to examine the documentation in line with the established procedures.Once the project is approved, the construction of the new facilities and the installation of the technical equipment will begin. Production in this extension of the existing Nitricomax facilities, located in the industrial park of La Canonja, and where nitric acid has been produced for more than 40 years, is scheduled to start in the first half of 2017.
The new facilities will house the production of a derivative of nitric acid which, like nitric acid, is used as a component of civil explosives utilized in the mining, quarrying and infrastructure construction sectors. With facilities in more than 50 countries across the five continents, MAXAM ranks as the third leading company in the world in the civil explosives sector.
The new production chain investment will be made in various stages and could amount more than 10 M€. The number of direct and indirect jobs to be created will depend on the level of demand.
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Nitricomax is part of MAXAM Chem, the business unit that produces raw materials (ammonium nitrate, nitrocellulose and cetane number improver, as well as nitric acid). This Spanish industrial and services group with a history of more than 140 years was founded by Alfred Nobel in 1872.
MAXAM is an industrial and services group that operates globally, developing, manufacturing, and marketing blasting services and products and initiation systems for mining, quarries, and infrastructure; cartridges and powder for sport hunting; and products and services for the defence industry. It also provides the key raw materials for nitro-chemical activities, such as energetic nitrocellulose and ammonium nitrates, for internal use by MAXAM, as well as for sale to third parties. Lastly, MAXAM provides its clients with a series of solutions in the area of safety and the environment that have been generated as a result of the group's technological development in these areas. It’s formed by more than 140 companies in all five continents, 6.500 employees working in almost 50 different countries and products sold in more than 100. Its 2014 annual turnover mounted 1.100 M€.
Further information:
Lucas Ferreira
MAXAM
Communications Director
91 722 01 00
lferreira@maxam.net
Louis Trollope
MAXAM
Communication Officer
91 722 01 00
ltrollope@maxam.net
