Grupa Azoty S.A. (previously Zakłady Azotowe in Tarnów-Mościce) is a major Polish chemical industry company headquartered in the Mościce district of Tarnów, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southeastern Poland.
The company was established in 1927, during the Second Polish Republic, as one of the most modern factories in Europe at the time. Currently, Grupa Azoty is the largest chemical company in Poland and is a major producer of fertilizers, plastics, chemicals, oxo alcohols and pigments.
At the end of 2019, the group employed 15,609 employees in 50 companies located both in Poland and abroad. In 2022, Grupa Azoty posted a revenue of over 24 billion PLN ($ 5.5 billion). As of 2023, the company is the second largest producer of fertilizers in the European Union. The company markets its products to over 100 countries worldwide. Grupa Azoty is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) and is a component of the WIG30 stock market index.
Goals
- Increase the production effectiveness, traceability and safety by installing a central control and monitoring system
Challenges
- Very high maintenance costs (energy, methane consumption)
Solutions
- AVEVA™ Mobile Operator
- AVEVA™ InTouch HMI
Results
- Manufacturing costs has been reduced as a result of the new Monitoring System.
- Access to key media parameters analysis (quality, consumption) in real-time resulted in more efficient manufacturing.
- Improved information flow (delivering actual data to technology engineers) has been achieved.
“Using the latest technology and IT solutions to build a telemetry and monitoring system shows that Azoty Tarnów is a modern company that is concerned about high quality and low production costs. This is reflected in the competitiveness of our products, the desire to have a safe workplace and a company that is concerned about the environment.”
Lucjan Knapczyk, Technology Specialist at Automatyka Sp. Z.O.O
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