Ince, Chester, UK-GrowHow UK has unveiled major investment plans for its production site in Billingham on Teesside. The company is to spend £15 million to significantly increase ammonium nitrate capacity. In addition, the Billingham site will also benefit from environmental emissions improvements. The additional AN will be used in the company’s leading brand, Nitram. The announcement follows the recent commissioning of additional production capacity at the Ince site near Chester. “Together these two investments, amounting to almost £20 million, will ensure that the company can meet farmers’ demand for British-made nitrogen,” says GrowHow Commercial Director David Stacey. “Since the announcement of the closure of the Severnside facility there have been some concerns expressed about the UK’s ammonium nitrate production capacity,” he added. “We hope that this announcement, which underlines our commitment to supply sufficient nitrogen to meet market demand, will go a long way towards allaying those concerns.” GrowHow also continues to invest in advice and services. “The GrowHow Advice team together with our distributor partners’ fieldsmen are focused on helping farmers use all their fertilizer inputs as efficiently and effectively as possible,” he said. GrowHow is a joint venture of Terra Industries Inc. and Yara International ASA.
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