Anuvia Plant Nutrients, Zellwood, Fla., reported on Sept. 24 that it has signed a long-term lease agreement with The Mosaic Co. to utilize a portion of Mosaic’s shuttered Plant City, Fla., phosphate production facility to manufacture Anuvia’s bio-based plant nutrient products. Anuvia said the strategic agreement will expand its production capacity to 1.2 million st/y, up from the current 80,000 st/y produced at the company’s existing Zellwood facility.
Anuvia said it will re-purpose existing infrastructure at Plant City, with plans to add approximately 135 new employees and have the facility operational by second quarter 2020. Anuvia’s products include SymTRX™ for the agricultural sector, GreenTRX™ for the turf industry, and ANUGREEN for the consumer residential lawn market.
The Mosaic Co., Plymouth, Minn., announced in June that it was permanently closing the Plant City facility, which is located in Hillsborough County, Fla. The plant was idled in late 2017 due to global phosphate market conditions.