Specialty chemicals producerEvonik, Kennesaw, Ga., announced on July 1 that it has entered into an agreement to supply blueSulfate, a liquid ammonium sulfate (8-0-0-9) solution, to Interoceanic Corp. (IOC) from Evonik’s site in Mobile, Ala.
Additional terms of the agreement were not provided. Evonik manufactures liquid ammonium sulfate solution and a potassium-based fertilizer, AgraLi, as co-products from its methionine production. The company said the agreement will bring “a valuable nitrogen fertilizer” to the market for U.S. farmers.
“This agreement was the result of a lot of hard work and forward thinking by both Evonik and IOC to provide additional products to both American Agriculture and a growing population,” said Doug Mills, Plant Nutrition Business Manager at the Nutrition & Care division of Evonik. “We look forward to a successful relationship with IOC.”
Evonik is active in more than 100 countries, generating sales of €15 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of €2.38 billion in 2021. It has some 33,000 employees.