Hintzsche building UAN terminal in Peru, Ill.

Peru, Ill.-Hintzsche Fertilizer Inc. of Maple Park, Ill., is completing the construction of an 11,000 st UAN tank and adjoining covered loading bay on the Illinois River in Peru, Ill. The facility, situated on approximately three acres leased from the Peru Terminal, will be supplied by barge but also has access to the Illinois Railway. The two-million gallon UAN tank, under construction since September, was just completed several weeks ago, according to John Hintzsche, vice president of fertilizer. The two-bay, enclosed loading structure is currently being built, and will serve as a loading site for trucks. Hintzsche said the company was in need of more UAN storage at four Illinois retail locations in Minooka, Maple Park, Kirkland, and Scarborough. “Instead of doing this multiple times, we’re doing it one time at this site,” he told Green Markets. “We can deliver to our other locations upon need.” Hintzsche said the four full-service locations cover roughly 11 counties in northern Illinois. Initially the Peru facility will handle liquid fertilizer only, but Hintzche said it does have the potential to store dry products as well. “That’s in our plans, but a little ways down the road yet,” he said. He noted as well that there is room at the site for two more solutions tanks, which would allow expansion to more than 30,000 tons of UAN capacity.