NeuAG LLC, Freeport, Texas, will be ready to ship ammonium sulfate products from its $90 million Freeport, Texas, storage and distribution center on Nov. 1, 2021.
“Construction is ahead of schedule and under budget,” Greg Caldwell, NeuAG VP of Operations, told Green Markets. “We will be fully operational and starting ammonium sulfate shipments via all modes Nov. 1. Our facility is state-of-the-art. We built this facility to be 100 percent focused on servicing the fertilizer markets with the highest standards of service and quality.”
On Nov. 1, NeuAG will become BASF Corp.’s new exclusive partner to distribute and market ammonium sulfate (approximate 710,000 st/y capacity), which comes from BASF’s caprolactam production (GM Oct. 9, 2020). The new facility is adjacent to the existing BASF complex in Freeport. Construction began in September 2020.
The 100,000-square-foot facility will have 80,000 stof dry ammonium sulfate storage, which will include granular, coarse, and standard grades. Two bulk load-out systems are rated at 250 st/h each. Loading capabilities include truck, rail, barge, and ocean vessel.
The facility also includes a 67,500-square-foot packaging plant and a 57,000-square-foot NPK bulk blending warehouse. In addition to bulk quantities, the facility will have blending and packaging capabilities for bag sizes ranging from 10 to 2,000 pounds. In addition to bulk NPKs, the facility can also produce turf and consumer products that can support a long list of additions, including control release technologies, nitrogen inhibitors, biosolids, soil amendments, herbicides, and insecticides to follow in 1Q 2022.
As it has been building its new facility, NeuAG has been assembling a growing staff to produce and market its product. At full production, the company expects to employ about 130.