Soda is one of the basic semi-finished products (raw materi-als) of modern chemistry that finds wide application in the industry.
The Soda segment is an area with the largest share in the Group’s financial performance. In 2019, it accounted for nearly 87% of adjusted EBITDA (adjusted by one-off events).
The CIECH Group is focused on expanding its business potential and creating competitive advantages which result from, among other aspects, the Group’s strong position on key markets and relations with customers, increase in production capacity, wide range of soda products, extension of the sodium bicarbonate portfolio and optimal distribution of production plants.
The production of soda in the CIECH Group is the responsibility of the following three companies: CIECH Soda Polska S.A. (plants in Janikowo and Inowrocław), CIECH Soda Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (Stassfurt) and CIECH Soda Romania S.A. (Ramnicu Valcea – production suspended in September 2019). Sodium carbonate is produced in all plants and sodium bicarbonate – in Inowrocław and Stassfurt.
The soda segment is intensely developed by the Group. In 2015 and 2016, a projects were carried out to develop high-margin product range. In 2019, the Group implemented a project to increase production capacity for the production of Sodium bicarbonate at a plant in Germany.