AdvanSix Furthers Commitment to Sulfur Nutrition - Seite 2

Increase in Granular Grade Ammonium Sulfate

Operational excellence continues to be a key focus and priority for AdvanSix with initiatives underway targeting improvements in rate, cost, quality and yield. As a result of these efforts and recent enhancements in crystallizer technology and operations, the company is now producing more high-quality granular grade ammonium sulfate to meet the growing demand of our customers.

The company is now targeting conversion of approximately 65% of the ammonium sulfate produced in higher-value granular form, an increase of approximately 5%.

Packaged Ammonium Sulfate

The recent acquisition of certain assets of CIS enables AdvanSix to expand its offering to directly supply packaged ammonium sulfate to customers, primarily in North and South America. It diversifies and optimizes our offerings to include spray-grade adjuvant to support crop protection, as well as other specialty fertilizers and products for industrial use. The company also expects the addition of packaging and warehousing capabilities to bolster logistics and operational efficiency in the Richmond, Va.-area plants.

“AdvanSix has been both a supplier to and customer of CIS for many years, and we understand the business well. This acquisition extends our industry-leading value chain for ammonium sulfate and creates further opportunities for us to quickly diversify and optimize our offerings to serve existing and new customers,” said Mike Hamilton, vice president, Plant Nutrients at AdvanSix.

About AdvanSix

AdvanSix is a leading manufacturer of Nylon 6, a polymer resin which is a synthetic material used by our customers to produce fibers, filaments, engineered plastics and films that, in turn, are used in such end-products as carpets, automotive and electronic components, sports apparel, food packaging and other industrial applications. As a result of our backward integration and the configuration of our manufacturing facilities, we also sell caprolactam, ammonium sulfate fertilizer, acetone and other intermediate chemicals, all of which are produced within unit operations across our integrated manufacturing value chain. More information on AdvanSix can be found at http://www.advansix.com.