Yara International ASA, the number one producer of AdBlue, has opened the world’s largest production capacity in Brunsbüttel, Germany. The new €28m facility has a production capacity of 1.1m tons of AdBlue per year and took three years to design and build.
It includes a new deep sea ship loading facility, a fully-automated truck loading station operating 24/7 with a digitalized unmanned gate and a 17,500m3 AdBlue tank – the world’s largest storage tank for AdBlue.
Yara Brunsbüttel, one of five Yara AdBlue plants worldwide, now has the capacity to remove approximately half a million tons of NOx.
“This equals the entire NOx emissions from the road transport sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland combined,” says Svein Tore Holsether, President & CEO of Yara.
“The increased need for AdBlue in the segment of heavy duty vehicles and passenger cars in Europe and the US makes a reliable supply and on-time delivery crucial for our customers. We are committed to answering their needs. The new facilities confirm Yara’s position as the leading and reliable AdBlue supplier,” says Mr Holsether.
“This has been a true collaboration project involving many Yara segments and more than 50 different external companies. The successful completion means that we from Yara Brunsbüttel now can ensure reliable and continuous supply of AdBlue to Europe and the US. Our fully automated and flexible facility means that customers can get whatever volume and concentration, at any time,” says Julia Lindland, Managing Director Yara Brunsbüttel GmbH.
Since 2004, Yara has been at the forefront of the development of AdBlue and its compatibility with SCR technology in automotive vehicles.
As the world’s largest producer of AdBlue, Yara says it can ensure product quality, guaranteed sourcing, and reliable distribution through a large number of production plants and terminals on a global scale.
