Catalogue of Polosh Technologies 2012 Part 2 - Polonia

FERTILIZER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(Instytut Nawzów Sztucznych)
Organisation Contact Data
13 A, Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego st,24 –
110 Puławy, Poland
phone: +48 81 473 14 00
fax: + 48 81 473 14 10
e-mail: ins@ins.pulawy.pl
http://www.ins.pulawy.pl/EN/
Instytut Nawozów Sztucznych (Fertilizer Research Institute) seated in Puławy, Poland is a state
research institute with a long lasting tradition. Its beginnings as Research Laboratory at United
Factories of Nitrogen Compounds date back to 1935. The name was changed into the present
one in 1958.
INS is one of the best Polish research institutes. It enjoys a good reputation and INS trade mark
is well known in Poland and abroad.
The principal aim of the Institute is work for chemical industry, mainly its fertilizer and inorganic
branches, which leads to making innovations and higher competitiveness of companies
operating in chemistry and chemical technology areas. INS carries out research and
development work in close partnership with industry employing high qualified staff and
maintaining latest standards applying to research methods and procedures. It cooperates with
all nitrogen works in Poland and many ones abroad. It has the unique advantage of carrying
research works in pilot plants and directly on industrial plants.
In the last 10 years INS signed over 100 local contracts and 65 export ones for sale of
technologies, licences and products to 15 countries in Europe and Asia.
Work for administration and local authorities (tasks defined in the regulation concerning
fertilizers and fertilization, REACH and CLP regulations, preparation of expert opinions etc.) are
an important Institute activity field.
By constant development of the investigation potential, scientific and technical staff,
infrastructure and research equipment the Institute is going to become a leader initiating
innovatory actions competitive on the local, European and world markets in the area of
chemical technology and connected branches such as chemical engineering, safety, and waste
management.
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