PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo – stock code DPM, producer and trader of Phu My Fertilizers) reported that on 03 August 2016, PVFCCo”s Phu My Fertilizer Plant was, for the second time, honorably awarded the “Certificate of Operational Excellence” by Haldor Topsoe A/S (Denmark) – licensor of Ammonia (NH3) production technology.
According to reports from the equipment monitoring system at Phu My Fertilizer Plant, the NH3 Workshop operated reliably for 279 consecutive days non-stop, from 21 September 2015 to 27 June 2016, breaking its own record of 188 day of consecutive operation previously achieved on 28 March 2013.
Mr. Alok Verma, Managing Director of Haldor Topsoe A/S in Asia, during his visit to Phu My Fertilizer Plant on 03 August 2016, directly awarded the “Certificate of Operational Excellence” to the representative of PVFCCo and Phu My Fertilizer Plant. In congratulation of this outstanding accomplishment, he affirmed that, Phu My Fertilizer Plant was one of the top best plants applying Haldor Topsoe technology worldwide. “Haldor Topsoe’s equipment and technology contribution to the excellent achievement of NH3 Workshop is just a part of the story. The largest and most important part is attributed to ability and efforts of operators of such equipment. I would like to congratulate you on having such a fantastic team”, he said.
Ammonia Workshop is one of the most important workshops at Phu My Fertilizer Plant. Since its operation in 2004, Phu My Fertilizer Plant has always operated with stability, safety and efficiency. In order to strengthen the Workshop’s operation capacity, PVFCCo is implementing the project of upgrading the NH3 Workshop capacity from 450,000 tons/year to 540,000 tons/year, scheduled for completion in 2017. The increased NH3 output will serve as feedstock for NPK Phu My Fertilizer Plant and partly meet the NH3 domestic demand currently far outweighing supply.
Reportedly, PVFCCo”s Phu My Urea is the only brand in fertilizer industry included in Top 40 Most Valuable Brands in Vietnam by Forbes Vietnam, reaffirming its position as the leading brand on Vietnam fertilizer market.