Chemical industry in Poland

Chemical industry in Poland - one of the key branches of the processing industry which includes:

Chemical industry in terms of tons of production can be divided into:[2]

Chemical industry is characteristic of the high capital intensity and low labour consumption, for this reason, the most of operations are automated.

• organic chemistry industry – manufactures products on the basis of carbohydrates, wood, rubber, fats and other organic substances,[1]
• non-organic chemistry industry – products manufactured on the basis of non-organic substances, e.g. minerals and ores.

• great chemistry - the name refers to the production size of millions tons a year; great chemistry includes the production of fertilisers, fuels, plastics (mainly plasticisers) and industrial gases;[3]
• small chemistry - production on a smaller scale - dozens of tons; this sector includes mainly chemistry with high added value and more expensive production, e.g. medicaments, cosmetics, cleaning agents;
• chemical processing - processing finished half-products: by mixing, packing, thermal treatment and other methods.

Chemical industry products

Divisions within the Polish chemical industry, by types of products and companies, include:

• Coking industry[4][5][6] — for example: the coking plants "Radlin", "Jadwiga", "Dębieńsko" in Bytom, Zdzieszowice, Wałbrzych, Zabrze, and Dąbrowa Górnicza; and foundries in Kraków, Częstochowa, and Dąbrowa Górnicza.
• Cleaning products industry.
• Fertilizers industry [7][8]

See also

• Large scale chemical synthesis in Poland