JSC Sumykhimprom

Acid Plant Database October 16, 2026

Owner	JSC Sumykhimprom
Location	Kharkovskaya Str. P/O 12 40012 Sumy Ukraine
Background	1949 - Construction begins
Website	www.sumykhimprom.com.ua
Plant	Sulphuric Acid Plant No. 1	Sulphuric Acid Plant No. 2	Sulphuric Acid Plant No. 3	Sulphuric Acid Plant No. 4	Sulphuric Acid Plant No. 5	Sulphuric Acid Plant No. 6
Coordinates*	50° 52' 37" N, 34° 53' 1" E (site)
Type of Plant	-	-	-	Sulphur Burning	-	-
Gas Source	-	-	-	Elemental Sulphur	-	-
Plant Capacity	-	-	-	180,000 ton/y 2006: 250,000 t/y	340,000 t/y	-
SA/DA	-	-	-	5 bed	-	-
Emissions	-	-	-	-	-	-
Status	-	-	-	-	-	-
Year Built	1954	1962	-	-	1973	1978
Technology	-	-	-	-	-	-
Contractor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Remarks	-	-	-	Rebuit in 2006	-	-
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General	Public Joint-Stock Company Sumykhimprom is a large energy chemical complex with area 226 ha. The company is located on Northeast Ukraine. Number of employees: 5960. The company includes 13 main plants, 22 service plants, 3 daughter companies, 10 subdivisions of non-industrial group (catering center, greenhouse complex, etc.). JSC Sumykhimprom has status of the basic company in the chemical industry of Ukraine producing phosphate mineral fertilizers. Main activities of JSC Sumykhimprom: - production of phosphate fertilizers and other goods of large-capacity inorganic chemistry; - design, design and research, research works; - wholesale and retail trade; - intermediate services on consumer goods sales; - construction organisations. Today range of goods produced by JSC Sumykhimprom consists of about twenty five names of the basic chemistry products, including: Superagro N:P:K 15:15:15, Granphos, Superphosphate ammoniated, pigment Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxide Red and Yellow, Sulfuric Acid, Oleum, reactive Sulfuric Acid, coagulants to treat potable water and sewage (Aluminium Sulfate, Ferric Suphate (III)), paints, construction lime, cement activator, consumer goods, etc.
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News	October 13, 2026 - An auction to sell the state’s 99.9952% stake in Sumykhimprom, one of Ukraine’s largest chemical companies, did not take place because there were no buyers. It had been scheduled for October 13 in the Prozorro.Sale trading system with a starting price of UAH 1.005 billion. “The asset is complex, with a heavy background, but for an investor in agrochemicals or building materials it is a ready site for building a national champion,” State Property Fund head Dmytro Natalukha said on Facebook on the eve of the auction. A repeat online auction scheduled for January 13, 2026, with the price cut 9.3% to UAH 1.088 billion (excluding VAT), also failed for lack of participants, as did the previous auction on June 11, 2025. On July 8 this year the government approved the terms and a starting price of UAH 1.005 billion for the stake. Under the terms, the new owner had to keep the company’s main activities and invest at least UAH 150 million in technical re-equipment and modernization of production. The buyer also had to repay wage arrears, debts to the budget and overdue payables within six months, observe employees’ social guarantees under labor law and not lay anyone off for six months after the purchase. The fund will offer several more big and interesting assets at auction next week, Natalukha said. First, the Odesa Portside Plant will go on sale on October 19. “It is a pearl of Ukrainian industry, but also a monument to corruption that has survived five failed auctions and endless backroom games. It is the biggest and practically unique ammonia and urea transshipment hub on the Black Sea, with its own sea berths, terminals and direct access to deep water. It is a ready, world-class logistics and production hub,” he said, promoting it. Two other assets, transferred to the state under the law on sanctions against Russians, are the Demurynsky Mining and Processing Plant and Motordetal-Konotop. Their auctions are scheduled for October 20. Sumykhimprom is one of Ukraine’s largest producers of complex mineral fertilizers, titanium dioxide, sulfuric acid and other inorganic chemicals. It is one of the three biggest budget contributors in Sumy and the region, and it makes more than 30 grades of NPK fertilizers with different nutrient ratios for different soil and climate zones. For more than 10 years the plant was managed by a group of companies linked to Group DF of entrepreneur Dmytro Firtash. In November 2023 the Sumy Region Commercial Court granted a motion by the State Property Fund and the Justice Ministry and closed the bankruptcy and rehabilitation proceedings against Sumykhimprom. The fund planned to sell the company to a private investor even before the full-scale war, but privatization dragged on because of the position of Firtash, a minority shareholder who received 0.005% of the shares in 2010 and control of management. Sumykhimprom piled up debts, which made it possible to form a creditors’ committee and start rehabilitation proceedings. The fund tried through the courts to end the bankruptcy proceedings from 2015 but succeeded only in 2023, which unblocked privatization. Russian forces shelled the plant in March 2022, causing an ammonia leak. The plant stood idle for a year and resumed operations in spring 2023. As of June 2025 the front line was less than 30 km from Sumykhimprom. According to its 2025 report, the company’s payables at the end of the year were UAH 4.135 billion, of which UAH 1.292 billion was debt in the bankruptcy case opened by the Sumy Region Commercial Court in October 2011, formed under the court-approved register of creditors. “The lack of working capital, loss-making operations and plant downtime cause growth of payables,” the report said. Sumykhimprom’s 2025 revenue was UAH 129.2 million (UAH 395.9 million a year earlier), gross profit UAH 53.3 million (UAH 9.9 million) and net loss UAH 405.7 million (UAH 600.2 million). “The main reason for Sumykhimprom’s losses in 2025 is the forced downtime of production capacity from November 2024 to July 22, 2025 and the downtime of all structural units in the fourth quarter of 2025. In 2025, sulfuric acid shop No. 5 worked for only two months,” the report said. Because of the worsening dangerous situation in the region, the regional military administration did not give permission to buy ammonia, which kept the company from launching its complex mineral fertilizer program as set out in the approved financial plan for 2025, the report said. January 13, 2026 - An online auction scheduled for Jan. 13 to privatize a 99.99% stake in Sumykhimprom, one of Ukraine’s largest chemical producers, failed to take place due to a lack of bidders, according to the ProZorro procurement system. The starting price was 1.088 billion hryvnias (excluding VAT). Sumykhimprom is one of Ukraine’s largest producers of complex mineral fertilizers, titanium dioxide, sulfuric acid and other types of inorganic chemicals. The company is among the three largest budget-forming enterprises for the city of Sumy and the region and produces more than 30 grades of NPK fertilizers with different nutrient ratios for various soil and climate zones. At the same time, Sumykhimprom is one of the key assets in large-scale privatization and is managed by the State Property Fund of Ukraine. As reported, the first online auction to privatize 99.99% of Sumykhimprom’s shares, scheduled for June 11, 2025, also failed due to a lack of bidders. The starting price at that time was 1.158 billion hryvnias (excluding VAT). The plant had been under the management of a group of companies linked to Group DF, owned by businessman Dmytro Firtash, for more than 10 years. In November 2023, the Commercial Court of the Sumy region granted a motion by the State Property Fund and the Ministry of Justice and closed the bankruptcy and rehabilitation proceedings involving Sumykhimprom. March 25, 2025 - Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the conditions for the sale of the state-owned stake in PJSC Sumykhimprom, amounting to 1.738 billion ordinary registered shares, which constitutes 99.9952% of the company's charter capital, via an electronic auction with a starting price of UAH 1.158 billion. According to Taras Melnychuk, the Cabinet's representative in the Verkhovna Rada, the decision was made at a government meeting on Tuesday and was announced via his Telegram channel. Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy (the Holos parliamentary faction), noted in his Telegram post that the sale conditions include several obligations for the buyer. These obligations include investing at least UAH 150 million in capital expenditures for technical re-equipment and modernization (including energy modernization) of production; settling overdue loan debts, wage arrears, and outstanding payments to the budget and the Pension Fund of Ukraine within six months of acquiring ownership of the stake; and directing dividends to the state budget based on the company's financial performance in 2024 and the period of state ownership until its sale in 2025. Sumykhimprom is one of Ukraine's largest producers of complex mineral fertilizers, titanium dioxide, sulfuric acid, and other inorganic chemical products. The company is among the top three budget-contributing enterprises in the city of Sumy and the region. It manufactures over 30 brands of NPK fertilizers with varying nutrient ratios tailored for different soil and climatic zones. For over ten years, the plant was managed by a group of companies linked to Group DF, owned by businessman Dmytro Firtash. In November 2023, the Economic Court of Sumy Region granted the motion of the State Property Fund (SPF) and the Ministry of Justice to close the bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings of Sumykhimprom. As reported earlier, in December 2024, the SPF's auction commission set the starting price for the 99.9952% state-owned stake in PJSC Sumykhimprom at UAH 1.158 billion for the upcoming auction on the Prozorro platform. The privatization conditions, alongside the price, required government approval. December 8, 2006 - Sulfuric Acid Plant #4 was commissioned after reconstruction. Minister of Industrial Policy of Ukraine Golovko A.I., people’s deputy Lapin E.V. and management of OJSC Sumykhimprom were present at the ceremony. Replacement of catalyst unit was effected by OJSC Sumykhimprom together with SNPO Frunze (machine-building plant) and Ukrkhimproject (design institute). Plant modernization results in increase of capacity from 180 thousand tons Sulfuric Acid to 250 thousand tons (by 39%), and lifetime of the plant by 15 years. Besides, consumption rates of the main raw materials and energy resources will be decreased and energy saving technologies will be applied. Particularly, new technical decisions provide for operation of 5-layer catalyst case that will increase conversion rate to 98,5% and enable to make gases posttreatment on the sanitary plant. Commissioning of the Plant enables the company not only to operate using sulfuric acid of own production, but also to increase sales of improved oleum and technical sulfuric acid, to increase steam production and as a result – to decrease natural gas consumption. Commissioning of the new equipment will improve sufficiently ecological situation within the company itself, as well as within the region. Works have been started since the 4th quarter 2005 (design), equipment was produced and erected within 2006. Minister of Industrial Policy Golovko A.I. declared: “Policy that is realized by management of the company keeps step with policy of the country… The main thing is that development is under way, there are funds and decisions that help the company to grow.” People’s deputy Lapin E.V. underlined that this reconstruction was planned during 15 years and only last years financial situation enabled to effect it. “This is one of the first serious decisions that was taken and realized in the whole chemical industry of Ukraine”, - stated the people’s deputy. In parallel with finishing reconstruction of Sulfuric Acid Plant #4 the company is constructing sulfur storage with melting section. Storage capacity is provided to accept and store 20 thousand tons of lump sulfur, and melting sections are to process and supply sulfur to all three technological lines of Sulfuric Acid production taking into account increase of production volumes at this units. Commissioning of this object for many years will eliminate problem of sulfur acceptance, storage and processing. Estimated period of object commissioning – 20th January 2007. Total costs of OJSC Sumykhimprom for reconstruction of Sulfuric Acid Plant #4 and construction of the new sulfur storage with melting section will exceed USD 10 mln.

MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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