| Sievierodonetsk Association "Azot" | |||||||||
| Native Name: | Сєвєродонецьке об'єднання «Азот» | ||||||||
| Type: | Private joint stock company | ||||||||
| Industry: | Chemical industry | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Lysychansk Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant | ||||||||
| Founded: | 1951 | ||||||||
| Founders: | --> | ||||||||
| Successors: | --> | ||||||||
| Hq Location City: | Sievierodonetsk,[1] Luhansk Oblast[2] | ||||||||
| Hq Location Country: | Ukraine | ||||||||
| Areas Served: | --> | ||||||||
| Key People: | Dmytro Firtash, Alex Rovt | ||||||||
| Products: | nitrogen fertilizers, organic alcohols and acids, household chemicals, polymer products | ||||||||
| Owners: | --> | ||||||||
| Num Employees: | 7000[3] | ||||||||
| Num Employees Year: | 2022 | ||||||||
| Parent: | Ostchem Holding[4] | ||||||||
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Sievierodonetsk Association "Azot" is a chemical producer based in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the third largest producer of ammonia in the country[5] and one of the largest in Europe; producing nitrogen fertilizers, methanol, acetic acid, vinyl acetate, and their derivatives; acetylene, formalin, catalysts, household chemicals, and other chemical products.[4] The successor of the Lysychansk Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant built in 1934, "Azot" produced its first output of ammonium nitrate on 1 January 1951. Sometime after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the chemical plant was acquired by Ostchem Holding, part of Group DF run by Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.[6]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, "Azot" became the last Ukrainian-held position in the Battle of Sievierodonetsk, having sheltered soldiers and civilians.[7] It was heavily damaged during the battle, as the transport workshop of the plant was shelled, igniting fuel and lubricants.[8]