CENTER OF EXCELLENCEAgro-Chemical Park

SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH | Möllensdorfer Straße 13 | 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg
HERE business meets science.

“Hidden champion”, tradition-steeped chemistry location, beacon with international significance.

The Agro-Chemical Park Piesteritz can be given different titles, but it cannot be ignored. With SKW Piesteritz as the core company, more than 51 companies have settled not far from Luther’s Wittenberg that form the first and so far only Piesteritz Agro-Chemical Park in Germany – with an unmatched level of networking.

Chemistry has been operated at this location for over 100 years. Here, fertilisers are produced that, thanks to research performed on site, become increasingly efficient both ecologically and economically. Here, biodiesel, valuable lecithin and pharmaceutical glycerine are produced from rapeseed. Melamine, which has become in indispensable part of many areas of daily life, is produced here. And high-purity carbon dioxide is liquefied here to be used in the food industry. So any carbonic acid in mineral water may well come from Piesteritz.

Rüdiger Geserick, CEO of SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz

 “The best contribution to securing the future of the site is to work every day on its continued existence.”

QUICK CHECK

220

Total area in hectare

1

Total investments in Bn. €

10000

Direct and indirect jobs

100

Application for over 100 patents

5000

Trial plots

51

Companies on site

FOCUS SECTORS

  • Industrial chemistry
  • Agrochemistry
  • Food production

RESIDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES

SUCCESS STORIES

   

World champion in urea production

On a grey background there is written: World champion in urea production

World champion in urea production

SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH is the largest urea and ammonia manufacturer in Germany and thus truly a “hidden champion”. Here, fertilisers are produced that, thanks to research performed on site, become increasingly efficient both ecologically and economically. A globally patented method of producing nitric acid has been invented in Piesteritz. Even today, there is no single location in Europe where as much urea is produced as in Piesteritz. With two ammonia plants, three urea plants, two melamine plants and two nitric acid plants, the location possesses a level of networking that gives it a special position within the industry.

 

SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz Gmb

Rubber conductors

On a grey background there is written: Rubber conductors

Rubber conductors

Did you know that there is rubber that can conduct electricity? There is, and it comes from Piesteritz. Polymer-Technik-Elbe GmbH (PTE) produces it – including for the magnetic levitation system in Shanghai. When PTE formed in 1993, it could build on the long tradition of Gummiwerk Elbe AG, which has been resident in Wittenberg since 1898. Today, PTE is among the internationally leading manufacturers of rubber mixtures with production plants around the world.

 

Polymer-Technik-Elbe GmbH

Luther in the greenhouse

On a grey background there is written: Luther in the greenhouse

Luther in the greenhouse

Did you know that tomatoes grow better with more CO2 in the air? They do that in a greenhouse of Wittenberg Gemüse GmbH, which will span 40 hectares. Incidentally, the CO2 – like the heat – comes from SKW Piesteritz. Today, the company already produces various tomato varieties, including the “Luther tomato”, on an area of 15 hectares. Following the construction of a greenhouse, a further attraction is offered: the “Luther pepper”. Local patriotism – but a bit different!

 

Wittenberg Gemüse GmbH

CONTACT to Agro-Chemie Park Piesteritz

SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH

Möllensdorfer Straße 13
06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Tel.: +49 3491 68 0
E-Mail: info@skwp.de

www.skwp.de