Private company

Achema, AB

Fertilizer company

Achema is the largest fertilizer producer in the Baltic states. It is headquartered in Jonava, central Lithuania. Its factory is located in the village of Jonalaukis by Jonava, near the confluence of rivers Neris and Šventoji.² It employed 1,143 people in 2024.¹ It is part of Achema Group.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1962Founded¹

HeadquartersRukla¹
Websitewww.achema.com
Legal formpublic limited liability company¹
LEI48510000H7Q0IVTMK386³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressJonalaukio k. 1, LT-55550 Jonavos sen., Lithuania³
Registered withState Enterprise Centre of Registers, 156667399³

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Achema is the largest fertilizer producer in the Baltic states. It is headquartered in Jonava, central Lithuania. Its factory is located in the village of Jonalaukis by Jonava, near the confluence of rivers Neris and Šventoji. In 2011, Achema employed about 1700 workers and reached 2.2 billion Litas revenues (about 640 million Euros), net profit was 96.3 million Litas (27.9 million Euros).²

Corporate structure

Achema, AB is part of a group headed by Achema Group. 7 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Achema Group Vilnius, Lithuania
- Achema, AB Jonavos sen., Lithuania
- Větrná energie HL Subsidiary · Karlín, Czechia
- Agro Baltic GmbH Subsidiary · Rostock, Germany
- LITFERT Subsidiary · Rennes, France
- UAB Renerga-1 Subsidiary · Jonava, Lithuania
- UZDAROJI AKCINE BENDROVE FINANSU MAKLERIO IMONE "KAPITALO SRAUTAI" Subsidiary · Vilnius, Lithuania

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The factory construction began in 1962 as one of the state-owned enterprises, called "Azotas". It became a member of the International Fertilizer Industry Association in 1989. In 1999, production of aluminum sulfate solution began. In 2011, AB "Achema" completed the creation of a network of cogeneration power plants – a cogeneration type 47 MW gas power plant was put into operation in the autumn.

Plant operation in the conditions of high gas price

In 2021 it scaled down its operations, leaving only ammonia production, due to gas price spike.

The production was suspended in September 2022, due to high costs for natural gas, which was announced to be a temporary measure in August 2022.

It was resumed in early November, but halted again in December, with plans to resume operations in February.

In 2022 the revenue was 937.2 million euros, which was 58.8% higher than 2021, but the profit dropped by nearly a third, to 36.1 million euros. Due to sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company switched natural gas suppliers from Russia to Norway, the US, Great Britain, Poland and Germany.

From Wikipedia’s article on Achema, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Products and brands

fertilizer

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Achema Group

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

20241,143¹

Controversies and legal

Accidents

Over time there have been a number of accidents.

1989 environmental disaster

On 20 March 1989, a rupture of the liquid ammonia tank occurred at the chemical fertilizer factory, causing a leakage of nearly 7,500 tonnes of ammonia (lt:1989 m. kovo 20 d. G/S „Azotas“ avarija). The catastrophe further developed into a fire at the storehouses of NPK 11-11-11 (nitrophoska: nitrogen + phosphate + kalium ) and other fertilizers polluting the atmosphere with products of their decomposition: nitrous oxide, chlorine gas, etc. The toxic cloud moved towards Ukmergė, Širvintos, Kėdainiai. The concentration of ammonia surpassed the permissible level 150 times in Upninkai, located 10 km from the enterprise. One day after the accident, a toxic cloud 7 km wide and 50 km long was recorded between Jonava and Kėdainiai. Seven people died during the fire and leakage of ammonia, 29 became handicapped, and more people suffered from acute respiratory and cardiac arrest.