El nombre "Yara" significa buena cosecha y buen año.
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El desarrollo de la empresa tiene sus raíces en la de la firma industrial noruega Norsk Hydro, que data de 1905. Fue entonces cuando los industriales Sam Eyde, Kristian Birkeland y Marcus Wallenberg aprovecharon las grandes fuentes de energía hidráulica para producir el primer producto importante de la empresa: el fertilizante o abono mineral, que atrajo la atención mundial ya que permitía a los agricultores aumentar el rendimiento de sus cultivos.
Décadas más tarde, después de que Norsk Hydro se expandiera en una amplia variedad de negocios que iban de fertilizantes a aceites y metales, la división más dedicada a los productos agrícolas y productos complementarios se separó en una entidad propia que cotizó en bolsa. Yara International ASA debutó en la Bolsa De Oslo en 2004, pero ocurrieron muchas cosas en los años anteriores, aunque la historia de la empresa continúa...
The world's first production of Nitrogen fertilizer "Norgessalpeter" (calcium nitrate) at a test facility in Notodden, Norway. Production based on the Birkeland Eyde invention using hydroelectric power to extract nitrogen from air. Norsk Hydro founded on Dec. 2 1905.
A new large scale production plant including power supply completed at Notodden and construction of the plant at Rjukan. King Chulalongkorn of Siam visited both sites.
Ammonia production began at Rjukan (1928). Plants established at Porsgrunn (1929). New industrial products like heavy water, CO2 developed. Yara Sluiskil (NSM) opened (1929).
Sales office opened in Stockholm. Sales began in the USA focusing on Calcium nitrate for fruit and vegetable cash crops. Agency established in San Francisco, California. The Glomfjord plant opened. It used hydroelectric power to upgrade ammonia to calcium nitrate and NPK (1949).
Ammonia production established at Porsgrunn, one plant based on partial oxidation of heavy fuel oil and one based on steam reforming of naphta. The Qafco joint venture with Qatar Industries was established in 1969.
Acquisition of NSM (Netherlands), Supra (Sweden), Fisons (UK), Ruhr Sticstoff (Germany), Windmill (Netherland), Cofaz (France). Terminal established in Chiwan, China in 1982. Office established in Harare, Zimbabwe 1983.
Agri acquired Adubos Trevo in Brazil and a controlling stake in Kynoch, South Africa. Turnaround and consolidation of the company. Hydro decided to list Agri on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange; March 25, 2004. Yara focuses on a future as the high-performance leader of the fertilizer industry.
Yara expanded in Brazil, bought half of Balderton, set up a joint venture with Praxair and took over Kemira GrowHow among other business moves. The company also made strides in the development of emission abatement products.
Yara won a major environmental award, expanded its joint venture in Qatar, reported record earnings and got a new CEO, Jørgen Ole Haslestad (photo), following the retirement of Thorleif Enger. The company also signed the final agreement to create Lifeco and started the construction of new Urea7 plant in the Netherlands.
Cash merger agreement with Terra Industries Inc. was terminated. Yara sells Fosfertil in Brazil . Yara enters emerging DEF market in US. Air1 is the Yara branded Adblue (Europe) or DEF (US) fluid. African engagement expands Two concrete corridors are being developed; the Beira corridor in Mozambique, and the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor in Tanzania (SAGCOT).
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