2022-11-17 Forgasa joins as a new linked member of ANFFE
The Forgasa company, which manufactures complex fertilizers with humic acids, from natural resources from the Teruel mining basin, such as leonardite, has just joined the National Association of Fertilizer Manufacturers (ANFFE) as a new member. Its adhesion to the Association has been unanimously approved at the last General Assembly, held this November.
About Forgasa:
Belonging to the Spanish industrial and mining group SAMCA, with more than 100 years of experience, it owns a fertilizer production plant in Ariņo (Teruel). The only Leonardite deposits in Europe are found in the mining basins of Teruel, and Forgasa holds the exclusive exploitation rights. Through the use in the manufacture of fertilizers of the products extracted from leonardite, the company aims to promote the circular economy in the Mining Basins and contribute to the fixation of population in a sustainable way, as well as to solve the main environmental problems. rural.
About ANFFE:
Founded in 1977, it is a professional organization that brings together the main Spanish fertilizer manufacturers and foreign producers active in Spain. Its mission is, among others, the promotion of an adequate use of fertilizers and the use of quality products, with which a sustainable productive agriculture is achieved.
ANFFE has created in 2022 a new category of members in the Association, called a "linked" member. This includes, among others, manufacturers of fertilizers and by-products through industrial processes that can be used as fertilizers or as raw materials for their production, and manufacturers of fertilizers through chemical transformation that do not meet the minimum requirements for production capacity or national sales volume of ordinary members.
The companies represented by ANFFE, with 21 production centers in Spain and more than 3,000 direct jobs, constitute an essential and strategic sector of the national economy and industry, since they produce basic inputs for agriculture and food production. It is an advanced, modern industry and a leader in the circular economy, with an activity that guarantees agricultural activity in our country, reducing the risk of a high degree of dependence on imports from third countries.
The fertilizer manufacturing sector is fully aligned with the objectives of the European Union in relation to economic, social and environmental sustainability, and is playing an important role in the commitment to lead the energy transition towards a low carbon economy.
