Chemical company with integrated value creation based on calcium carbide: nitrogen products, specialty chemicals and creatine.
Alzchem Group AG
Trostberg · Schalchen · Hart · Waldkraiburg · Sundsvall (SE) · Atlanta (USA) · Shanghai (CN) · Coventry (UK)New on Amplifa
About Alzchem
Alzchem Group AG is a listed chemical company headquartered in Trostberg in the Upper Bavarian district of Traunstein. Based on coal, lime and air, the company produces an extensively branched product family via calcium carbide and calcium cyanamide (lime nitrogen), including nitroguanidine, creatine (Creapure®), feed additives (Creamino®), fertilizers, nitriles (NITRALZ®), guanidine salts (Bioselect®) and basic and specialty chemicals for metallurgy. The products are used, among other things, in agriculture, animal nutrition, pharmaceutical and fine chemicals, metallurgy, the defense industry and in the renewable energy sector. Around 1,700 employees produce at five sites – four in the southeastern Bavarian Chemical Triangle (Trostberg, Schalchen, Hart, Waldkraiburg) as well as at the Sundsvall site in Sweden; sales companies exist in Atlanta, Shanghai and Coventry. In fiscal year 2024 the group generated revenue of around 554.2 million euros, in 2025 around 562.1 million euros. The shares have been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since October 2017 and in the SDAX since October 2024.
- Site
- Trostberg
- Materials
- Calcium carbide, Calcium cyanamide (lime nitrogen), Nitroguanidine, Creatine, Guanidinoacetic acid (feed additive), Nitriles, Guanidine salts, Eminex®
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- ~1700
- Industries
- Agriculture, Animal Nutrition, Health & Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals, Fine chemicals, Metallurgy
- 01
Carbide production from lime, coal and air (energy from hydro power of the Alz
- 02
Calcium cyanamide (lime nitrogen)
- 03
Basic chemicals and intermediates
- 04
Specialty chemicals (nitroguanidine, guanidine salts, nitriles, creatine)
- 05
Fine chemicals and custom synthesis
- 06
Distribution via companies in the USA, China and England
Products and Processes
Calcium carbide
Basis product of the integrated value creation from lime, coal and air.
Calcium cyanamide (lime nitrogen)
Starting material for fertilizers and a wide range of downstream products.
Nitroguanidine
Important raw material for the defense industry; production doubling and a US site announced by the end of 2029.
Creatine
High-purity creatine for sports and functional foods as well as dietary supplements.
Guanidinoacetic acid (feed additive)
Feed additive for creatine synthesis in animal nutrition.
Nitriles
Nitriles, among other things, as precursors for high-tech pigments.
Guanidine salts
High-purity guanidine salts for biotechnological, diagnostic and pharmaceutical applications.
Eminex®
Product for suppressing methane and CO2 emissions during slurry storage.
Sites
Trostberg
DEProduction, headquarters, R&D
- Materials
- Calcium carbide, lime nitrogen, specialty chemicals, nitroguanidine
Schalchen
DEProduction
Hart
DEProduction
Waldkraiburg
DEProduction
Sundsvall
SEProduction (Nordic Carbide AB, acquired in 2014)
Atlanta
USSales
Shanghai
CNSales
Coventry
UKSales
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Reference customers
History
- 1908
Site selection in Trostberg due to the hydro power of the Alz river; start of calcium carbide and lime nitrogen production
- 2006
Foundation of Alzchem Trostberg GmbH out of SKW Trostberg (carve-out by RAG)
- 2009
Sale to the private equity investor BluO
- 2011
Renaming to Alzchem Group AG (September)
- 2014
Acquisition of SKW Metallurgy Sweden AB (later Nordic Carbide AB, Sundsvall)
- 2017
IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (October); main shareholder Livia (Peter Löw)
- 2018
Sale of more than 20 million shares by the major shareholders Livia, HDI Vier and Four Two Na
- 2024
SDAX listing (October); announcement of the doubling of nitroguanidine production and a US site by the end of 2029