Ciech stock: Qemetica integrates acquired silica business
Published on 11/09/2026 at 02:02 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSQemetica expands its chemical platform
- Qemetica is integrating an acquired precipitated-silica business from PPG across operations in the United States and the Netherlands.
- The group is also preparing a waste-to-energy facility in Nowa Sarzyna to supply local industry and district heating.
- The projects deepen Qemetica's shift toward broader international operations and lower-carbon industrial production.
Qemetica is integrating the precipitated-silica business it acquired from PPG, extending the Polish chemical group's operations in the United States and the Netherlands. SAP Poland reported the development on Friday, November 6, 2026.
Integration adds international scale
The transaction, valued at about 310 million US dollars, includes production sites in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Delfzijl, the Netherlands, as well as research and development activity in Monroeville, United States. Qemetica is introducing a common SAP environment and standardized processes, data and reporting across the acquired operations.
The company said the integration is intended to support coordinated management while preserving flexibility within individual business units. It also plans to expand cloud-based systems and explore artificial-intelligence applications after the core processes and reporting structure are aligned.
Energy project broadens strategy
Separately, Qemetica is preparing a waste-to-energy installation at its chemical complex in Nowa Sarzyna. According to gospodarkaPodkarpacka.pl, the planned facility would process about 50,000 tonnes of industrial waste each year and supply energy to local chemical operations. Deliveries are planned for 2031, subject to environmental approval.
The project is designed to provide heat for the town's district-heating network as well as energy for industry. Qemetica has started discussions with local authorities and plans public meetings in November.
Qemetica's chemical positioning
Qemetica is a Poland-based chemical group active in soda, salt, silica, agricultural solutions, polyurethane foams, silicates and glass. Its website describes it as Poland's only producer of soda ash and the European Union's second-largest producer, with production and sales spanning Europe and other global markets. In the wider alkali and bicarbonate field, Future Market Insights lists Solvay, Ciner Resources and Tata Chemicals alongside Ciech, placing Qemetica among both European synthetic producers and larger international alkali groups.
Ciech and Qemetica at a glance
- Company: Ciech S.A., operating as Qemetica S.A.
- ISIN: PLDWORY00019
- Sector: Chemicals
- Core businesses: Soda, salt, silica, agricultural solutions, polyurethane foams, silicates and glass
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