Yara Invests In Cutting Edge Terminal in Chedburgh to Enhance Customer Service
15 March, 2024
Yara Invests In Cutting Edge Terminal in Chedburgh to Enhance Customer Service
Yara, a global leader in crop nutrition, is further strengthening its Crop Nutrition Services offering with a long-term investment in its liquid fertiliser capabilities. The company has announced a multi-million-pound investment in its liquid fertiliser terminal at Chedburgh, one of several UK terminals it operates.
The £7 million phased project at the site in East Anglia is part of the overall Yara investment program in Great Britain aimed at ensuring safe and efficient operations, to deliver high-quality products to its customers.
The project will see a post-season rebuild of the Chedburgh terminal which produces nitrogen sulphur grade and compound NPK grade fertilisers. The bulk solids raw material store and the production building will be upgraded, with the goal of being fully operational by spring 2025.
Yara offers today over 300 grades of liquid fertiliser and is well-established in the Great British market. “With this investment, we are advancing our operational excellence achieve safe and efficient operations, and deliver high product quality going forward” says Kevin Soper, Regional Terminal Manager for Yara Europe. As a company that delivers direct to farming customers from its terminals, Yara knows how important product quality is in ensuring a seamless application process at farm level. “The quality and integrity of our product is synonymous with our brand, and something we are proud to deliver to our customers,” says Martin Saunders, Yara’s Terminal Manager for UK liquids. “Manufacturing the product ourselves here in the UK allows us to guarantee great product quality from factory to farm.”
The focus on long-term investment and expansion of the liquid fertiliser business will only strengthen the company’s offering. “With the launch of this groundbreaking terminal, we reaffirm our dedication to innovation, quality, and customer-centricity. By investing in cutting-edge technology and infrastructure, we are poised to not only meet but exceed the evolving needs of our customers by offering climate-friendly nutrition across a full range of crops,” says Phil Burrell, Head of Crop Nutrition Services.
Moreover, the Chedburgh investment is contributing to Yara’s ambition of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Reducing the terminal’s carbon footprint will be at the forefront of all the company’s decisions, from installing new boilers to adapting processes.
