Employing over a century of pioneering experience

1978-1990

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.

  • Putting food on the table

    Water on field

    French, Italian, Belgian cuisine ... Top quality ingredients, fine food and plenty of it. Europe has become a gourmet's paradise. Delivering plant nutrition and agronomic advice, Hydro is one of the most important suppliers of input factors to the food market in Europe.

  • A breath of fresh air in Asia

    Hydrogas acquisition

    In 1990, Hydrogas purchased a share of the state-owned Ceylon Oxygen Company Ltd on Sri Lanka. This was a chance acquisition rather than carefully planned strategy, but it is a good example of the way Hydro's industrial chemicals sector was able to take market opportunities as they arose.

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