- CEO
- Gustavo Oubinha Barreiro
- Full Time Employees
- 853
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: agricultural
- Address
- Betel Brazil
- IPO Date
- Apr 10, 2007
- Business
- Fertilizantes Heringer S.A. is a Brazil-based agribusiness company engaged in the manufacturing, blending, marketing, and distribution of mineral fertilizers, specialty plant nutrition solutions, and industrial chemicals. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil, the company operates as a key operating subsidiary of Swiss-based EuroChem Group AG. The company distributes plant nutrition solutions across Brazil's primary agricultural regions, including the Southeast, South, Center-West, and Northeast, supplying commercial grain growers, sugarcane mills, coffee plantations, livestock pastures, and agricultural cooperatives.
The company's comprehensive product and service portfolio comprises: basic simple fertilizers, including nitrogen sources (urea, NBPT-treated urea, ammonium nitrate, and ammonium sulfate), phosphate sources (single superphosphate, triple superphosphate, and monoammonium phosphate), and potassium sources (potassium chloride); customized NPK formulations and bulk blends tailored to specific soil characteristics and crop nutritional requirements; specialty and high-efficiency fertilizers, including the Aqualis line of water-soluble nutrients for fertigation and hydroponics, the Fertiva line of complex NPK single-granule fertilizers, the Nitratop line of stabilized nitrogen fertilizers enriched with secondary macronutrients, and the suNKiss line of combined nitrogen-potassium granules; crop-specific nutritional lines under the FH series for coffee, sugarcane, grain, and forage crops; industrial intermediate chemicals, primarily sulfuric acid and single superphosphate manufactured at its integrated industrial assets; and agricultural support services, including soil analysis, customized agronomic recommendations, and research and development conducted through specialized research centers such as CEPEC, CEMAP, and CEAGRO.
In recent developments, Fertilizantes Heringer S.A. has executed major corporate, operational, and financial restructuring initiatives following EuroChem Group AG's acquisition of a controlling 51.48% equity stake in March 2022. The company has progressed through a public tender offer (OPA) process to restructure its capital base and delist from the B3 Novo Mercado segment. To adapt to shifting global agricultural chemical market conditions and optimize fixed operating costs, the company implemented an industrial footprint rationalization strategy involving the selective hibernation of secondary blending units while concentrating distribution and processing volumes through strategic high-capacity assets, notably its Paranaguá port terminal facility and Paulínia industrial operations. Concurrently, the company continues to execute debt management and operational reorganization measures to strengthen working capital and enhance liquidity across its supply chain network.