OREANDA-NEWS. On 11 July 2008 was announced, that JSC "Concern Stirol" (Gorlovka, Donetsk Region) during January-May 2008 has increased sales and production volumes for all main final products. In total "Stirol" during January-May this year has sold final products on the amount of 2 billion 519 mln. 175 thousand hryvnas (UAH), that is by 27,6% more than during the same period of last year.

In particular, in 6 first months 2008 company increased sales of ammonia by 39,3% (601 mln. 964 ths. UAH), granulated ammonium nitrate by 36,1% (277 mln. 733 ths. UAH), sodium nitrate by 48,2% (15 mln. 979 ths. UAH), urea by 1,8% (448 mln. 666 ths. UAH), sodium nitrate by 85,7% (8 mln. 964 ths. UAH), sulfuric acid more than 10 times (1162.5% to the same period last year on the sum of 54 mln. 903 ths. UAH), pharmaceutical products by 14,0% (32 mln. 216 ths. UAH), polystyrenes by 19,5% (192 mln. 704 ths. UAH), packing materials by 7,3% (18 mln. 417 ths. UAH). It was sold also Urea-Ammonium Nitrate solutions (UAN) on the amount of 671 mln. 833 ths. UAH, that by 83,8% times more than during 6 months of previous year.

Company also has increased production volumes.

So during January-June 2008 it has been produced 421 ths. 923 t of urea (+0,3%), 281 ths. 236 t of granulated ammonium nitrate (+7,8%), 10 ths. 687 t of sodium nitrate (+4,8%), 3 ths. 992 t sodium nitrite (+31.8%), 110 ths. 308 t of sulfuric acid (+129.6%), 21 ths. 333 t of polystyrenes (+18,0%), 599 mln. 292 ths. pieces of pharmaceutical products (+33,8%), 253 mln. 566 ths. items of packing materials (+9,9%), 689,1 t of paint and varnish (+43,4%). During this period of time Company has produced 80 mln. 489 ths. kWt.h of electric power (+28,4%) and also 84 ths. 690 t of urea-ammonium nitrate solutions, that more than 8 times larger than for the same period of the year 2007.

Due to stops of 2 from 3 ammonia plants during fist half of 2008 year ammonia output was decreased by 34, 2 ths. t or by 4,9%.

During this reported period of time labour productivity at the Company also has been increased by 43,3% up to 354 538 US dollars per person.