Our development isdeeply rooted

“ When the ecological awareness, theresearch and the introduction of new

technologies create togetheradvantages both for the consumer and

for the product quality, then we arereally talking of innovation and

progress.”

“ When the ecological awareness, theresearch and the introduction of new

technologies create togetheradvantages both for the consumer and

for the product quality, then we arereally talking of innovation and

progress.”

Mauro Saviola Group

•16 Companies belong to the Group

•1630 employees

•577 milions of euro consolidated annual turn over

•1,500,000 MT of recycling wood per year ( it means 10,000 trees saved every day)

•Italian leader of the particleboard industry and the third in Europe

•Mauro Saviola Group is active in 50 countries

•More than 1,000 trains of recycling wood collected in Europe every Year

•175 trucks belong to the Group for the collection of recycling wood and to deliver thepanels

•16 different certifications of quality system, among these the ISO 9002, EMAS, E1Catas Quality Award, Certiquality 100% and “FSC 100 % recycled”

•1,500,000 mc of particleboards sold every year all over the world to produce furniture,waterproof ecological panel, fireproof ecological panel, flooring, …

•5 Research Institutes to study and design the range of creative decorative elements

•16 Companies belong to the Group

•1630 employees

•577 milions of euro consolidated annual turn over

•1,500,000 MT of recycling wood per year ( it means 10,000 trees saved every day)

•Italian leader of the particleboard industry and the third in Europe

•Mauro Saviola Group is active in 50 countries

•More than 1,000 trains of recycling wood collected in Europe every Year

•175 trucks belong to the Group for the collection of recycling wood and to deliver thepanels

•16 different certifications of quality system, among these the ISO 9002, EMAS, E1Catas Quality Award, Certiquality 100% and “FSC 100 % recycled”

•1,500,000 mc of particleboards sold every year all over the world to produce furniture,waterproof ecological panel, fireproof ecological panel, flooring, …

•5 Research Institutes to study and design the range of creative decorative elements

Mauro Saviola GroupAgriculture Division

•The main European producer of Methylene Urea

•Two production plants of Methylene Urea ( Viadana – Italy andGenk – Belgium )

•Production process is a new patented technology, unique toachieve MU in granular forms ( round granules ), yielding thelowest content of unreacted urea and salinity index

•Worldwide biggest plant to produce Methylene Urea ingranular form (potentiality of Pilot Plant 35,000-40,000 MT/year )

•Among the main european urea importers ( over 300,000MT/year )

•The main European producer of Methylene Urea

•Two production plants of Methylene Urea ( Viadana – Italy andGenk – Belgium )

•Production process is a new patented technology, unique toachieve MU in granular forms ( round granules ), yielding thelowest content of unreacted urea and salinity index

•Worldwide biggest plant to produce Methylene Urea ingranular form (potentiality of Pilot Plant 35,000-40,000 MT/year )

•Among the main european urea importers ( over 300,000MT/year )

Sadepan Chimica’s Factoriesto manufacture Methylene urea

GranularMU/UF

LiquidMethylene-urea

Viadana (Italy)

GranularMU/UF

LiquidMethylene-urea

Viadana (Italy)

Liquid Methylene-urea

Genk (Belgium)

Liquid Methylene-urea

Genk (Belgium)

Mauro Saviola GroupAgriculture Division

MissionMission

Sadepan’s Methylene urea/ Urea Formaldehyde uses newtechnology to produce the most completely reacted product on themarket today. The position of Sadepan as a basic producer ofFormaldehyde and the largest consumer of Urea in Italy insures acompetitive position in the market place.

Sadepan’s Methylene urea/ Urea Formaldehyde uses newtechnology to produce the most completely reacted product on themarket today. The position of Sadepan as a basic producer ofFormaldehyde and the largest consumer of Urea in Italy insures acompetitive position in the market place.

It is our mission to use our improvedtechnology and strength as a basicproducer to become a reliable supplierto the world for superior qualitymethylene urea fertilizer

These fertilizers can be called innovative and areadvantageous because they :

Improve the yield with greater productions (greaterefficiency)

reduce the costs and the cultural practices

Reduce or eliminate the impact on the ecosystem

These fertilizers can be called innovative and areadvantageous because they :

Improve the yield with greater productions (greaterefficiency)

reduce the costs and the cultural practices

Reduce or eliminate the impact on the ecosystem

NNNNNNSlow Release NitrogenSlow Release Nitrogen

INNOVATIVE FERTILIZERS

An ideal nitrogen fertiizer should have the following characteristics(Shoji and Gandeza, 1992) :

• with only one application satisfy the crop nutrients requirement duringthe whole vegetative-productive cycle;

• Have the greatest % of crop utilization (uptaking); the averageamount usually uptaken from the crop is maximum 50-70% during thefirst year of application (Fink, 1992);

• without any negative environmental impact

The ideal choice is slowRelease Nitrogen

The ideal choice is slowRelease Nitrogen

Optimal Nitrogen fertilizer

The raw materials used are:

•Urea (CO(NH2)2)

•Formaldehyde (HCHO)

The urea can be of national production or imported.

The formaldehyde is produced by Sadepan Chimica through a catalytic oxidation process of methanol(CH3OH). in 9 plant .

The Sadepan Chimica MU/UF production process can be summarized into 2 phases:

1) synthesis of the urea-formaldehyde syrup, which is alimentedinto the granulation plant;

2) granulation with the final screening of the finished product.

Sadepan Chimica new manufacturetechnology

Sadepan Chimica new manufacturetechnology

1° phase: synthesis of the urea-formaldehyde syrup1° phase: synthesis of the urea-formaldehyde syrup

Liquid syrupstorage tank

• this phase takes place into the polymerization reactors, in which thesyrup is obtained;

• at the beginning, the formaldehyde and a part of urea react incontrolled conditions;

• later on, the remaining urea is added up in different steps to obtain theshort polymeric chains;

• making this, it is possible to obtain a product with a good distributionof the molecular weights, which positively affect the availability of thefinished product.

Polymerizationreactor

formaldehyde

Urea

2° phase: granulation with the final screening ofthe finished product

2° phase: granulation with the final screening ofthe finished product

Liquid Syrupstorage tank

DrumGranulator

Drier

Hot

air

PackagingScreening

stationColoraddition

Mixer

Ven

tair

Granular MU/UFSilos

•the liquid syrup is alimented in a fluid bed granulator wherepolymerization, drying contemporary granulation take place;

Flow chart Process of Granulation PlantFlow chart Process of Granulation Plant

Batch

reactor

Liquid fertilizerstorage tank

Drum Drier

Urea Formaldehyde

Hot

air

PackagingScreeningstation

Coloraddition

Mixer

Ven

tair

Granular MU/UFSilos

Production capacity per yearof the Pilot Plant

35,000 – 40,000 MT

Production capacity per yearof the Pilot Plant

35,000 – 40,000 MT

INNOVATIVE PHYSICAL ASPECT•Round granules with high U.I.

Less dust in Sadepan’s MU/UF during productionLess friction during blending operations with others round granular raw materials

SADEPAN MU/UF products obtained bythe new technology have:

SADEPAN MU/UF products obtained bythe new technology have:

The final product is a spherical granule having SGN that,in choice, could be included between 100 and 360 or in

Chip size with SGN 40 as well.

COMPETITORANGULAR LITTLE STONES

SADEPAN’SROUND GRANULES

SGN = 215

U.I. = 70

Powder content

SGN = 215

U.I. = 70

Powder content

SADEPAN MU/UF GRANULAR SIZECUMULATIVE PASSING DISTRIBUTION

0102030405060708090

100

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3

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Granular – Std Size( SGN 215 )

Granular – Std Size( SGN 215 )

Large granular - BigSize( SGN 345 )

Large granular - BigSize( SGN 345 )

Greens grade - MicrogranularSGN 110

Greens grade - MicrogranularSGN 110

Chip size SGN 40Chip size SGN 40

INNOVATIVE PHYSICAL ASPECT•Round granules with high U.I.Less friction during blending operations with others granular raw materialsLess dust in MU/UF Sadepans during production

SADEPAN MU/UF products obtained bythe new technology have:

SADEPAN MU/UF products obtained bythe new technology have:

INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES

•The most completely reacted products

•The lower Salt Index

Unreacted N- urea content 4.5%

Salt index

PERCENTAGE OF APPLIED N RELEASED FROM SELECTEDNITROGEN SOURCES

7 14 28 42 56 84 112 140 18220

30

40

50

60

70 Sadepan MU SGN 110

Competitor A SGN 115-130

Source By J.B. Sartain- University of Florida

“Sadepan MU SGN 110 initially released about thesame quantity of N as Competitor A chip size but by84 days after application Competitor A chip size hadreleased all of its available N and Sadepan MU SGN110 continued to release N for the entire 182 period.”

SADEPAN CHIMICA MU greens gradeNitrogen release curve Vs competitorsSADEPAN CHIMICA MU greens grade

Nitrogen release curve Vs competitors

INFLUENCE OF N SOURCE ON N RELEASED OVER TIME

“Competitor B chip size released in excess of 55%of its applied N within the first 7 days afterapplication”

7 14 28 42 56 84 112 140 18215

25

35

45

55

65

75

Sadepan MU SGN 110

Competitor B chip size

Source By J.B. Sartain- University of Florida

SADEPAN CHIMICA MU greens gradeNitrogen release curve Vs competitorsSADEPAN CHIMICA MU greens grade

Nitrogen release curve Vs competitors

“Sadepan’s UF produced a N release curve verysimilar to competitor UF”

INFLUENCE OF N SOURCE ON N RELEASED OVER TIME

SADEPAN CHIMICA UF granular sizeNitrogen release curve Vs competitorsSADEPAN CHIMICA UF granular size

Nitrogen release curve Vs competitors

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

0 7 14 28 56 84 112 140 189

DAYS OF INCUBATION

Source By J.B. Sartain- University of Florida

Sadepan UF granular

Competitor UF granular

SADEPAN CHIMICA results fromgreenhouse studies on TOMATOESSADEPAN CHIMICA results from

greenhouse studies on TOMATOES

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Quality Rating(1 - 9 scale)

w/ 1 = dead; 9 = fulldevelopment and

no injury

2 DAT 7 DAT 14 DAT 21 DAT 28 DAT 35 DAT 42 DAT 49 DAT

Days After Treating

Effects of Various Fertilizers on the Overall Quality of 'Better Boy'Tomatoes

SADEPAN MU 80 @ 3.78 gms N/pot MU competitor ASADEPAN UF @ 3.78 gms N/pot Uf competitor Apolymer coated competitor A @ 3.78 gms N/pot polymer coated competitor B @ 3.78 gms N/potControl (no fertilizer)

Source By Warren Davenport- PATH Consulting – Rydal,Gorgia

SADEPAN CHIMICA studies fromgreenhouse conditions on

N – SENSITIVE CROP

SADEPAN CHIMICA studies fromgreenhouse conditions on

N – SENSITIVE CROP

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Injury Rating(0 = no injury;

>2 = objectionable;10 = dead)

1x Rate 2x Rate 3x Rate 1x Rate 2x Rate 3x Rate

14 & 21 Days After Treatment

Effects of Various Fertilizers @ 3 Rates on the Injury of 'Janie' Marigolds

SADEPAN MU MU Competitor SADEPAN UF UF CompetitorPolymer coated A Polymer coated B Control (no fertilizer)

Source By Warren Davenport- PATH Consulting – Rydal,Gorgia

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Quality Rating(1 - 9scale w/ 1 = dead & 9

= full developmentand no injury)

2 DAT 7 DAT 14 DAT 21 DAT 28 DAT 35 DAT 42 DAT 49 DAT

Days After Treating

Effects of Various Fertilizers on the Overall Quality of 'Janie' Marigolds

SADEPAN MU 80 @ 3.78 gms N/pot Competitor MU @ 3.78 gms N/potSADEPAN UF @ 3.78 gms N/pot Competitor UF @ 3.78 gms N/potPolymer coated A @ 3.78 gms N/pot Polymer coated B @ 3.78 gms N/potControl (no fertilizer)

Source By Warren Davenport- PATH Consulting – Rydal,Gorgia

SADEPAN CHIMICA studies fromgreenhouse conditions on

N – SENSITIVE CROP

SADEPAN CHIMICA studies fromgreenhouse conditions on

N – SENSITIVE CROP

Sadepan'sMU

granularSGN 215

Competitorgranular

size

Sadepan'sMU microSGN 110

Competitorchip size

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INFLUENCE OF N SOURCE ON ROOT DRYWEIGHT OF BERMUDAGRASS GROWN IN TUBS

IN THE GLASSHOUSE

Source By J.B. Sartain- University of Florida

Sadepan'sMU granular

SGN 215

Competitor Agranular size Competitor B

granular size Check

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NITROGEN SOURCE

INFLUENCE OF N SOURCE ON TOTALQUANTITY OF N LEACHED FROM

BERMUDAGRASS

Source By J.B. Sartain- University of Florida

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