In the name of God, The Compassionate, The Merciful
 

Close to the vicinity of glorious city of Shiraz, the city of roses and great poets, lays the first fertilizer industry in the country.

Shiraz Petrochemical Company was founded with an initial investment of 2900 million Rials (about 400 million US dollars) in 1959, in 300-hectare land out of which 72 hectare is dedicated to infrastructures. The initial aim was to provide the fertilizer needs for the country. It now produces 1850000 tons/year of vast variety of chemicals and petrochemicals and  is counted on as major petrochemical producer in the country.

The major feed stock for the operating plants are natural gas, limestone and salt. The natural gas source is from the main cross-country pipeline, while the limestone and salt are extracted from the adjacent mines. Water needed for process as well as utilities purposes is routed from the nearby dam.

 

In order to support the production plants, foster the personnel skills and establishing safety standards, the following facilties are provided in the complex. 

The company has established well equipped workshops in order to repair and maintain the plant equipments and systems.
 

 

The training department has rendered courses in electronics, computer, mechanics, electrical fundamentals, English, and many other fields. It is worthy to mention that many plant managers in NPC subsidiaries obtained their valuable experiences in this company. 

The educational distribution of the staff are: 14% university graduate, 6% technicians, 30% high school graduates and the rest are skilled workers.

The fire and safety department is equipped with well trained personnel, to safeguard safety of personnel and plants against accidents.
There also exists one medical clinic to take care of medical emergencies of employees. 
 

The management and personnel efforts have brought about establishment of quality management certificate ISO-9002, environmental management system ( ISO-14001), occupational health & safety management system (OHSAS-18001) and IQ-NET certificates for the company.
There also exists more than one hundred and twenty hectare of green land dedicated to sustain clean air.