# Haifa Group

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**Haifa Group** is a [private](/source/Private_company) international corporation which primarily manufactures Potassium Nitrate for agriculture and industry, specialty plant nutrients and food phosphates. Haifa also manufactures Controlled Release Fertilizers (CRF).

Haifa is supplying approximately 30% of the global demand for Potassium Nitrate fertilizers.[1]

## History

Haifa Group was founded in [Israel](/source/Israel) in 1967 (original name was Haifa Chemicals Ltd.). The company's name is a tribute to the city of [Haifa](/source/Haifa), where Haifa Group was established and where the company's headquarters have been located since.[citation needed]

Haifa Group was founded as a government-owned company to develop the natural resources of [Potash](/source/Potash) in the Dead Sea area and the Negev region.

Since 1989 Haifa Group is owned by Trance Resource Inc. (TRI), an American Holding Company controlled by [The Trump Group](/source/The_Trump_Group).

Currently, Haifa Group includes 16 subsidiaries worldwide and production facilities in Israel, France, USA, and Canada. The annual turnover estimation is around $700 Million (2010).

## Product lines

- Plant nutrition – potassium nitrate products
- Water Soluble Fertilizers - NPK blends including [calcium nitrate](/source/Calcium_nitrate) and [magnesium nitrate](/source/Magnesium_nitrate) for fertigation, soilless greenhouses, and the open field
- Controlled Release Fertilizers (CRF) - with longevity of 2 to 16 months
- Potassium Nitrate based granular NPK fertilizers
- Biostimulants
- Micronutrients
- Industrial chemicals

## References

1. Potassium Chloride Ten Year Outlook 2011, CRU group

## External links

- [Haifa Chemicals info - BDIcode](http://www.bdicode.co.il/CompanyTextProfile_ENG/387_951_0/Haifa)
- [Company Overview - Businessweek](https://archive.today/20130102123853/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3804781)

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