- OSTCHEM Holding AG was founded in Vienna in 2004
- It is a holding group for a number of chemicals businesses in Eastern and Central Europe including in Ukraine, Estonia, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Tajikistan
- Its chemicals businesses produce and supply mineral fertilisers, organic acids, titanium dioxide, soda ash, ilmenite, zircon, nitrogen, tonnage oxygen and other products internationally
- The Group employs circa 23,000 people
- Annual Turnover of the Group in 2006 was circa US$609 million
- The management team is based in Vienna and is led by Chief Executive Officer Yuri Borysov
- Its strategic aim is to be a reliable and well regarded partner providing high quality chemical products to global industrial companies
- OSTCHEM Holding AG is 90% owned by GDF