Chemicals & MaterialsJul 17, 2026

CF Industries Holdings, Inc

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Year Founded & Workforce

1945-12-31

3,000 Employees

Industry

Chemicals & Materials

Services

CF Industries Holdings, Inc Overview

Company Headquarters: Deerfield, US

Founded: 1946

Workforce: ~3,000

Company Working: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Industries) a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing and distribution. It operates through the following business segments, ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN), ammonium nitrate (AN), and others. The others segment includes nitrogen products such as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid, and aqua ammonia. The company produced 10.25 million tons of ammonia as of December 2019. It operates 70 manufacturing plants, out if which 28 are for ammonia, 40 are for UAN, and rest for granular urea.

Strategy

CF Industries is focusing on leveraging its core capabilities to build a global portfolio of customers beyond its traditional North American base and also move to other businesses beyond fertilizers, the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) business. Its strategy is to leverage its core capabilities to optimize and sustainably grow to become world’s leading nitrogen and chemical company.

Company Snapshot

$3,685M

Revenue

3,000

Employees

1945-12-31

Founded

Deerfield, US

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Increasing year-on-year revenue
Broad product portfolio
Large production capabilities

Weaknesses

Total debt of USD 3,957 million in 2019
High dependency on the US market
Discontinued operations at Magellan ammonia pipeline

Opportunities

Expansion in the untapped international markets

Threats

Volatility of natural gas prices
Stringent regulations

Key Developments

Date	Approach	Development
12 September 2019	Partnership	CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and BASF SE (Germany) entered into partnership and developed a new process that combines the treatment of natural gas for pipeline transportation with the simultaneous recovery of helium, liquid hydrocarbons, and purified carbon dioxide (CO2).
October 2018	Agreement	CF Industries and J. R. Simplot Company, a privately held agribusiness in the US, entered into an agreement that will allow CF Industries to ship, supply, and distribute its anhydrous ammonia from Simplot’s Rivergate Terminal in Portland, US, from 2019. This will enable the company to meet the rising demand for anhydrous ammonia in Pacific Rim countries.

Product Offering

CF Industries Holdings, Inc
- Ammonia

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Sales Leader, Bamberg

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Account and Business Manager, EFS-Holland BV

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Younghwan Choi

Senior Retail Manager, LG Chem

We found the report very insightful! we found your research firm very helpful. I'm sending this email to secure our future business.

Mark Irwin

Management Consultant, Level 21

I am very pleased with how market segments have been defined in a relevant way for my purposes (such as "Portable Freezers & refrigerators" and "last-mile"). In general the report is well structured. Thanks very much for your efforts.

Rob Kooiker

Group Product Manager HVAC & Fire Protection GMA, Rockwool

I have been reading the first document or the study, the Global HVAC and FP market report 2021 till 2026. Must say, good info! I have not gone in depth at all parts, but got a good indication of the data inside!

Jason Lee

R&D Director, Seojin

Thanks for your great support. Appreciate it. Well received report. It helps us to understand market well. We're planning other area of survey in the future, let's keep in touch.

Akif Moroglu

Strategy & Business Development Director, Dogan Holding

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc

Company Headquarters: Deerfield, US Founded: 1946 Workforce: ~3,000 Company Working: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Industries) a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing and distribution. It operates through the following business segments, ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN), ammonium nitrate (AN), and others. The others segment includes nitrogen products such as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid, and aqua ammonia. The company produced 10.25 million tons of ammonia as of December 2019. It operates 70 manufacturing plants, out if which 28 are for ammonia, 40 are for UAN, and rest for granular urea.

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