Fluorsid

Fluorsid S.p.A., established in 1969, based in Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy), is a world leading manufacturer of inorganic fluorochemicals for the aluminium industry, with an annual capacity of over 100,000 tonnes of aluminium fluoride and synthetic cryolite.

Fluorsid is one of the world's foremost producers of anhydrite for the building industry, the largest Italian supplier of synthetic gypsum to the cement industry and an important producer of sulphuric acid, with a yearly capacity of 300,000 tonnes and a co-generation of 80 GWh per year of electricity.

Fluorsid, a Fluorsid Group company, employs 130 people directly and more than 250 subcontractors. Fluorsid owns an important minority share of Laminazione Sottile S.p.A., a leading company producing semi-finished rolled aluminium products.