Trammo, Inc., (formerly known as Transammonia, Inc., also known as Trammo Group), engages in the international commerce, trade, transportation, distribution, and marketing of the raw materials critical to the fertilizer, mining, and petrochemical industries. Its products include anhydrous ammonia,

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, and

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. The company was established by Ronald Stanton in 1965, and is currently headquartered in

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. The company has offices in

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, and

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. Trammo owns production assets in North Bend, Ohio (

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). Trammo also either owns or operates terminals in Meredosia and Niota, Illinois (

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), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (

), and Port of Batumi, Georgia (

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and Finished Fertilizers).

History

Transammonia, founded by Ronald P. Stanton in 1965, specialized in the international trade of

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. Transammonia has since evolved as a market leader in

, anhydrous ammonia, and

, with niche positions in

and finished fertilizer. The Company changed its name from Transammonia, Inc. to Trammo, Inc. on October 29, 2013. The Trammo trademark has long been associated with the company and had been the name of several subsidiaries. The name change reflected the current broad range of products and markets in which the company trades, in addition to

. In the fiscal year that ended on May 1, 1990, Transammonia posted sales of US$1.1 billion. In 2006, the company ventured into

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gathering in the United States. In 2007, the company was ranked by ''Forbes'' magazine as among the top 50 private companies in the United States. In 2012, the company was ranked as #24 by ''Forbes'' magazine in its list of the largest private companies in the United States. In 2022, the company was ranked as #13 in Crain's list of the largest privately held companies in the New York area and #133 in the Forbes magazine's list of the largest private companies in the United States. In the fiscal year that ended December 31, 2021, Trammo posted sales of over US$4.2 billion.

Controversy

In 2010, Transammonia ended the dealings of its

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subsidiary, Trammo Trading, with

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ian companies, in part as a response to an investigation by

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regarding the company's involvement with entities within Iran. The United States has prohibitions against commerce in Iran, in part to persuade that country to disengage in nuclear development. Transammonia maintained that its foreign subsidiary's Iranian dealings were allowed under U.S. law, but decided to end them anyway. The company stated, "the small amount of business done there does not justify the reputational risk currently associated with doing business with entities located in Iran, due to the growing international concern over the policies of the current regime there."

Products

* Anhydrous ammonia *

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Nitric acid Nitric acid is an inorganic compound with the formula . It is a highly corrosive mineral acid. The compound is colorless, but samples tend to acquire a yellow cast over time due to decomposition into nitrogen oxide, oxides of nitrogen. Most com ...

Petroleum coke Petroleum coke, abbreviated coke, pet coke or petcoke, is a final carbon-rich solid material that derives from oil refinery, oil refining, and is one type of the group of fuels referred to as Coke (fuel), cokes. Petcoke is the coke that, in parti ...

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References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.trammo.com/
Transammonia on the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies list
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"America's Largest Private Companies 2022"
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''www.crainsnewyork.com''. Retrieved 2023-03-10. Companies based in New York City Chemical companies established in 1965 Chemical companies of the United States Fertilizer companies of the United States

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