The company today
The FCP Cerea headquarter, a few kilometers far from the cities of Verona and Mantova, is located in the heart of the Po Valley, in one of the most important agricultural areas in Italy and close to all main highways in the country: the position is strategic especially from a logistics point of view. At the headquarter there are the facilities for the production of complex granular fertilizers NPK-NP-PK, mineral and organic-mineral fertilizers, the blending plant, the coating plant, and two packaging lines with double sifting and dedusting, the coating plant and the production one for liquid fertilizers to be applied by fertigation and foliar application.
Mission
Feed the plant, respect the environment and ensure quantity, quality, and healthiness of agricultural productions.
The use of renewable resources, a continuous research activity, and the development of "innovative fertilizers" allow us to make progress towards an increasingly integrated and evolved agriculture.
Vision
Together with farmers for a sustainable agriculture
Values
Integrity, Transparency, Quality, Innovation, Passion, and Mutuality.
Projects
Rise Phosphorus Efficiency
FCP Cerea participated to the RPE project (Rise Phosphorus Efficiency) with the aim to increase phosphorus efficient use in agriculture through the development of new fertilizer mainly for organic agriculture.
For several years FCP Cerea is following a path to increase their quality and safety standards
1908
A group of growers founded Fabbrica Cooperativa Perfosfati Cerea
THE PLANT
1910
SULFURIC ACID AND PERFOSPHATE
SULFURIC ACID AND PERFOSPHATE
1952
Beginning of the production of granular fertilizers
NEW FERTILIZERS
1977
Construction of the first mixing plant in Italy. FCP can now produce tailor-made products according to customers’ needs
THE FIRST BLENDING PLANT
1990
Following the urban development of the village of Cerea, the factory was transferred to a larger and more modern site nearby the village of Bonavicina
NEW PLANT
1995
Beginning of the production of organomineral fertilizers
ORGANOMINERAL FERTILIZERS
2008
Photovoltaic system on the roof of the factory (0.8 MW)
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
2014
Setting up of the growth chamber for research and experimentation. Modernization of chemical laboratory for quality control of raw materials and fertilizers
QUALITY CONTROL, R&D, EXPERIMENTATION
2018
Construction of a plant to enrich each granular product with both liquid and powdered noble materials
COATING PLANT
2020
FCP Cerea patents the NANO.T technology which allows to produce highly efficient nano-fertilizers
NEW TECHNOLOGY
2021
The company is at the farefront from a circular economy perspective, because we agree to use raw materials from renewable sources.
The company today is equipped with modern facilities which allow energy efficiency and an improved workplace safety
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SAFETY
2023
Construction of a plant for the production of liquid fertilizers to apply in fertigation and foliar application