# Cronus Fertilizers signs EPC contract with Thyssenkrupp for Illinois plant

Cronus Fertilizers has signed an agreement with Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (TKIS) to serve as the new EPC contractor for its fertilizer plant in Tuscola, Illinois. The fixed-price, lump-sum turnkey contract puts the project on track to start construction in 2018.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-08-25
- Where: Tuscola, Illinois, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2300 tpd of ammonia and up to 2000 tpd of granular urea
- Products: ammonia, granular urea
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/2305.md) (supplier)
- [Cronus Fertilizers](https://endata.com/companies/26533.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [worldfertilizer.com](https://www.worldfertilizer.com/nitrogen/25082017/thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions-awarded-epc-contract-by-cronus-fertilizers/), 2017-08-25: "With this agreement in place, project development will now accelerate."

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