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Company history

1892 – Foundation of the Julius Rütgers company in Ostrava for the distillation of tar.
1905 – Plant for complex processing of tar and benzene from coke from the Ostrava – Karvina area. Processing of tar and benzene, production of anthracene, carbolic acid and phenol, naphthalene and pyridine.
1921 – Julius Rütgers becomes a limited company.
1945 – Nationalisation of Julius Rütgers.
1946 – Nationalisation of Ostrava chemical works.
1950 – Renamed as Urx works.
1960 – Construction of a new plant in Valašské Meziříčí.
1963 – Association of the Organik plant in Otrokovice.
1965 – Incorporation into the Unichem professional enterprise in Pardubice.
1967 – The registered office of the company moves to Valašské Meziříčí.
1990 – Becomes an independent joint stock company DEZA, a. s.
1994 – Production of carbon black was stopped and transferred to CS CABOT, spol.s r.o.
1996 – Production in the Ostrava plant stopped.
1999 – Incorporated into the Agrofert Group.
2005 – Agrofert Holding, a. s. became the sole shareholder.

Historical photos

The ceremonial foundations for the factory in Valašské Meziříčí were laid on 16 November 1960?
The first chemical production unit – benzol processing – was commissioned in 1963.
The last chemical production unit - carbolic oil processing – was commissioned in 1994.
Until 1989 DEZA, a. s. was called Urxovy závody, n. p.
The origins of the Organik Otrokovice operating unit date back to the 1930s when production was initiated by the senior management of Baťa.