Transport Yara suspends orders for key solution for diesel cars, are availability problems already threatening trade shipments? “According to my information, the situation is under control,” says Kesko’s Production Director

On the market Kesko, a major company in the industry, is not worried about running out of the Adblue urea solution used in new diesel cars.

Adblue is a urea solution used to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions in modern diesel engines. Without Adblue, the engine will not run.

HS said on Wednesday that the production of the additive Adblue in Finland is in danger of stopping, because the urea needed for the solution is not available from Russia due to economic sanctions.

“The situation at the moment is that because of the war, urea has become in short supply. It is not in sight that it will be solved immediately, ”said the CEO of Arom-Dekor, Finland’s largest Adblue manufacturer. Jari Makkonen In the HS news.

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Also According to Yara, the war has also caused challenges in the availability of Adblue products in Finland.

For this reason, the company will temporarily suspend the receipt of Adblue orders. According to Yara, orders already placed are processed on a first-come, first-served basis and deliveries have longer delivery times than normal.

“We prioritize public distribution stations and D-stations for commercial traffic, which aim to ensure Adblue availability,” the company writes in its bulletin.

Yara Business Director Juha Sarlund He also reassured Finns that the company would be able to replace production if necessary, for example by importing the solution from its factories in Sweden or Central Europe.

Are you threatening situation already in Finnish grocery trade transports?

Production Director responsible for Kesko’s domestic transports in the grocery trade Jarmo Nikupeteri says there should be no big concern.

“The information I have is that there should be availability, especially for another domestic manufacturer,” says Nikupeteri.

He says the local depletion of the substance at the moment is due to a momentary peak in sales.

According to him, the situation at the moment has not shown any difficulties.

“Situations have changed rapidly, but to the best of my knowledge, the situation is there and there is availability,” says Nikupeteri.