Its factory is located in the village of Jonalaukis by Jonava, near the confluence of rivers Neris and Šventoji.

[7] The production was suspended in September 2022, due to high costs for natural gas, which was announced to be a temporary measure in August 2022.

Due to sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company switched natural gas suppliers from Russia to Norway, the USA, Great Britain, Poland and Germany.

The catastrophe further developed into a fire at the storehouses of NPK 11-11-11 (nitrophoska [de]: nitrogen + phosphate + kalium ) and other fertilizers polluting the atmosphere with products of their decomposition: nitrous oxide, chlorine gas, etc.

The concentration of ammonia surpassed the permissible level 150 times in Upninkai, located 10 km from the enterprise.