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People and Organisation
Management
Director of the Institute
Daria Frączak, PhD Eng.
Director of Research
and Commercialisation
Jolanta Iłowska, PhD Eng.
Chief Accountant
Łukasz Kida, MSc.
Director of the Analytical Research Center
Renata Kulesza, PhD Eng.
Director of the Technologies
and Circular Economy Center
Damian Kiełkiewicz, PhD
Council
Łukasiewicz - ICSO "Blachownia" Institute's Council 2023-2027
prof. dr hab. inż. Anna Chrobok
Politechnika Śląska – Institute's Council President
mgr Alicja Górska
Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski Park Przemysłowy Sp. z o.o. – Institute's Council Vice-President
dr Ewa Sabura
Łukasiewicz – ICSO ”Blachownia” – Institute's Council Secretary
mgr inż. Regina Gnatek
Rainbow Agro
dr inż. Arkadiusz Majoch
Orlen S.A.
prof. dr hab. inż. Lothar Kroll
Technische Universität Chemnitz
dr inż. Anna Zalewska
BASF Polska Sp. z o.o., Centrum Kształcenia Podyplomowego Uczelni Łazarskiego
prof. dr hab. inż. Tomasz Wasilewski
Onlybio.life S.A., Uniwersytet Radomski im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego
prof. Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Queen’s University Belfast
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Step by step
History of Łukasiewicz - ICSO "Blachownia"
1952
We start as a branch of the Institute of Chemical Synthesis at Nitrogen Plants Kędzierzyn
1956
The first technology is implemented
1959
We obtain our own headquarters and autonomy as the Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis
1964
Production of our own chromatograph begins — ICSO II
1968
We are transformed into a unit operating on an independent commercial basis
1984
The first technology export takes place
1991
We establish the employee-owned company ICSO Chemical Production
1996
The institute is included among the 7 research units whose restructuring is supported by the PHARE SCI-TECH 1 program
2010
In the parametric assessment by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, we receive the highest category A
2017
We receive category A again
2019
We are incorporated into the Łukasiewicz Research Network structures
MEET Ignacy Łukasiewicz
Our Patron
Our network’s patron is Ignacy Łukasiewicz, born in 1822 in Zaduszniki — a Polish pharmacist, entrepreneur, social activist, patriot, philanthropist, and pioneer of the oil industry.
1852
Łukasiewicz, together with Jan Zeh, conducted the world's first oil distillation using scientific methods.
1853
The first operation was performed under artificial light at a hospital in Lviv. It was illuminated by Ignacy Łukasiewicz's kerosene lamp.
1854
Łukasiewicz, in partnership with T. Trzecieski, founded the first oil mine in Bóbrka near Krosno.
1856
He established the world's first oil distillery in Ulaszowice near Jasło.
