Via Chem Group

Via Chem Group, a.s. (VCG) is a Czech holding company owned by Euro Capital Alliance registered on the British Virgin Islands.^[5][1] In 2003 VCG acquired 8.8% stake in chemical producer Spolek pro chemickou a hutní výrobu (Spolchemie).^[7] In 2005 VCG acquired further 39% of Spolchemie shares and in early 2006 increased its stake to 62.6%.^[8] Spolchemie is a major Czech producer of chlorine.

Via Chem Group, a.s.

Founded	2002[1]
Headquarters	České Budějovice , Czech Republic[1]
Key people	Petr Sisák[2][3][4]
Total assets	687 mio. CZK (2012)[5]
Total equity	-543 mio. CZK (2012)[5]
Parent	Euro Capital Alliance[5]
Subsidiaries	STZ Development[6]

In 2008 VCG acquired selected assets of SETUZA and got approval of a bond issue amounting to CZK 1.2 bn payable on 1 October 2013.^[9] The number of employees increased to 1,442.^[10] In 2009 VCG sold a part of acquired SETUZA assets to Archer Daniels Midland^[11] and in 2011 another part to Glencore.^[12] In 2012 VCG acquired bankrupt Slovak company Novácke chemické závody (NCZ).^[13][14] Part of NCZ assets is leased to Energochemica.^[15]

Via Chem Group failed to pay the bonds on 1 October 2013 and was declared insolvent.^[16]