Research institutes

Puławy is seat of numerous significant scientific posts i.e. Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – National Research Institute, Apiculture Division of the Institute of Floriculture, National Veterinary Institute – National Research Institute, New Chemical Syntheses Institute and Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology – Diagnostic Centre of Biohazard Combat. The industrial nature of the town is determined by the activity of Nitrogen Works “Puławy” SA – the largest Polish producer of nitrogen fertilizers, melamine and caprolactam.

Magdalena Woźniakowska