ELFE

{{Notability|Companies|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Greek Fertilizers and Chemicals ELFE SA

| foundation = 1961

| location_city = Palaio Faliro, Athens

| location_country = Greece

| industry = Chemical

| products = Fertilizers, Technology and R&D.

| revenue = {{increase}}€ 147.8 million

| revenue_year = 2014

| net_income = €-24.9 million

| net_income_year = 2014

}}

The Greek Fertilizers and Chemicals ELFE SA ({{Langx|el|Ελληνικά Λιπάσματα και Χημικά}} ELFE Α.Β.Ε.Ε.) is a fertilizer company operating in Greece.{{cite news |last1=Κορφιατης |first1=Χρ |title=Μάχη «επιγόνων» στα λιπάσματα |url=http://www.tovima.gr/finance/article/?aid=86995 |work=Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online |date=24 November 2008 |language=el}} The company's offices are located in Athens.{{cite news |title=Η υπερχρεωμένη ELFE, απειλή για τη ΔΕΠΑ |url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/927920/article/oikonomia/epixeirhseis/h-yperxrewmenh-elfe-apeilh-gia-th-depa |access-date=18 January 2021 |work=kathimerini.gr}}

The Phosphate Fertilizer Industry was established in 1961 as a subsidiary of the Emporiki Bank Group of Greece.{{cite news |title=Εργαζόμενους 2 ταχυτήτων επιχειρεί η Centrofaro στην Β.Φ.Λ .Καβάλας {{!}} dramini |url=https://www.dramini.gr/%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82-2-%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%87%CF%85%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF-%CE%B7-centrofa/ |access-date=18 January 2021 |date=3 February 2015 |language=el}} The fertilizer factory southwest of Nea Karvali began operations in 1965. Then, in 2000, a merger of the company with the company Chemical Industries of Northern Greece SA was carried out.{{cite news |title=Λαυρεντιάδης: Σκάνδαλο - βόμβα στα «Ελληνικά Λιπάσματα» στην Καβάλα |url=http://www.newsbomb.gr/ellada/news/story/709947/layrentiadis-skandalo-vomva-sta-ellinika-lipasmata-stin-kavala |access-date=18 January 2021 |work=Newsbomb |date=3 July 2016 |language=el |archive-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119182009/http://www.newsbomb.gr/ellada/news/story/709947/layrentiadis-skandalo-vomva-sta-ellinika-lipasmata-stin-kavala |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Διαμαρτυρία των εργαζομένων της ELFE: «ΒΦΛ κλεισμένη, Καβάλα πεθαμένη» |url=https://www.xronometro.com/dimotiko-elfe/ |website=Χρονόμετρο |language=el |date=12 May 2016}} The merged entity was acquired in 2009 by ELFE SA and has since been named the Greek Fertilizers and Chemicals ELFE SA (Greek ELFE Fertilizers).

The fertilizer factory is located southwest of Nea Karvali, in Kavala, near the commercial port of Philip II.{{cite news |title=Μεγάλη διαδήλωση στην Αθήνα από τους εργαζόμενους της ΒΦΛ – ζητούν συνάντηση με Τσίπρα |url=http://www.kavalanews.gr/5091-megali-diadilosi-athina-ergazomenoys-vfl-zitoyn-synantisi-tsipra.html |work=www.kavalanews.gr |date=12 July 2016 |language=el}}