The institute was founded in 1923 and since 1960s, has become the leading institution in the field of basic chemistry, general designer of all soda plants and 22 concomitant facilities in the former USSR. Now NIOCHIM is the advance organization in Ukrainian and CIS chemical industry dealing with process development and design engineering of manufacturing facilities in inorganic chemicals.

According to our designs, such tremendous chemical complexes have been built in Ukraine as Crimea Soda Plant, barium and strontium compounds facilities at Kostyantynivka Chemical Plant, calcium chloride facilities at Lysychansk and Slavyansk, etc. Under the direct auspices of NIOCHIM specialists, soda ash plants and facilities were built and commissioned at Sterlitamak and Berezniki, Russia, Devnya, Bulgaria, as well as caustic soda plant at Zeway, Ethiopia. NIOCHIM possesses more than 1500 patented inventions, 100 of them in foreign countries, and has sold 30 licenses.

NIOCHIM sells know-how and performs design engineering for chemical companies in Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Germany, Iran, France, Ethiopia, etc.

The structure of the institute including research division, design division and experimental plant, permits the execution of large-size orders from scientific development, facility engineering, equipment manufacture and installation up to plant commissioning and start-up.