BASF Catalysts has completed a significant debottlenecking project increasing capacity at its production facility in Tarragona, Spain by 25% to help meet growing global demand for polypropylene catalysts. The Tarragona plant produces custom catalysts for BASF's partner, Novolen Technology GmbH, and BASF's own proprietary polyolefin catalysts. BASF's Lynx® polypropylene catalyst technologies are utilized commercially in all major polypropylene process technologies, including slurry, bulk loop, stirred gas, fluid gas, and stirred bulk.
With global polyolefin catalyst market set to grow 4-5% through 2015, the recent capacity expansion of the company will help to keep abreast with the market and serve needs of customers from Europe and Middle East. BASF's Lynx® polypropylene catalyst technologies are utilized commercially in all major polypropylene process technologies, including slurry, bulk loop, stirred gas, fluid gas, and stirred bulk.
10-Oct-08 
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