CSJC Nizhnekamsk Refinery has chosen Basell’s Spherizone technology for a new 200,000tpa polypropylene plant to be built at Nizhnekamsk, in Tatarstan, Russia, as part of a major refinery and petrochemical complex expansion. The project is scheduled for completion in 2011.
Spherizone technology is an advanced manufacturing process for the production of polypropylene using a unique, multi-zone circulating reactor system. Spherizone technology plants can produce the full range of polypropylene grades, as well as new families of propylene-based polymers with enhanced product properties.
“Nine Spherizone process plants have already been licensed in eight different countries, including locations in The Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Western and Eastern Europe,” said Just Jansz, president of Basell’s Technology Business, who attended the signing ceremony in Nizhnekamsk. “These companies understand the importance of differentiation to capture maximum value and maintain business profitability throughout the industry cycle.”
Jansz added, “Today’s speciality products will be tomorrow’s commodities. Spherizone technology enables producers to rapidly commercialize new innovations to distinguish themselves from competitors.”
