Basell has successfully completed an expansion of its catalyst manufacturing facility located in Ferrara, Italy.
The capacity of the plant, which produces Ziegler polyethylene and Ziegler-Natta polypropylene catalysts, has been expanded by 40%. The plant can now supply catalysts for the production of 30 million tons of polyolefins.
According to Just Jansz, president of Basell’s Technology Business, “The new catalyst capacity was added to support the many new polypropylene and polyethylene licensees to whom Basell has granted polyolefin process licenses in recent years. The new capacity will also be used to supply our catalyst customers who produce polyolefins with non-Basell processes, especially gas phase polypropylene technologies. This will further strengthen our catalyst supply chain and enhance supply security for our customers.”
Basell is a leading licensor of polypropylene and polyethylene technologies. It has granted more than 200 polyolefin process licenses worldwide.
