## Catalysts: industry growth spurs R&D investments The robust global demand for catalysts is encouraging suppliers to invest in major R&D projects. The Freedonia Group reported that global demand for catalysts will increase 6%/y to $16.3 bn through 2012, with polymerization catalysts leading the g
BASF to sell China process catalysts site to Süd-Chemie
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 2009
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1351-4180
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✦ Synopsis
Süd-Chemie AG agreed to purchase BASF's catalysts production plant, sited in Nanjing, China. The business is being sold because it does not sit well with BASF's other Chinese operations. Over 30 types of syngas catalysts are manufactured at the Nanjing facilities. Süd-Chemie has bought the business in order to grow its catalyst operations in Asia.
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