MOSCOW (MRC) -- CB&I and Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, have announced that their new Ziegler-Natta (ZN) polypropylene catalyst plant in Louisville, Kentucky, is on schedule to begin production in 2015, reported Hydrocarbonprocessing.
The plant is part of a long-term strategic partnership between Clariant’s catalysts business and CB&I’s Lummus Novolen Technology business. Based at Clariant’s largest US production hub, the new facility will combine innovative catalysts jointly developed by both companies with high-capacity output.
The partnership strengthens both companies’ position in polypropylene catalyst and technology by leveraging Clariant’s catalyst research and development and production know-how together with CB&I’s vast knowledge in catalyst, process design and licensing of polypropylene plants.
"The successful joint development of new generation polypropylene catalyst and progressing of Louisville plant are key milestones for our catalyst business," said Stefan Heuser, senior vice president of Clariant. "It strengthens greatly our competitive position in this attractive and fast-growing market."
As a result of joint efforts from research and development teams of Clariant and CB&I, a series of new ZN polypropylene catalysts to be produced in the Louisville plant has been developed recently.
As MRC informed previously, Clariant is making its products available in UL’s Materials Search Engine, Prospector, so that it’s easier for designers and engineers to find color masterbatches they need to make plastics products that comply with UL standards and those of other organizations.
Clariant AG is a Swiss chemical company and a world leader in the production of specialty chemicals for the textile, printing, mining and metallurgical industries. It is engaged in processing crude oil products in pigments, plastics and paints.
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