BASF’s Catalysts division, the global leader in catalysis, has completed a number of capital investment projects to strengthen the company’s manufacturing and testing capabilities at its operating facilities in Nienburg and Hannover, Germany.
The company started up a third belt dryer at its Nienburg production site, enhancing capacity at one of the world’s most sophisticated production facilities for adsorbents and desiccants. BASF invested several million euros on the new 40 m, gas-powered belt dryer, which is made from high-alloy stainless steel and used to produce alumino-silica beads known by the trade names Sorbead and KC-Trockenperlen. Less than 12 months elapsed from contract award to plant commissioning, including the construction of a 50 m production building to house the new dryer.
In addition to its dryer expansion project, BASF’s neighboring mobile emissions catalysts plant in Nienburg is expanding production of catalysts for heavy-duty trucks and commercial vehicles. Moreover, BASF’s Catalysts division has completed the expansion of its engine testing laboratory in Hannover, adding new engine test cells to boost capacity by almost 30 %.
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