BASF Builds Specialty Zeolites Plant in Germany

BASF says it is building a plant to produce specialty zeolites at Ludwigshafen. The plant will significantly increase BASF’s production capacity for specialty zeolites and is expected to start operations in the first quarter of 2014, the company says. Zeolites are crystalline aluminosilicates. BASF’s mobile emissions catalysts business uses specialty zeolites as key raw materials in the production of the company’s diesel automotive emission catalysts. Demand is increasing for advanced exhaust treatment catalysts because of strict regulations covering...

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