August 7, 2006 – CSJC Nizhnekamsk Refinery has selected Basell’s Spherizone technology for a new 200 KT per year polypropylene plant to be built at Nizhnekamsk, Russia as part of a major refinery and petrochemical complex expansion. The project is scheduled for completion in 2011.
“Nine Spherizone process plants have already been licensed in eight different countries, including locations in The Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Western and Eastern Europe,” said Just Jansz, president of Basell’s Technology Business, who attended the signing ceremony in Nizhnekamsk. “These companies understand the importance of differentiation to capture maximum value and maintain business profitability throughout the industry cycle.”
Spherizone technology is an advanced manufacturing process for the production of polypropylene. It uses a unique, state-of-the-art, multi-zone circulating reactor system. Spherizone technology plants can produce the full range of polypropylene grades, as well as new families of propylene-based polymers with enhanced product properties.
Jansz added, “Today’s speciality products will be tomorrow’s commodities. Spherizone technology enables producers to rapidly commercialize new innovations to distinguish themselves from competitors.”
Basell is a leading licensor of polypropylene and polyethylene technologies. It has licensed more than 200 polyolefin process licenses, twice that of any other polyolefin technology licensor. During the past 20 years, Basell technologies have been used in about half of all new polypropylene projects worldwide.
Basell’s complete portfolio of licensed technologies is comprised of:
• Spheripol – polypropylene technology for the production of homopolymer, random and heterophasic copolymers
• Spherizone – latest generation polypropylene technology based on new multi-zone reactor technology
• Spherilene – swing gas phase process for the production of LLDPE, MDPE and HDPE
• Hostalen - low-pressure slurry process for the production of bi-modal HDPE
• Lupotech T – high pressure tubular reactor process for the production of LDPE and EVA copolymers
• Metocene - technology for production of specialty polypropylene products based on proprietary single-site catalyst systems
Basell also produces and commercialises advanced catalyst systems which are sold under the Avant trade name.
Basell is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and advanced polyolefin products, a leading supplier of polyethylene and catalysts, and a global leader in the development and licensing of polypropylene and polyethylene processes. Basell, together with its joint ventures, has manufacturing facilities around the world and sells products in more than 120 countries. Additional information about Basell is available at www.basell.com.
For more information contact Michelle Harrell, Basell Corporate Communications, at
+1 302 438 6574 or michelle.harrell@basell.com
