Esmaeil Ghanbari
said PRTC serves as the research arm of the country’s petrochemical industry,
adding promotion of the available technologies in the sector and developing new
ones for commercialization of items are some of the center’s responsibilities.
He said German
petrochemical heavyweight BASF has ordered 180 tons of methanol synthesis
catalyst from PTRC has found the technical savvy for production.
He said the
item was 10 years in the making by PTRC and its quality has been approved by
BASF as superior to its production and hence has ordered purchase of 180 tons
of the catalyst.
"We are
pretty glad that development of petrochemical industry via domestic
technologies has become a strategic approach in the country," Ghanbari
said.
He
further added that BASF is also seeking to purchase the technical knowhow of
building the item from PTRC, adding, "We are planning to mass-produce the
item."