According
to the company, the catalysts were previously monopolized by several American
and European companies.
The
plant was able to produce one of the catalysts used for production of
polyethylene by relying on domestic capabilities.
Due
to the high sensitivity and risk, the production process of this group of
catalysts was monopolized only by a few European and American companies. However,
Bandar Imam specialists injected this catalyst into polymer reactors for 50
days after various field and laboratory tests, and finally successfully
replaced the foreign catalyst with the domestically-made ones.
Bandar
Imam Petrochemical Plant, with this valuable success and gaining the technical knowhow
to produce these catalysts, in addition to preventing the outflow of hard currency
and maximizing the production capabilities of domestic companies, paved the way
for the internalization of two other catalysts in the same production unit.