According to Ilam Petrochemical Plant, Seyyed Gholam Hassan Garshasbi,
the CEO of Ilam Petrochemical Company, underlined the conclusion of a memorandum
of understanding with the Petrochemical Research and Technology Company, in
line with the policy of supporting domestic and knowledge-based companies, and said:
“Ilam Petrochemical Company has successfully tested the catalyst in the high-density
polyethylene (HDPE) unit made by PRTC saving $6 million of foreign currency.”
He continued: “This catalyst, while competing with Chinese and
Japanese samples, with the advantages of availability, economic efficiency and preventing
hard currency from leaving the country, is now used in the heart of the HDPE unit
reactor of Ilam Petrochemical Plant.”
Ilam Petrochemical Company’s annual demand for catalyst is about 30
tons. The cost of producing this item inside the country is equivalent to 70%
of the cost of the foreign sample.