Official: 1,500 Tons of Iran-Made Catalysts Exported to Foreign States
Shah Mirzayee made the remarks, addressing a ceremony to inaugurate the 17th edition of the International Exhibition of Plastic, Rubber, Machinery & Equipment entitled ‘IRAN PLAST'.
He termed the exports an achievement of the NPC, saying that Iran’s petrochemical industry was heavily dependent on foreign countries before the Islamic Revolution but today, this dependency has reached the minimum level in such as a way that the petrochemical complexes are overhauled by the Iranian engineers.
Shah Mirzayee put the current production capacity of the petrochemical industry at over 92 million tons, noting that investment of $150 billion in various petrochemical sectors is one of the goals of the NPC.
The participation of foreign companies in Iran’s petrochemical industry has increased 20-fold, which indicates that Iran’s petrochemical industry has not been affected by sanctions imposed against the country, he underlined.
Iranian nanotechnology companies have been actively producing different types of catalysts in recent years.
In a relevant development in September, experts at an Iranian nanotechnology company succeeded in producing different types of high-quality catalysts used in oil industry.
Nazanin Nasrollahi, a research and development (R&D) expert of Exir Novin Farayand Asia company, explained about the application of nanocatalysts in oil industry and the products of her company.
“Exir Novin Farayand Asia company produces all kinds of catalysts containing precious metals needed by the petrochemical and refinery industries,” she added.
“These materials include catalysts for refinery isomerization units to produce Euro 4 and Euro 5 gasoline, catalysts for naphtha reforming units, paraffin dehydrogenation catalysts, catalysts for isomerization of xylenes, conversion catalyst of C9-C10 for conversion to aromatic compounds (BTX), benzene alkylation catalyst, ethylene oxidation catalyst, hydrotreating catalysts NHT, GHT, KHT, RCD, hydrocracking catalysts and hydrogenation catalysts of olefins, diolefins and acetylene,” Nasrollahi said.
Also, in August, Iranian experts at Ardakan Industrial Ceramics (AIC) holding had also used nanotechnology to produce different types of catalysts and silicate-based ceramics.
Asqar Borhani, the managing director of the AIC holding, said that the AIC was founded 29 years ago with the aim of producing industrial alumina and silicate-based ceramics, various catalysts, alpha alumina powder and active alumina, etc., with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons.
“AIC is a parent company, which includes Pars Oxid Kasra aluminum company, Diba Seram Novin Kasra ceramic balls company and Zarrin Poudr Novin Kasra mineral engineering company,” he added.
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