Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A., is one of several locations where BASF Catalysts has
dedicated emissions catalyst manufacturing sites. Other sites include China, India,
Thailand, Germany, Brazil, Russia and South Africa, as well as joint venture operations in Japan and Korea.
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gardless of the approach, space is at an
even higher premium for off-road than
on-road. BASF is working on integrated
catalyst technology to help the OEM with
this challenge.”
Much of the responsibility of BASF or
any aftertreatment manufacturer is
education, as they are often the first-
hand messengers of how a filter/cata-
lyst can be used to meet the emissions
requirement. “Our model is really to
work directly with the engine OEMs and
help them prove different technologies
that they can apply to their engine appli-
cation,” said Ardite. “Certainly those
people that are in on-road and off-road
are very experienced at this. The others
that are just off-road, they’ve learned it
very quickly.
“All the OEMs that we’ve talked to are
in a good position. Some of them are at
different levels of knowledge on how
catalysts work just from the inexperi-
ence of not using it, but they under-
stand emissions, they understand regu-
lations and they are working closely
with us. They know what they want to
do. They just need help from us to ex-
plain how a catalyst works and how to
tie it into their system.”
BASF has been busy. “We’re doing
things like modifying some of our
engine test facilities specifically for the
off-road cycles,” said Ardite. “We’re also
looking at our global manufacturing
capabilities in different regions just to
make sure we can provide customers
with specific new products and services
that serve local market needs and up-
coming regulations.”
BASF Catalysts has dedicated emis-
sions catalyst manufacturing sites in
Shanghai, China; Chennai, India; Ray-
ong, Thailand; Nienburg, Germany;
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.; Indaiatuba,
Brazil; Krasnogorsk, Russia; and Port
Elizabeth, South Africa; as well as joint
venture operations in Japan and Korea.
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BASF has earmarked more than ;100 million for capital expansions to support
both short- and long-term strategic plan objectives for the catalyst market.
