BASF Catalysts receives SCR Technology Product of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan

BASF Catalysts has accustomed the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year Award in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology market. The aggregation is accustomed for developing an avant-garde zeolite agitator that can abolish nitrogen oxides (NOx) from agent engine exhaust.

“By alms a reliable artefact band-aid with accustomed achievement capabilities accurate by a solid accumulated history for SCR catalysts, BASF Catalysts is the admirable almsman of the 2009 Product of the Year Award,” says Eric Meliton, Research Leader, Frost & Sullivan.

“The artefact demonstrates addition and achieves bazaar acceptation in a alcove industry articulation that is accepted to abound exponentially due to approaching regulations in the United States, Asia, and Europe. In alarm of these authoritative acquiescence drivers, BASF Catalysts has positioned itself utilizing its all-encompassing acceptability and industry ability to abode the approaching charge that is accepted to access the absolute able agent engine exchange for abounding years,” continues Meliton.

BASF Catalysts’ beat zeolite SCR agitator is able of removing added than 90 percent of NOx emissions from accepted able agent engines. This adeptness enables engine manufacturers to tune their engines for college ammunition economy.

“It is a accurate account to accept this celebrated award,” said Frank Ardite, Commercial Director, Heavy Duty Diesel, for BASF Catalysts. “This accolade is a attestation to the addition backbone and technology administration position that we accept approved in this bazaar for abounding years.”

BASF Catalysts is currently alive with engine designers to absorb this technology into their accessible agent engines in alarm of the approaching discharge regulations for this industry. These new regulations accept a all-around ability and affect both on-road and off-road able agent engines.

BASF Catalysts accumulated its engineering ability from anchored antecedent SCR technology, its axiological ability of chemistry, and its able chump relationships to actualize an innovative, cost-effective technology that addresses the needs of this growing market.

BASF Catalysts’ adaptable discharge ascendancy technologies action cost-effective authoritative acquiescence solutions for ablaze assignment gasoline and agent engines, able agent engines, motorcycles, baby engines, and more.

About BASF’s Catalyst division
BASF’s Catalysts analysis is the world’s arch supplier of ecology and action catalysts. The accumulation offers aberrant ability in the development of technologies that assure the air we breathe, aftermath the fuels that ability our apple and ensure able assembly of a advanced array of chemicals, plastics and added products. By leveraging our industry-leading R&D platforms, affection for addition and abysmal ability of adored and abject metals, BASF Catalysts advance unique, proprietary agitator and adsorbent solutions that drive chump success.

About BASF
BASF is the world’s arch actinic company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and achievement articles to agronomical products, accomplished chemicals as able-bodied as oil and gas. As a reliable accomplice BASF helps its barter in around all industries to be added successful. With its high-value articles and able solutions, BASF plays an important role in award answers to all-around challenges such as altitude protection, activity efficiency, diet and mobility. BASF acquaint sales of added than €62 billion in 2008 and had about 97,000 advisers as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the banal exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further advice on BASF is accessible on the Internet at www.basf.com.