Addressing a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the Research Week
and appreciate the selected petrochemical research and technology companies,
Ali Pajouhan said: “Development of technical knowhow for production of
petrochemical products, development of technical savvy of petrochemical
catalysts, development of technical knowhow of strategic chemicals and solving
unit problems are some of the major goals of PRTC.”
He underlined the numerous downstream workshops, 10
laboratories, 25 pilot machines, more than 50 set-ups and bench machines in
three centers of Tehran, Arak and Mahshahr as some of the infrastructures at the
disposal of PRTC, adding: "Demoplents are one of the unique equipment of
this collection which are the most important and included HDPE, PET, MTP and PP
ones.”
The PRTC CEO noted the registration of 250 patents by PRTC,
saying: “The most important patent that has been registered recently is the PVM
patent or MTP, which has been registered in the European Union.”
He pointed to 40 major catalysts in the petrochemical
industry, of which 10 are polymer and the rest are non-polymeric.
"Currently, 17 catalysts are fully localized and used
in the industry, and by the end of the calendar year of 1400 (which begins on
March 21), another 16 are planned to be localized," he said. “The other 13
categories are used in small quantities, which are being researched and
developed, and have numerous manufacturers, high accessibility, and in some
cases, non-economical for production.”
The CEO of the Petrochemical Research and Technology Company
emphasized: “By the end of next [calendar] year, the important and strategic
catalysts of the petrochemical industry will be completely localized.”