ENGINEERINGNET.EU -- Construction of the new 40,000 square meter Poland facility – BASF’s largest in Europe – will begin before the end of 2012. The plant will start production in the first quarter of 2014.
Additional expansion will follow, raising the total investment volume for the project to approximately €150 million, states BASF.
Once all 10 planned light duty and heavy duty production lines are operating at full capacity by 2016, BASF expects to employ more than 400 people at the new site.
“The planned implementation of Euro 6 light duty and Euro VI heavy duty emissions regulations in Europe will drive an increased demand for advanced emissions control systems."
"BASF is more than doubling its production capacity in Europe to keep pace with this demand and to continue to meet our customers’ needs,” said Rui Goerck, Senior Vice President, Mobile Emissions Catalysts at BASF.
In parallel with the new production plant, BASF is also currently modernizing and expanding its emissions catalyst production operation in Nienburg, Germany.
“The new plant in Poland will provide geographic diversity for our manufacturing operations and a strong complement to our existing production hub in Nienburg. The combination of the two facilities in Europe will allow us to effectively manage our growth, optimize our production model, and meet the needs of the market in the most efficient way possible,” explained Xavier Susterac, Vice President, Mobile Emissions Catalysts Europe.
