Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) officially opened an advanced automotive-catalysts plant in Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) — a 600 million renminbi investment (more than $90 million).
The plant produces advanced catalysts that clean the exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines in trucks, buses and other vehicles. Basic components of smog as well as hazardous soot particles are removed, which improves air quality significantly.
The plant is equipped with state-of-the-art production equipment, including robots. Safety is a focal point for Topsoe so machines have the highest safety standards and there are strict rules for the use of protective equipment and handling of chemicals.
Topsoe has done business in China as far back as the 70s and in 1984 the company established an office in Beijing. Topsoe has longstanding relations with several design institutes and scientific organizations in China and recently entered into its first commercial research collaboration outside Denmark with the renowned Dalian Institute for Chemical Physics (DICP). Today, Topsoe employs 170 people in China.