BASF is the world's leading chemical company. The Catalysts division develops catalysts and adsorbents that help protect the air, produce fuels and efficiently manufacture a number of chemicals and plastics. They produce catalysts that transform pollutants in the exhaust flows of vehicles into harmless chemical compounds. With their Catalyzed Soot Filter, they offer customers an integrated catalytic converter for diesel vehicles. Furthermore, they produce process catalysts which increase the raw material and energy efficiency of chemical plants and refineries. The Prox-SMZ catalyst, for example, increases the yield of diesel fuel from crude oil by 1.5 percent.

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