Iran Khodro Producing Euro 5 Catalysts

A subsidiary of Iran Khodro, Clean Auto Catalysts Co at the weekend launched production lines of Euro 5 catalysts at Mahmoud Abad Industrial Zone near the central city of Qom, 120km south of Tehran. The machinery for production of Euro 5 catalysts has been imported from Finland, IKCO Press reported. It is said that if used in vehicles the catalysts can decrease the carbon monoxide in vehicles’ exhaust from 2.2 gram per kilometer to 1 gram. The factory has a nominal annual production capacity of 1 million catalysts. The new factory has 80 workers.