http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:14:31 EDT Collaboration between an Italian university and an American company has resulted in a new service that will provide research services for outsourcing catalyst discovery and optimization to... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/10383.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) , a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced to expand the production capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts. The expansion will be achieved by a low double-digit million Swiss francs investment at its current Louisville, Ky. plant... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/9860.html Mon, 15 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT There might be as many categories of catalysts as there are chemical processing applications. And, no matter what the specialty or application, most catalyst producers are in a constant state of research and development in order to meet the demands of their chemical processing customers, as well as to develop innovative catalysts for new applications and growing market areas. Recent efforts of some of the top catalyst producers are improving... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/9441.html Sun, 1 Jul 2012 0:00:00 EDT The closure of several U.S. petroleum refineries over the past few months carries a simple message: petroleum refining is a tough business to be in these days. Paradoxical as it may seem to consumers, the recent rapid increase in fuel prices does not... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/9176.html Sun, 1 Apr 2012 0:00:00 EDT H.C. Starck GmbH (Goslar, Germany; www.hcstarck.com) and Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut GmbH (Cutec; Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; www.cutec.de) have joined forces to successfully develop a completely new generation of catalysts and process technology for the production of substitute natural gas... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/8484.html Wed, 21 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT This company has developed its CSR family of latent acid catalysts to create formulations suitable for production of stable phenolic and furan-based polymeric mixes with more than... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/8309.html Mon, 1 Aug 2011 0:00:00 EDT Grace Davison (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has commercialized a set of catalysts and additives for fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) that contain either zero or low rare-earth metal content. The new product family, known as Replacer, includes new catalysts for processing both hydrotreated and... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/8162.html Fri, 1 Jul 2011 0:00:00 EDT Effective April 1, Dorf Ketal Chemicals Pvt., Ltd. Mumbai, India; www.dorfketal.com), the world leader in organic titanate and zirconate catalysts, is now the exclusive source for Vertec polyester catalysts... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/7890.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 0:00:00 EDT The D7000 Donor catalyst is designed specifically to optimize high-melt impact copolymer polypropylene resins, such as the plastic used in automotive interior and food... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/7421.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EDT One of the biggest factors hindering widespread adoption of polymer exchange membrane fuel-cells (PEMFCs) is the high price of the platinum metal needed to catalyze the reduction-oxidation chemistry in the fuel cell. In a step toward reducing platinum content, a Florida State University (FSU; Tallahassee... http://www.che.com/processing_and_handling/reaction_engineering/catalysis/6100.html Mon, 1 Nov 2010 0:00:00 EDT