As a globally-leading catalyst manufacturer for more than 70 years, Clariant specializes in manufacturing custom catalysts based on our customers’ recipe and our know-how. Through collaboration and partnership, we scale up and commercialize catalyst technologies for our customers around the globe. Clariant is uniquely positioned with state-of-the-art production facilities and technical expertise in an extremely wide range of catalyst materials and manufacturing capabilities.
From industries such as petrochemicals and refining, propylene, ethylene, polypropylene, and styrene monomer production – to ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, fuel cell, bio-based, and emissions control technologies – our expertise lies in numerous industrial catalyst applications.
From lab to market: Custom Catalyst solutions by Clariant
Discover how Clariant's Custom Catalyst solutions transform your innovative ideas into market-ready realities. Our video showcases how we bridge the critical gap between lab concepts and commercial success.
With over 70 years of experience as an independent catalyst supplier, Clariant's worldwide production facilities and dedicated R&D centers deliver tailored heterogeneous catalyst solutions that drive sustainable chemical transformations.
Our global team can scale your catalyst from grams to tons in just 6 months to 2 years, significantly accelerating your time to market.
Watch now to see how we can turn your vision into reality.
Global R & D, scale-up, and manufacturing capabilities
- Precipitation, impregnation, filtration, mixing
- Calcination in air, nitrogen, and steam
- Improvements in activity, selectivity, and lifetime
- Effect of specific contaminants related to activity
- Spray drying, coating, reduction and stabilization
- Passivation of pyrophoric catalysts, regeneration, sulfurization
- Rate and yield studies, improvement in physical properties
- State-of-the-art material characterization
- High-throughput experimentation
- Base and precious metal catalysts
- Ni, Cu, Zn, Co, Mo, Pt, Pd, Ag, Rh …
- Zeolites and adsorbents
- Extrusions, tablets, and powders
Fast results
The time to complete a custom manufacturing projects is between6 months and 2 years on average.
Hydrocarbon Processing Webcast with Clariant experts
Discover how to overcome the challenges of scaling catalyst formulations from laboratory concepts to commercial manufacturing. This insightful webcast reveals how catalysts drive economic, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable chemical processes across industries.
Learn how Clariant's global production facilities and technical expertise can transform your innovative catalyst concepts into reliable commercial-scale production.
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Accelerating time to market
through collaboration.
Developing strong customer relationships is key for Clariant. Close collaboration allows us to truly understand your needs and challenges, from first sample through catalyst commercialization. Flexibility, close communication, and our expertise help us to provide tailored manufacturing solutions – in a fast and effective way.
As an independent catalyst manufacturer for decades, Clariant has developed trusted relationships with many of our custom catalyst customers. Although several of these client collaborations are confidential, some are publicly known.
Accelerating time to market through collaboration.
Developing strong customer relationships is key for Clariant. Close collaboration allows us to truly understand your needs and challenges, from first sample through catalyst commercialization. Flexibility, close communication, and our expertise help us to provide tailored manufacturing solutions – in a faster and more effective way.
As an independent catalyst manufacturer for decades, Clariant has developed trusted relationships with many of our custom catalyst customers. Although several of these client collaborations are confidential, many are publicly known.
How we work at Clariant
Custom
manufacturingWe develop a process and produce to your specs with our know-how
Toll
manufacturingExisting catalysts made to your specifications with your know-how
Licensed
manufacturingWe sell catalysts for the IP owner and pay royalties
Catalyst
designWe develop a catalyst for your existing application
Joint
developmentYou need a new catalyst for a process still in development
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