Catalysis News & Events

Avantium has decided to significantly expand the capacity to test commercial catalysts for hydrotreating and hydrocracking applications, to serve the strong demand for our independent refinery catalyst testing services. Choosing the best catalyst is of crucial...

Shell Catalysts & Technologies has renewed its partnership with Avantium Catalysis for four more years for the execution of catalyst testing programs with Avantium’s Flowrence® technology platform. The catalyst testing programs are tailored to accelerate catalyst...

A series of hydrocracking catalysts from Haldor Topsøe, a world leader in high-performance catalysts and proprietary technologies for the chemical and refining industries, were tested in Avantium’s refinery catalyst testing services. The results obtained and data...

A research programme demonstrated the comparative performances of a conventional sulphiding agent and an agent that offers safer, cleaner catalyst activation. Avanitum provided high-throughput catalyst testing services for Lubrizol to independently benchmark different...

Excellent scientists require accurate and reliable R&D systems. Therefore we are proud that Avantium Catalysis could support this research. Promoted cobalt metal catalysts suitable for the production of lower olefins from natural gas Jingxiu Xie, Pasi P. Paalanen, Tom...

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), a major research and training player in the fields of energy, transport and the environment, commissioned Avantium as their preferred choice for the evaluation and comparison of multiple catalyst systems for Mild Hydrocracking. The feeds...

We are pleased to provide you our December Catalysis Insider newsletter. In this issue, we cover two topics addressing how to increase the success rate of catalyst testing programs – for complex tests with uncertain outcomes, and for hydrocracking tests. We also...

Axens, an international provider of advanced technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services, has qualified Avantium to perform independent testing of commercial C5-C6 isomerization catalysts after a thorough qualification program under commercially relevant...