58. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker

NFDI4Cat is a collaborative initiative dedicated to advancing catalysis research through enhanced and digitized research data management, driving digital transformation within the field. Supported by 16 academic and industry partners, the initiative delivers tailored tools, services, and training to promote high-quality data standards, interdisciplinary collaboration, and sustainable research practices. With a strong emphasis on FAIR principles and industry integration, NFDI4Cat aims to empower researchers to address critical challenges such as sustainability and innovation in catalysis.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023.

Evonik is producing and providing catalysts and adsorbents all over the world. The ‘complete package’ approach comprises innovative and sustainable products, comprehensive services, and expert customer care. As independent catalyst and adsorbents manufacturer and expert, Evonik is your long-term, solution-oriented, trustworthy partner, for off-the-shelf products or joint development projects. Driven by purpose, sustainability and innovation, Evonik makes a difference by turning catalyst features into value drivers for the benefit of customers and the environment. 

Innovation and collaboration are keys to our success in delivering for our customers, shareholders and stakeholders. Working with the world’s leading research institutions and universities, ExxonMobil’s scientists and engineers apply our scale, integration and deep experience in research and development to develop and deploy technology solutions that help our industrial and commercial customers meet the critical needs of society, while reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.

3P Instruments stands for the comprehensive characterization of Particles, Powders and Pores. Apart from particle size and shape, zeta potential and macroscopic powder properties such as density or flowability, 3P offers analytical instruments specially for catalyst characterization: BET surface area and complete physisorption isotherms (macro-, meso-, micropores) using gas adsorption and vapour sorption, mixed gas and vapor sorption, chemisorption, temperature-programmed reactions, customized Benchcat microreactors, magnetic suspension balance and high-pressure sorption systems.

Avantium pioneers renewable and sustainable chemistry. The company develops technology for the catalytic conversion of renewable feedstock (sugars) into plant-based polymer PEF, now in commercial production under tradename Releaf.

Avantium R&D Solutions lets customers accelerate their R&D by designing, building and operating high-throughput screening systems: Flowrence® for fixed bed catalysts, and custom made R&D units for adsorbent and electrocatalysts selection. 

Berghof offers comprehensive expertise in the manufacturing of high- and low-pressure reactors. Important common features are the simple, tool-free closing and opening as well as the specially developed PTFE lining, which prevents damage to the reactors by aggressive media. Your benefits: You profit from easy handling and reduced wear. All Berghof reactors offer maximum flexibility and functionality while meeting the highest safety standards. Thanks to our modular system, you can configure your reactor to suit your specific needs.

C3 Prozess- und Analysentechnik GmbH supports the products of Büchi Glas Uster AG in Germany and Austria. The pressure reactors, glass plants and hydrogenation/gas dosing systems are used in the laboratory/technical centre as well as in production. One main area of application is the research and development of catalysts. Whether complete standard solutions or individual customised solutions for special requirements - we provide you with quality from a single source. The product range extends from low to high pressure applications and volumes from a few millilitres to 500 litres.

Clariant is a focused specialty chemical company led by the overarching purpose of “Greater chemistry – between people and planet.” By connecting customer focus, innovation, and people the company creates solutions to foster sustainability in different industries. On 31 December 2023, Clariant totaled a staff number of 10 481 and recorded sales of CHF 4.377 billion in the fiscal year for its continuing businesses. Since January 2023, the Group conducts its business through the three Business Units Care Chemicals, Catalysts, and Adsorbents & Additives.

Fink Chem + Tec GmbH manufactures specialized, high-precision pumps for the laboratory, process optimization, research and development in the third generation.

Our metering and feed pumps, from small-volume metering units with a few µl / l to industrial use with qm / min, are also available in ATEX versions on request.

The latest model, Ritmo 15, in its full PTFE version, like the well known Ritmo 05 dosing pumps, offers maximum chemical resistance, product purity and FDA certification.

Heraeus Precious Metals is a leading provider of precious metals services and products. We combine all activities related to our comprehensive expertise in the precious metals loop – from trading to precious metals products to recycling.

We are one of the world’s largest refiners of PGMs and a leading name in industrial precious metals trading. As a reliable development partner with a comprehensive range of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, we will find the best solutions for your requirements.

Hiden Analytical, an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of quadrupole mass spectrometers, excels in providing advanced solutions for catalysis research. Our product offering includes the CATLAB micro furnace reactor, designed specifically for catalyst characterisation, enabling temperature-programmed analysis with techniques including TPO/TPD/TPR and TPRx. We also offer gas analysis systems for precise real-time gas/vapour analysis, supporting PPB to 100% dynamic range.

IBU-tec focuses on the thermal treatment of inorganic materials, utilizing rotary kilns and pulsation reactors.

Clients will get support for various challenges, ranging from material & process development to scale-up projects. Tolling services open up production options for a broad range of materials including catalysts and battery materials. Furthermore, IBU-tec provides engineering and optimization services for on-site projects. Following the recent acquisition of BNT Chemicals, organotin catalysts are now also part of the product portfolio.

JULABO, founded in Germany in 1967, represents innovation and competence in the field of temperature control technology. More than 600,000 JULABO units in the field around the world demonstrate a high level of acceptance among users in research and industry. JULABO has earned its position as one of the world’s leading companies in the field of liquid temperature control solutions through its dedication to quality, German engineering as well as rapid, competent support provided by local partners.

We manufacture instruments for materials analysis in research and quality control. Thermal analysis, dilatometry, determination of thermal conductivity and testing of thermoelectric parameters are among our core competencies. Short distances between development and production enable us to respond to individual requirements. We develop instruments for your application!

Founded in 2004, Magritek is the global leader in manufacturing cryogen-free benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers for the analytical instrument market. Magritek’s revolutionary 90 MHz, 80 MHz and 60 MHz Spinsolve family of benchtop NMR models offer the highest sensitivity and resolution available in the market.  These portable systems are robust and easy to use, allowing modern NMR methods to be performed on the chemistry lab bench or inside the fume hood next to a reactor. Spinsolve NMR spectrometers are used daily by scientists in research labs to quantify and identify sample compositions, confirm reaction completions and elucidate unknown molecular structures.  

Metrohm is one of the world’s most trusted manufacturers of high-precision instruments for chemical analysis.

Our analytical instruments are mainly engineered, designed, developed, and produced in Switzerland and are used for R&D and routine analysis, containing dedicated equipment for electrocatalysis research. Our application know-how, the top-quality analytical instruments and first-class service make us a strong partner for your research.

METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global manufacturer of precision instruments. The Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. The Company also holds top-three market positions in several related analytical instruments and is a leading provider of automated chemistry systems used in drug and chemical compound discovery and development. In addition, the Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of metal detection systems used in production and packaging. Additional information about METTLER TOLEDO can be found at www.mt.com.

At Microtrac, we have a passion for making particle analysis accurate, effective, and convenient to exceed customer expectations. Microtrac is a leading company that develops, manufactures, and sells various analyzers for the determination of particles shape parameters as well as for gas and vapor adsorption. Our centers of excellence in Germany, the USA, Japan, and France, allow us to provide our customers with the best analytical instruments for R&D, Quality Control and Product Development.

nevoLAB is providing innovative and quality laboratory instruments.

Our customers are working in:

• Drug Discovery and Drug Synthesis
• Life Science and Biotechnology
• Pharma, CRM/CRO
• Environmental and Food Analysis
• Research & Development, Universities
• QC- and Product-Control.

Over 20 years in Lab-Automation, Lab-Data-Management and OEM development in realized into the XELSIUS reaction workstation for parallel synthesis, process development, reaction optimization, solubility studies and crystallization experiments.

For more than 30 years, Parr Instrument GmbH has been the only subsidiary worldwide of Parr Instrument Company, IL, USA, which celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2024. We design and build pressure reactors and tubular reactors in a variety of special alloys and sizes for the study of catalytic and non-catalytic reactions in batch, continuous-flow, and multiple/parallel operation for the chemical, polymer, biofuels, hydrometallurgical, pharmaceutical, petroleum, and petrochemical industries. Ask for the newest development: our Parr Power Compensation Reaction Calorimeter.

premex High-Pressure Reactors and Magnetic Stirrer

Our products are characterized by high build quality and technically design down to the last detail.

The trust placed in us and the exchange of experience with users in research, partners and designers are the basis of our success.

We design, construct and develop batch reactors, parallel reactors, tubular reactors, as well as magnetic stirrer for different areas of application.

Part of the AGI Group 

REACNOSTICS specializes in the modeling, construction, and development of chemical research reactors for spatially resolved investigations of catalytic processes. Our comprehensive methodology involves simulations and operando measurements of concentration and temperature profiles, combined with spectroscopic characterization of catalysts. Through the application of patented methods, we offer valuable insights into catalytic reactors during continuous operation, enabling knowledge-based optimization. With our expertise and innovative solutions, we empower our clients to enhance their catalytic processes and achieve superior performance. Visit our booth 7 to learn more about our cutting-edge technologies and collaborative approach.

ChemTherm is a technology-based start-up that emerged from the Institute of Chemical Process Engineering at the University of Stuttgart.

The company's focus is on a patented evaporator solution that enables stable and low-pulsation vapor dosing, especially for small liquid flows.

The portfolio is enhanced by complete systems for laboratory-scale evaporation processes and customer-specific solutions in related areas of process engineering, such as high-temperature technology.

We are specialized in consulting, design, calculation and delivery of precise flowmeters and metering units for catalytic reaction technology. With our solutions, fluids are controlled precisely into the reaction at variable pressures and temperatures. The scope of delivery ranges from individual measuring devices to complex pump solutions in the range up to 400 bar. At our accredited DAkkS calibration laboratory nearly all instruments can be calibrated according to DIN17025. Our systems building supplies fully functional units.

XiMo - the metathesis catalyst company. XiMo develops and produces highly active metathesis catalysts for the use in F&F, polymers, specialty-, agro-, pharma- and renewable-chemicals. XiMo offers the optimal catalyst based on Mo, W or Ru. With this XiMo can simplify production, reduce by-products, increase yields, cut synthesis steps/cost and shorten time to market. In 2026 XiMo will make the next step in expanding capacity, now to ton scale improving economics and availability significantly.