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Materials

Start-Up Firm Claims Catalyst Breakthrough

by Michael McCoy
April 28, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 17

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Credit: Catalytic Technologies
PET bottles made using Catalytic Technologies’ new catalyst.
A shot of unlabeled PET plastic bottles.
Credit: Catalytic Technologies
PET bottles made using Catalytic Technologies’ new catalyst.

Catalytic Technologies Ltd. says its titanium-based catalysts are being tested commercially in Asia as a replacement for antimony oxide catalysts now used to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET). In addition to eliminating a heavy metal, the catalyst can yield high-quality PET for bottles with less plastic, high thermal stability, and improved clarity, the British firm says. Its target is to capture 50% of the PET catalyst market within five years.

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