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Albemarle Unveils Catalyst Technology

by Marc S. Reisch
November 3, 2008 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 86, Issue 44

Albemarle researchers have developed a proprietary catalyst activator that doubles productivity and lowers costs compared with conventional single-site polypropylene and polyethylene metallocene catalyst systems. Albemarle's ActivCat technology, which is based on aluminoxane cocatalysts, produces resins with properties similar to those made with standard methylaluminoxane/silica-type catalysts, according to the company.

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