Materials News

Breakthrough PP and PE catalyst technology
Albemarle Corporation, a global leader in single-site catalyst production and metallocene components, has created a revolutionary new activator/single-site catalyst programme that delivers twice the typical productivity of conventional products.

The proprietary new activator, known as ActivCat, is the result of years of scientific studies on the fundamentals of activation and a response to the market demands for improved cost-in-use of single-site catalyst systems.  Based on aluminoxane co-catalysts, ActivCat is suited for both PE and PP resin production. The company says that in repeated metallocene testing, ActivCat had double the typical productivity of conventional MAO/silica catalysts without modifying resin properties.