Therban AT based on Grubbs' catalysts from Materia

Pasadena, California - Materia Inc. a California-based catalysis company has said Lanxess AG's Therban AT range of HNBR materials is based on its own olefin metathesis catalyst technology. The comanysaid it licenced the technology to Lanxess two years ago

"We congratulate the technical and business teams at Lanxess for their achievement and we are pleased that our platform technology has been successfully commercialised in this challenging application," stated Dr. Michael Giardello, Materia's CEO and CTO. "This success underscores the potential impact of Grubbs' Catalyst technology in what we believe to be the first example of catalyst-based performance enhancements for the rubber industry."

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Press release from Materia