R&D - Key Capabilities

Summary of Key Capabilities

• Catalyst development – catalyst research, development, scale-up and manufacturing support, fixed & fluid bed catalyst development, heterogeneous and homogeneous catalyst chemistry.
• Additives development – suspending agents, antifoam, antifouling agents, polymerisation inhibitors, low cost in-situ peroxide initiators.
• Process development – olefin, polyolefin and PVC process development and engineering design specification.
• Product development – polyolefin resin performance enhancement.
• Materials science - metallurgy, polymer processing and mechanical properties.
• Modelling – fluid dynamics modelling for electrolyser design, PVC polymerisation, acrylonitrile reaction modelling, polyolefin process simulations; molecular modeling and simulation for chemical process and product development, property prediction, and atomistic-level behavior of chemical systems.
• High throughput experimentation - rapid analysis and screening of catalyst options.
• Pilot plants mimicking commercial scale operation, and scale up capability – PE, PP, acrylonitrile, maleic anhydride,  EDC/VCM, suspension PVC and olefins pilot plants. 
• Analytical science – broad and deep specialized analytical expertise in physical and chemical characterization, of catalysts, olefins, polyolefins, refining and fuels technologies, organics, environmental and corrosion technologies. Integrated problem solving expertise using surface science, particle technology, thermal analysis, spectroscopy, Gel Permeation Chromatography, Chromatography, and Elemental analysis. 
• Intellectual property – maintenance and development of our comprehensive intellectual property portfolio to protect our inventions.