Hydrogenation catalysts for latex: direct production of HNBR

在过去的6年里，我们与LANXESS合作，成功地设计出了用于合成橡胶改性的新型催化剂。在这方面，我们开发、评估、申请了专利，并发布了一系列用于加氢、歧化和聚合的催化剂。基于这些成功，我们现在计划开发一种用于胶乳橡胶直接转化为氢化丁腈橡胶(HNBR)的加氢催化剂。这些材料用于从轮胎和垫圈到跑鞋和医疗器械的各种产品。 这一新生产技术的开发将极大地降低生产成本和对环境的影响，并将使朗盛成为生产技术的世界领先者。加拿大对全球生产问题的这种解决方案的影响将对加拿大经济产生积极影响，因为LANXESS将进行商业化，但在其他应用领域将通过一家新的剥离公司实现，该公司将在LANXESS感兴趣的地区以外的地区将革命性技术商业化。

In collaboration with LANXESS, we have had considerable success designing new catalysts for the modification of synthetic rubbers over the past 6 years. In the regard, we have developed, evaluated, patented and published a series of catalyst for hydrogenation, metathesis and polymerization. Based on these successes we now plan to develop a hydrogenation catalysts for the direct conversion of latex rubbers to hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubbers (HNBR). These materials are used in a wide variety of products from tires and gaskets to running-shoes and medical devices. The development of this new production technology will dramatically reduce both the production cost and its environmental impact and would position LANXESS as a world leader in production technology. The impact of such a Canadian solution to a world-wide production issue would impact positively on the Canadian economy with commercialization by LANXESS but in other areas of application via a new spin-off company that would commercialize the revolutionary technology in areas outside of LANXESS' area of interest.