Hydrogenation catalysts for latex: direct production of HNBR

在过去的6年中，我们与朗盛合作，在设计用于合成橡胶改性的新型催化剂方面取得了相当大的成功。在这方面，我们已经开发、评价、申请专利并发表了一系列用于加氢、复分解和聚合的催化剂。基于这些成功，我们现在计划开发一种氢化催化剂，用于将胶乳橡胶直接转化为氢化丁腈橡胶（HNBR）。这些材料被广泛用于从轮胎和垫片到跑鞋和医疗设备的各种产品中。

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.