Hydrogenation catalysts for latex: direct production of HNBR

在过去的6年里，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巨大成功。在这方面，我们已经开发、评估、申请专利并公布了一系列用于加氢、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用于将胶乳橡胶直接转化为氢化丁腈橡胶（HNBR）的氢化催化剂。这些材料被用于各种各样的产品，从轮胎和垫圈到跑鞋和医疗器械。这一新生产技术的开发将大大降低生产成本及其对环境的影响，并将使朗盛成为生产技术的全球领导者。这种加拿大解决方案对全球生产问题的影响将通过朗盛的商业化对加拿大经济产生积极影响，但在其他应用领域，通过一家新的分拆公司，将在朗盛感兴趣的领域之外的革命性技术商业化。

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.