On the road

The National Catalysis Conference (NCC) is one of the most important catalysis conferences held in China. We were happy to be there in person and engage with our customers to discuss the latest trends.

How to strengthen our offerings in the refinery catalyst testing

Tiago Vilela was interviewed by Delft Solid Solutions on the new services included in our RCT offerings as one of our customers wanted to perform crushing and attrition testing on the CCR catalysts

Find the full interview here and contact us for more information

Avantium is proud to announce that it has been awarded a tender concerning two Flowrence® XD systems and one Flowrence® XR system for the Catalysis Hub of ETH Zürich (CAT+ East).

Albemarle has validated Avantium’s high throughput technology for independent catalyst testing of hydrocracking catalysts for its data quality (precision, accuracy and reproducibility). Albemarle statement: “Avantium’s high throughput test units and services have allowed us to rapidly screen Hydrocracking catalysts with an accuracy that is at least equal to if not better than conventional pilot plants.”  

During the first virtual Laborama the Batchington was successfully launched and customers could experience first hand our new High-Throughput Technology batch platform.

During the conference, Avantium hosted a workshop with the topic ‘Sharing our Experience and Supporting You in Accelerating Catalyst Development’, where valued Chinese customers presented their experience working with Flowrence High-Throughput Technology.

Avantiums Managing Director Steven Oliver and a large number of delegates attended an interesting panel discussion on during the International Conference on Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Desert Climates 2019 (IC-SEWEN’19). 

Avantium was present with a booth at this years’ ERTC conference with 610 delegates who attended.

Avantium delivers two Flowrence XD’s to KAUST Catalysis Center

With these Flowrence XD’s KCC strengthens its high-throughput facilities for heterogeneous catalysis to develop new catalysts.

Axel’One Campus at IRCELYON inaugurated with two new Avantium catalyst testing units

Axel’One Campus, an academically-oriented research facility, has been inaugurated on 23 April 2018. Two Avantium Flowrence® units are hosted at the core of the facility, which is under the leadership of research laboratory IRCELYON ( see video1 and video2). One of the Flowrence® units will be used for gas-to-liquid applications. It has been designed to significantly enhance R&D output and has the flexibility to allow testing within a wide range of process conditions under demanding circumstances. The second unit is tailored for gas phase applications in which catalytic powders and shaped catalysts can be tested. Full news item here.

South Korea has a highly-advanced technology and chemical sector, and several established national research facilities offering the perfect environment for Avantium’s Catalysis business with a strong focus on catalysis research. Through R&F Chemical, Avantium expects to generate leads for its Flowrence® units as well as for its service projects. The two companies have entered into an agency agreement to explore opportunities in this fast-growing sector. Full release here.

For the first time we brought our Flowrence XD to a conference. Many of you showed their interest in this unit designed for the Discovery R&D stage. Thank you!

During the NCC we had the opportunity to get to know the Chinese market a bit better. Thanks to everyone who took the time to attend the interactive Avantium workshop and provided input to this fruitful meeting on catalyst testing.