As an established independent provider of hydrogenation catalysts, Clariant offers a diverse portfolio of catalysts covering key applications in hydrogenation processes. This allows us to provide tailored solutions across the entire spectrum of your hydrogenation requirements.
A broad range to meet various hydrogenation requirements
Drive Oxo Alcohols Production Performance with Clariant Catalysts
Clariant offers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of heterogenous catalysts to help you enhance productivity and profitability in oxo alcohols manufacturing.
Clariant choice catalysts in every step of the process
Catalyzing Caprolactam Process Innovation
As the leading provider of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation catalysts, Clariant offers solutions to realize new levels of efficiency, quality and profitability in your caprolactam production, backed by decades of applied expertise. Discover how our customizable catalyst solutions can optimize your specific production objectives.
Clariant choice catalysts in caprolactam production
Powering Your Oleochemicals Production Forward
Clariant offers state-of-the-art hydrogenation catalyst innovation to help you achieve more in oleochemicals manufacturing.
Clariant choice catalysts in olechemicals production
Advancing Your Diols Capabilities
As a leading diols catalyst provider, Clariant offers cutting-edge solutions to help you. Whether you produce butanediol, propanediol, or other diol varieties, Clariant provides customizable catalysts to optimize your process economics. Discover how our broad range of catalysts portfolio can empower your production forward.
Clariant choice catalysts in diols (glycols) production
Elevate Your Propylene Oxide Production
Whether you utilize the SMPO or HPPO production process, Clariant offers high-performance catalysts tailored to your needs. Contact us today to discover how we can help drive greater productivity, efficiency and value from your propylene oxide manufacturing.
Advancing your Resins Production
Whether you require general purpose or highly specialized resin grades, Clariant provides the cutting-edge catalyst innovation and deep application expertise to help you achieve more.
Contact us to discover how we can empower your production – delivering greater efficiency, quality and profitability.
Powering your Amine Production
Whether you require catalysts for alkylamines, fatty amines, aniline or specialized derivatives, Clariant has the innovative solutions to optimize your process economics. Contact us to discover how our customizable catalyst technologies can empower your amine production.
Other hydrogenation applications
Whether you require catalysts for alkylamines, fatty amines, aniline or specialized derivatives, Clariant has the innovative solutions to optimize your process economics. Contact us to discover how our customizable catalyst technologies can empower your amine production.
Driving innovation across specialty chemicals
Whether you require catalysts for alkylamines, fatty amines, aniline or specialized derivatives, Clariant has the innovative solutions to optimize your process economics. Contact us to discover how our customizable catalyst technologies can empower your amine production.
Clariant’s leading portfolio of hydrogenation catalysts powers production pathways for a vast array of in-demand specialty chemicals including:Flavors & Fragrances
Obtain higher purity terpenes, aromatics and derivatives.
Siloxanes
Obtain higher purity terpenes, aromatics and derivatives.
Waxes
Access tailored wax grades for exact specifications.
Sugars
Produce specialty sugar varieties and derivatives.
And many more
Clariant enables niche chemistries across a broad spectrum.
Each catalyst is precisely engineered to your process requirements
Clariant rigorously optimizes every catalyst based on your needs across four key dimensions.
Unrivaled Yield
PerformanceMaximize productivity with catalysts engineered for:
- Highest conversion rates
- Exceptional selectivity
- Extended onstream effectiveness
Enhanced Process
PerformanceAchieve more consistent, reliable and efficient operation:
- High activity and stability
- Low pressure drop
- Excellent heat transfer capability
Optimized
Macro PropertiesAvoid downstream issues through precise formulation
- Low by-product generation
- Resistance to esterification and etherification
- High acid and mechanical stability
Micro-structural
ExcellenceAccess decades of expertise in controlling vital parameters
- Component interactions at molecular scale
- Porosity, surface area, crystallinity
- Targeted acidity/basicity
- Optimal crush strength
- Dense loading compatibility
- Reliability from first activation
Pursuing sustainable hydrogenation without compromise
Clariant believes the future of catalysis is sustainable. By introducing HySatTM 320, a robust and high-performing chromium-free catalyst solution, Clariant further aligns with its broader sustainability goals and commitment as a company. Extensive testing proves it meets or exceeds traditional copper chromium catalysts in activity, stability and efficiency for commercial production processes. This innovation reinforces Clariant’s purpose to develop solutions that transform industries without sacrificing performance.
Discover our comprehensive hydrogenation catalyst range
Clariant's comprehensive portfolio of industrial hydrogenation catalysts, engineered to deliver superior performance across diverse chemical processes. Our four distinct catalyst families feature specialized active components, offering tailored solutions for your specific hydrogenation needs.
Access Clariant’s complete portfolio of four high-performance catalyst families
With extensive customization options across these families, Clariant offers the flexibility to match your precise hydrogenation process needs. Continued innovation ensures our catalysts define the cutting edge. Our experts can advise you on the optimal catalyst formulation, shapes and sizes to help you extract higher value from your hydrogenation processes.
NiSat™ - Superior nickel catalysts
NiSat™ is a series of highly selective catalysts for hydrogenation, hydro-finishing, and fuel or distillate upgrading. It is used in numerous applications including the production of caprolactam, methylbutanol, and cyclohexane, or in the hydrogenation of acetone to isopropanol.
- Achieve maximum conversion and yields
- Customizable to optimize selectivity
HyMax™ - Robust Copper Solutions
HyMax™ is a series of copper-chromite hydrogenation catalysts that offer high acid stability for selective conversion of aldehydes, ketones, or esters to the corresponding alcohols. The catalysts are ideal for liquid and trickle-bed hydrogenation and can be applied in selected gas phase processes.
- Achieve maximum conversion and yields
- Customizable to optimize selectivity
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HySat™ - Sustainable chromium-free options
HySat™ is a series of chromium-free copper catalysts for hydrogenation of ketones, aldehydes, or esters to the corresponding alcohols.
- High activity and low by-products
- Environmentally responsible choice
HyFlex™ - Specialized fine chemicals
HyFlex™ is a broad range of precious-metal and base-metal catalysts for various hydrogenation reactions, such as production of amines or oxo-alcohol, and high-temperature dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol.
- Precious metal catalysts for specialty chemicals
- Enables greater process efficiency and purity
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