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10.02.2025 • News

Johnson Matthey, Bosch to Partner on Hydrogen Technology

UK sustainable technologies group Johnson Matthey (JM) and German engineering giant Bosch have agreed on a long-term collaboration to develop and produce high-performance catalyst-coated membranes (CCMs) for use in hydrogen fuel cells.

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12.06.2023 • News

Johnson Matthey Wins China BDO Contract

Johnson Matthey is providing its butanediol (BDO) technology to China’s Fujian Zhongjing Petrochemical, which plans to build three new plants in phases. The BDO will be used as feedstock for producing 600,000 t/y of biodegradable plastic polybutylene adipate terephthalate.

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09.06.2023 • News

Thyssenkrupp Uhde and Johnson Matthey Win Ammonia Nod

German engineering contractor Thyssenkrupp Uhde and the UK’s Johnson Matthey are supplying a new cartridge for an ammonia plant in Turkey to significantly reduce pressure in the synthesis loop while maintaining the nameplate capacity of 1,200 t/d. Delivery is planned for 2024.

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23.05.2023 • News

Johnson Matthey and Hystar to Scale Green Hydrogen Production

Johnson Matthey has signed a three-year supply deal with Hystar to ramp up green hydrogen production. The UK technology group will supply membrane electrode assemblies, which are key performance-defining components for electrolyzers, as part of Hystar’s HyPilot project in Norway.

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17.05.2023 • NewsChemistry

Johnson Matthey Set to Catalyze the Net Zero Transition

Johnson Matthey (JM) looks back at a legacy of 200+ years. Established in 1817, the London, England-based chemical company reported annual revenues of about €18 billion in 2022. JM has built a global presence with operations in more than 30 countries. The company’s strategy is based on the vision for a cleaner, healthier world and mirrors society’s need to create a more sustainable future. JM has set out to catalyze the net zero transition by delivering sustainable solutions to customers enabled by innovative technology and leading positions in JM’s key markets automotive, chemicals, and energy. To get a better understanding of the role JM’s technological developments play for a sustainable future, Michael Reubold spoke with Maurits van Tol, the company’s Chief Technology Officer.

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14.02.2023 • News

Veranova Completes API Expansion at Edinburgh

Macfarlan Smith, a UK-based unit of US API maker Veranova, formerly known as Johnson Matthey Health, has completed a $10 million expansion of its mid-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing capabilities in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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13.02.2023 • News

Linde Wins Equinor’s H2H FEED Contract

The year 2023 has started on a busy note for Linde’s plant engineering arm. For starters, Norwegian energy group Equinor has awarded the company a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for its H2H (Hydrogen to Humber) project in northeast England.

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21.07.2022 • News

Johnson Matthey Plans UK Gigafactory for Hydrogen Fuel Cells

UK sustainable technologies group Johnson Matthey plans to invest £80 million in a gigafactory at its site in Royston to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. The facility is expected to be in operation by the first half of 2024.

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03.06.2022 • News

Johnson Matthey Closes Sale of Health Business

Johnson Matthey has completed the sale of its Health business to US-based private equity firm Altaris Capital Partners for £325 million. As part of the transaction, Johnson Matthey has retained a stake of approximately 30% in the business, which has been rebranded as Veranova.

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31.05.2022 • News

Johnson Matthey Sells Battery Materials Assets

Johnson Matthey has agreed to sell parts of its Battery Materials business in two separate transactions, marking a turnaround from its decision in January to close the division after failing to secure a buyer.

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03.05.2022 • News

Standard Industries Takes Stake in Johnson Matthey

The investment arm of US industrial group Standard Industries has taken a 5.23% stake in UK-based multinational specialty chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey. Neither company has commented on the transaction.

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28.04.2022 • News

Johnson Matthey Partners to Enhance Electrolyzer Efficiency

Johnson Matthey and Schaeffler, a leading supplier to the automotive and industrial industries, are working with Bekaert, a provider of porous transport layers for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, and research institute TNO to bring a step-change in the efficiency of electroyzers used to produce hydrogen.

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19.04.2022 • NewsChemistry

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16.03.2022 • News

Johnson Matthey and 8 Rivers Collaborate on Clean Hydrogen

Johnson Matthey has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 8 Rivers Capital to commercialize the latter’s clean hydrogen process, known as 8RH2. The collaboration will combine Johnson Matthey’s low-carbon hydrogen (LCH) production process with 8 Rivers’ carbon capture technology.

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13.01.2022 • News

CropEnergies and Johnson Matthey in Renewable Ethyl Acetate Project

German ethanol producer CropEnergies has entered into an agreement with Johnson Matthey covering technology license, engineering and technical services for a 50,000 t/y renewable ethyl acetate plant. CropEnergies said the project, which would cost between €80 million and €100 million, would also lay the first foundation stone of Biobased Chemicals as a new business line.

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22.12.2021 • News

Johnson Matthey Sells Health Business to Altaris

Following a strategic review of its Health division in April, Johnson Matthey (JM) has agreed to sell a majority stake in the business to US investment company Altaris Capital Partners for an enterprise value of £325 million. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2022, subject to regulatory approval.

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15.11.2021 • News

Liam Condon Heads from Bayer to Johnson Matthey

Liam Condon, head of Bayer CropScience, will resign his position at the end of 2021 and will be succeeded on Jan.1, 2022 by Rodrigo Santos, chief operating officer of the Bayer agrochemicals business. Three months later, Condon will move to London-headquartered chemical company Johnson Matthey as its new CEO.

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11.11.2021 • News

Companies Make Hydrogen Pledge at COP26

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) have announced that 28 companies, including the likes of energy industry giants Shell and BP, have pledged to grow the hydrogen market.

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10.09.2021 • News

MyRechemical and JM in Waste-to-Methanol Pact

MyRechemical, the dedicated waste-to-chemical-technology subsidiary of NextChem, part of Italy's Maire Tecnimont group, is collaborating with Johnson Matthey (JM) of the UK to commercialize waste-to-methanol technology worldwide.

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11.12.2020 • News

Johnson Matthey Wins Multiple Methanol Licenses

UK technology company Johnson Matthey (JM) has won a contract to supply multiple licenses to China’s Ningxia Baofeng Energy to develop five of the largest single-train methanol plants in the world. The contract is the fourth methanol project that Baofeng has awarded to JM.

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18.10.2020 • News

Dow and JM Win China IP Case

Dow and Johnson Matthey (JM) have won a second court case in China over infringement of their jointly owned LP Oxo technology for producing oxo-alcohols.

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10.09.2020 • News

JM and KBR Link on Ammonia-Methanol Process

UK specialty chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey (JM) and US engineering and construction contractor KBR have entered into an alliance to license a “ground-breaking” ammonia-methanol co-production process.

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10.08.2020 • News

Johnson Matthey Wins China Methanol Contract

Johnson Matthey has won a contract to build a third methanol synthesis plant for China’s Ningxia Baofeng Energy at its coal-to-olefins complex near Yinchuan in Ningxia province.

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Specialty Chemicals in a Shifting World

Jennifer Abril, President & CEO of SOCMA, discusses the impact of new tariffs and the importance of regional supply networks in the specialty chemical industry.