Saint-Gobain NorPro -- Catalytic Products

Saint-Gobain NorPro is the world's leading supplier of merchant catalyst carriers.  Applying the more than 60 years of experience we have gained co-developing carriers with catalyst clients, we custom engineer the physical and chemical properties of a variety of materials and shapes to provide the optimal proprietary carrier for each customer-specific need.

We can sharply reduce the time required to bring next generations of catalyst to market by collaborating with the client through all stages of the carrier development process.  Saint-Gobain NorPro works in tandem with clients, usually under Secrecy Agreements, to optimize the catalyst development process.

 Experts in Catalyst Carrier Development and Production

• Raw material selection know-how
• Materials science knowledge
• Tailored carrier properties/chemistry
• Forming technology
• Firing techniques
• Scale-up via Stow semi-works facility
• Consistent large-scale production

It All Begins with Careful Attention to Raw Materials

Saint-Gobain NorPro's experience with raw materials is unmatched. We select the raw materials that will produce the desired properties, paying close attention to important factors such as consistency of production and security of supply. We work very closely with all raw material manufacturers, insuring that very tight specifications are agreed upon and adhered to. Saint-Gobain NorPro checks all incoming raw material shipments and monitors them for trends, even if the shipments are within agreed-to specifications. No change is made to any raw material component of a carrier without client requalification of the finished product.

Materials, Shapes and Tailored Porosity

Very close control of calcination conditions is required to produce high phase purity materials such as theta-, chi- and delta-aluminas.  Titanias and zirconias are not only high purity, with no other binder materials, but also may be phase controlled anatase and rutile titanias and monoclinic and tetragonal zirconias.  Silica carriers have tightly controlled soda and alumina content. 

Silica-aluminas may show very high surface areas, while silicon carbide carriers offer exceptional thermal conductivity characteristics.  Many mixed oxide materials have been developed as well.

We can form any shape, any material. 

Contact us with details of your next catalyst development project.