Catalysts

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic & Demographic Outlook
• Manufacturing Outlook
• Market Volatility
• Pricing Trends
• Environmental & Regulatory Issues
• Clean Air Act
• Oxygenated Gasoline Program
• Reformulated Gasoline Program
• Diesel Fuel Regulations
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• Catalyst Reclamation & Disposal
• International Activity

III. OVERVIEW

• General
• Foreign Trade
• Market Overview

IV. PETROLEUM REFINING CATALYSTS

• General
• Refined Petroleum Products Outlook
• Petroleum Refining Process Outlook
• Catalyst Demand
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking
• Hydroprocessing
• Hydrotreating
• Hydrocracking
• Alkylation
• Reforming & Other Petroleum Refining Catalysts

V. CHEMICAL & POLYMER PROCESSING CATALYSTS

• General
• Chemical & Polymer Industry Outlook
• Catalyst Types
• Polymerization Catalysts
• Organic Synthesis Catalysts
• Oxidation Catalysts
• Synthesis Gas Catalysts
• Hydrogenation Catalysts
• Other Catalysts
• Catalyst Applications
• Plastics
• Fine Chemicals
• Oleochemicals
• Inorganic Chemicals
• Synthetic Rubber & Elastomers
• Other Chemicals
• New Developments
• Chiral Technology
• Biocatalysts
• High-Throughput Experimentation

VI. CATALYST MATERIALS

• General
• Metals
• Base Metals
• Nickel
• Other Base Metals
• Precious Metals
• Organometallics
• Chemicals
• Acids
• Peroxides
• Amines & Other Chemicals
• Zeolites
• Enzymes & Other Materials

VII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General
• Market Share
• Competitive Strategies
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Cooperative Agreements
• Research & Development
• Manufacturing
• Marketing & Distribution

Company Profiles

• Adcats, see Alcoa Incorporated
• Advanced Refining Technologies, see ChevronTexaco
• Corporation and Grace (WR) & Company
• Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated
• Akzo Nobel NV
• Albemarle Corporation
• Alcoa Incorporated
• Arch Chemicals Incorporated
• Astaris LLC, see FMC
• Avantium Technologies BV
• Axens SA, see Institut Francais du Petrole
• Aztec Peroxides LLC, see Degussa
• Basell NV
• BASF AG
• Bayer AG
• Borealis A/S
• Boulder Scientific Company
• BP plc
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
• ChevronTexaco Corporation
• CRI Catalyst Company, see Royal Dutch/Shell
• Criterion Catalysts & Technologies LP, see Royal
• Dutch/Shell Group of Companies
• Crompton Corporation
• Davison Chemicals, see Grace (WR) & Company
• Degussa AG
• Dow Chemical Company
• DuPont (EI) de Nemours
• Eastman Chemical Company
• Engelhard Corporation
• Equistar Chemicals LP
• Exxon Mobil Corporation
• FMC Corporation
• General Chemical Corporation, see GenTek
• GenTek Incorporated
• Goldschmidt Chemical Corporation, see Degussa
• Grace (WR) & Company
• Haldor Topsoe A/S
• Honeywell International Incorporated
• Imperial Chemical Industries plc
• Institut Francais du Petrole
• Japan Energy Corporation, see Nippon Mining
• Johnson Matthey plc
• MAKFining, see Akzo Nobel NV, Exxon Mobil Corporation and Total SA
• mg technologies ag
• Millennium Chemicals Incorporated
• Mitsui Chemicals Incorporated
• Monsanto Company
• Nippon Mining Holdings Incorporated
• Nippon Shokubai Company Limited
• OM Group Incorporated
• Orient Catalyst Company Limited, see Nippon Mining
• Perstorp AB
• Pfizer Incorporated
• Phibro-Tech Incorporated, see Philipp Brothers
• Philipp Brothers Chemicals Incorporated
• Polytrade GmbH, see mg technologies
• PQ Corporation
• Rhodia SA
• Rohm and Haas Company
• Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies
• Starck (HC) GmbH, see Bayer
• Sud-Chemie Group
• Synetix, see Johnson Matthey
• Torial Technologies LLC, see UOP
• Total SA
• nv Umicore sa
• Univation Technologies LLC
• UOP LLC
• Voridian, see Eastman Chemical
• Zeolyst International, see PQ Corporation and Royal
• Dutch/Shell Group of Companies
• Zimmer AG, see mg technologies ag
• Additional Companies in the US Catalysts Industry

LIST O F TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Macroeconomic & Demographic Indicators

2 Manufacturers' Shipments

3 Catalysts Historical Trends, 1992-2002

4 Catalysts Pricing Trends

SECTION III -- OVERVIEW

1 Catalysts Supply & Demand

2 Catalyst Imports & Exports

3 Catalysts Demand by Market

SECTION IV -- PETROLEUM REFINING CATALYSTS

1 Refined Petroleum Products Production

2 Downstream Charge Capacity

3 Petroleum Refining Catalyst Demand

4 Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Demand

5 Hydroprocessing Catalyst Demand

6 Alkylation Catalyst Demand

7 Reforming & Other Refining Catalysts Demand

SECTION V -- CHEMICAL & POLYMER PROCESSING CATALYSTS

1 Chemical & Plastics Industry Indicators

2 Chemical & Polymer Processing Catalyst Demand by Type

3 Polymerization Catalysts Demand

4 Organic Synthesis Catalysts Demand

5 Oxidation Catalysts Demand

6 Synthesis Gas Catalysts Demand

7 Hydrogenation Catalysts Demand

8 Other Chemical & Polymer Catalysts Demand

9 Chemical & Polymer Catalysts Demand by Application

10 Plastic Catalysts Demand

11 Fine Chemical Catalysts Demand

12 Oleochemical Catalysts Demand

13 Inorganic Chemical Catalysts Demand

14 Synthetic Rubber & Elastomers Catalyst Demand

15 Other Chemical Catalysts Demand

SECTION VI -- CATALYST MATERIALS

1 Catalyst Materials Demand

2 Metal Catalysts Demand

3 Base Metal Catalysts Demand

4 Precious Metal Catalysts Demand

5 Organometallic Catalysts Demand

6 Chemical Catalysts Demand

7 Acid Catalysts Demand

8 Peroxide Catalysts Demand

9 Amine & Other Chemical Catalysts Demand

10 Zeolite Catalysts Demand

11 Other Catalysts Demand

SECTION VII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 US Catalyst Sales by Company, 2002

2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures

3 Selected Cooperative Agreements

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Catalysts Historical Trends, 1992-2002

2 World Catalysts Demand, 2002

SECTION III -- OVERVIEW

1 Catalyst Imports by Source, 2002

2 Catalyst Exports by Destination, 2002

SECTION IV -- PETROLEUM REFINING CATALYSTS

1 Gasoline Production Flow Chart

SECTION VI -- CATALYST MATERIALS

1 Catalysts Demand by Type, 2002

SECTION VII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 US Catalysts Market Share, 2002