Baerostab® catalysts have been developed for polyurethanes (PU), for example for flexible foam materials and other PU products, as well as for silicon products and for esterization applications. Over the last few years Johnson Matthey developed a technology platform that creates a different family of catalysts for polyurethane CASE and selected microcellular foam applications.
These products are able to outperform the current catalysts available in the market, were it is the need for because on European regulations, in particular, the SNAPCURE™ 2000 series of fully water stable catalysts formulated for mixing with the Polyol. We have helped our customers to substitute Mercury-based catalysts in the elastomers area, delivering a unique product 100% environmentally friendly, based on titanium, which are able to mimic and in some cases exceed the heavy metal catalyst performances.
In microcellular foams we helped our customers to substitute the tin-based catalysts with an environmentally friendly catalyst, able to reduce the density of the foam from 0,4 kg/m3 to 0,297 kg/m3. In the pre-polymer production we could help our customers to substitute a tin-based catalyst with an environmentally friendly highly selective titanium based catalyst, able to deliver a pre-polymer with reduced allophanate formulation.
