Zeolyst International Unveils New Brand Names for its Product Portfolio

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Zeolyst International Unveils New Brand Names for its Product Portfolio

  • October 11, 2023

MALVERN, Pa.Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Zeolyst International, an Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT) joint venture that is a leading producer of zeolites (“Zeolyst”), is proud to announce the launch of its branded product portfolio. With a four-decade legacy in zeolite development and manufacturing, Zeolyst continues to innovate sustainable solutions to meet the evolving needs of numerous industries, including renewable fuels, refining, automotive and advanced recycling.

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Key highlights of the product portfolio brands include:

  1. Opal Renew™: A range of zeolite products that enable renewable fuels production, through catalytic dewaxing essential to the production of renewable diesel and oligomerization of alcohols, a key enabler to produce sustainable aviation fuels.
  2. Opal Infinity™: Customized zeolite technologies that enable efficient catalyzed pyrolysis for the emerging advanced recycling of mixed plastic wastes.
  3. Opal Pure™: Zeolites designed to enable clean air applications, including emission control for diesel vehicle pollutants via catalytic reduction of NOx (Nitrogen Oxides) and adsorption of volatile organic compounds.
  4. Opal Blue™: Leveraging Zeolyst’s innovative and rapid scale up capabilities to tailor the properties of zeolites, these products provide new and innovative solutions enabling clean water technologies.

“Our Opal brands showcase Zeolyst’s commitment to driving advancements across zeolite catalysis and adsorption for a greener, more sustainable future.” said Lucy Innes, Commercial VP & General Manager. “Together with our customers, we continuously innovate to deliver solutions that address the pressing challenges and opportunities of our time. We look forward to further partnering with customers and industry stakeholders to make a difference,” Ms. Innes said.

About Ecovyst Inc. and Zeolyst International:

Ecovyst Inc. and subsidiaries is a leading integrated and innovative global provider of specialty catalysts and services. We support customers globally through our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities. We believe that our products, which are predominantly inorganic, and services contribute to improving the sustainability of the environment.

We have two uniquely positioned specialty businesses: Ecoservices provides sulfuric acid recycling to the North American refining industry for the production of alkylate and provides on-purpose virgin sulfuric acid for water treatment, mining, and industrial applications; and Catalyst Technologies provides finished silica catalysts and catalyst supports necessary to produce high strength and high stiffness plastics and, through its Zeolyst joint venture (a 50/50 joint venture with Shell Catalysts & Technologies), supplies zeolites used to manufacture catalysts used across applications including petrochemical refining, sustainable fuel production, emission control systems and plastic circularity. For more information, see the Ecovyst website at https://www.ecovyst.com and the Zeolyst website at https://www.zeolyst.com.

Ecovyst Investor Contact:
Gene Shiels (484) 617-1225
Gene.Shiels@ecovyst.com

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Ecovyst Announces Planned Expansion of Kansas City, KS Silica Catalyst Production Capability

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Ecovyst Announces Planned Expansion of Kansas City, KS Silica Catalyst Production Capability

  • September 13, 2023

MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT) (“Ecovyst” or the “Company”), a leading integrated and innovative provider of specialty catalysts and services, today announced plans to expand silica catalyst production capability at its manufacturing facility in Kansas City, KS.

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The company expects that growing consumer demand for plastics will continue to drive the global expansion of polyethylene production over the coming years. Silica supported catalysts play a crucial role in the production of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear-low density polyethylene (LLDPE). The Kansas City expansion is expected to increase the site’s silica catalyst production capability by approximately 50% and is anticipated to start late 2025.

“Our material expertise and customer intimacy enables us to design, develop and manufacture advanced silicas and catalysts to help improve our customers’ product and process performance,” said Kurt J. Bitting, Ecovyst’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is carried out through long standing technical and commercial relationships with our key customers. The expansion of our Kansas City production facility is supported by additional long term customer commitments further enabling Ecovyst and its valued customers to benefit from the rising demand for polyethylene products.”

Paul Whittleston, President of the Catalyst Technologies segment of Ecovyst, added: “We are delighted to have strong long-term partnerships with our key polyethylene customers that leverage our deep material science R&D and manufacturing capabilities. This is a very exciting time for our Ecovyst team as we invest and expand.”

The Kansas City, KS site is part of Ecovyst’s strategically located global production network. This latest expansion comes on the heels of an investment that already increased silica catalyst production capacity at the site in 2021.

ABOUT ECOVYST

Ecovyst Inc. and subsidiaries is a leading integrated and innovative global provider of specialty catalysts and services. We support customers globally through our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities. We believe that our products, which are predominantly inorganic, and services contribute to improving the sustainability of the environment.

We have two uniquely positioned specialty businesses: Ecoservices provides sulfuric acid recycling to the North American refining industry for the production of alkylate and provides on-purpose virgin sulfuric acid for water treatment, mining, and industrial applications; and Catalyst Technologies provides finished silica catalysts and catalyst supports necessary to produce high strength and high stiffness plastics and, through its Zeolyst joint venture, supplies zeolites used for catalysts that remove nitrogen oxides from diesel engine emissions as well as sulfur from fuels during the refining process. For more information, see our website at https://www.ecovyst.com.

Note on Forward-Looking Statements

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Ecovyst Achieves EcoVadis Gold Level Sustainability Rating

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Ecovyst Achieves EcoVadis Gold Level Sustainability Rating

  • January 17, 2023

MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT) (“Ecovyst”), a global provider of specialty catalysts and services, announces that it has achieved a Gold sustainability rating from EcoVadis. This accreditation recognizes Ecovyst’s ongoing commitment to a more sustainable future and its progress in integrating the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility into its business practices and management systems. Our Gold Medal rating score places us in the 97th percentile of companies EcoVadis rated in our peer group.

“Through our dedication to continuous improvement, Ecovyst strives to advance and promote sustainable technologies and business practices for the benefit of all of our stakeholders, including our customers, suppliers, employees and our investors. Our commitment to recycling sulfuric acid, producing catalysts that enable the production of clean and renewable fuels and reduced vehicle emissions, as well as our active and responsible involvement with our surrounding communities, demonstrates Ecovyst’s long-term commitment to sustainability,” said Kurt J. Bitting, Ecovyst’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are proud that the sustainability efforts of all of our Ecovyst colleagues have been recognized with the achievement of the EcoVadis’ Gold rating.”

Since its founding in 2007, EcoVadis has grown to become the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, creating a global network of more than 100,000+ rated companies. The EcoVadis sustainability assessment methodology evaluates how well a company has integrated the principles of Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility into its business and management systems. The methodology is built on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact, and ISO 26000. The Sustainability Scorecard is focused on performance across 21 indicators in four themes: Environment, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.

ABOUT ECOVYST INC.

Ecovyst Inc. and subsidiaries is a leading integrated and innovative global provider of specialty catalysts and services. We support customers globally through our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities. We believe that our products, which are predominantly inorganic, and services contribute to improving the sustainability of the environment.

We have two uniquely positioned specialty businesses: Ecoservices provides sulfuric acid recycling to the North American refining industry for the production of alkylate and provides on-purpose virgin sulfuric acid for water treatment, mining, and industrial applications; and Catalyst Technologies provides finished silica catalysts and catalyst supports necessary to produce high strength and high stiffness plastics and, through its Zeolyst joint venture, supplies zeolites used for catalysts that remove nitrogen oxides from diesel engine emissions as well as sulfur from fuels during the refining process. For more information, see our website at https://www.ecovyst.com.

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Ecovyst Eyes Fuels, Renewables

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Ecovyst Eyes Fuels, Renewables

  • September 23, 2022

New CEO Kurt Bitting aims to supercharge growth heading into the energy transition. Ecovyst focuses on both ends of the fuels spectrum – petroleum and renewables.


“Those are emerging and fastgrowing technologies that have a lot of runway when you’re talking about renewable fuels. We have a nice exposure in this sector”

Kurt Bitting
CEO, Ecovyst

Ecovyst’s new CEO expects demand to remain resilient for its sulphuric acid and catalysts, which are used to make petroleum based-fuels and polyethylene (PE) as well as renewable fuels and mining metals needed to make lithium-ion batteries and copper wiring.

The company’s new CEO, Kurt Bitting, has been with Ecovyst since 2006, when he joined the Ecoservices business when it was part of Rhodia. During his time in Ecoservices, the business became part of PQ. In 2021, PQ changed its name to Ecovyst, and it sold its Performance Chemicals business for $1.1bn.

It kept its Ecoservices business, its catalyst business and a 50% stake in the Zeolyst joint venture with Shell. That same year, Ecovyst agreed to pay $44m to acquire Chem32, a company that sulphides and activates catalysts and absorbents used in refining and petrochemical production. The acquisitions and divestments gave Ecovyst an easy-to-understand and coherent portfolio of businesses.

“We put the company in fighting shape,” Bitting said in an interview with ICIS. “Our mission now is to supercharge the growth in those sectors where our businesses are exposed to.”

Future acquisitions would complement Ecovyst’s existing businesses.

OPEN TO DEALS IN CATALYSTS

The Catalyst Technologies segment makes silica-based catalysts used to make high density PE (HDPE) and linear low density PE (LLDPE). The segment includes Ecovyst’s stake in the Zeolyst joint venture. Zeoyst produces catalysts used to make renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as well as petroleum-based fuels made in refinery hydrocrackers.

The Ecoservices segment makes virgin sulphuric acid. It also regenerates sulphuric acid that is used as a catalyst in the alkylation units of refineries. Its virgin sulphuric acid is used in mining copper, lithium and boron as well as producing phosphate-based fertilizers.

The catalysts industry is technology driven, so Ecovyst could consider acquisitions that would provide it with adjacent and complementary technologies, Bitting said. The sulphuric acid business is service oriented, so Ecovyst could consider businesses that provide sulphur technologies or services to petrochemical plants and refineries.

He highlighted the Chem32 acquisition as an example of the type of deals that Ecovyst would consider. Chem32 has a technology and service component. Ecovyst is not considering any divestments, Bitting said.

FUELS OUTLOOK

Ecovyst’s refining customers had had a busy season, with average utilisation rates running at nearly 94% from the start of June through to mid-August, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Over the past decade, that rate is near the high end of the range.

These refiners will need to conduct maintenance, which will include regenerating alkylate catalysts and swapping out hydrocracker catalysts.

US gasoline production will remain below pre-pandemic levels in part due to refinery shutdowns. Nonetheless, production will continue recovering, according to the EIA.

Ecovyst serves a subset of the US gasoline market, since it regenerates sulphuric acid used as a catalyst in alkylation units.

Refiners have long called alkylate liquid gold because it is made with propylene and isobutane. Separately, neither one is blended into gasoline. But when they’re combined to form alkylate, the resulting blendstock increases octane while lowering the sulphur concentration and vapour pressure of the finished fuel.

The US and other developed economies have adopted stricter regulations that limit the sulphur content of gasoline. Emerging economies are adopting similar sulphur restrictions, according to Stratas Advisors, a consultancy. That should further increase demand for alkylate.

While all of Ecovyst’s alkylate catalyst regeneration is in the US, the company still has exposure to foreign markets because the US exports significant amounts of finished gasoline. According to the EIA, gasoline exports exceeded 27m bbl in May 2022, the highest level ever for that month.

If fuel efficiency standards continue rising, automobile producers could design models with smaller, more efficient turbocharged engines, Bitting said. These engines require higher octane fuels, which would raise demand for alkylate.

Ecovyst estimates that alkylate makes up 35-45% of premium blends of gasoline, which have octane ratings of 91-94. That compares with a 12% alkylate content in regular gasoline, which usually has an octane rating of 87.

“We view that overall, refining utilisation will be strong, which is good for the North American refining complex,” he said. “Specifically for alkylation, the underlying growth factors are strong independent of that.”

Like US demand for gasoline, that for diesel and jet fuel should continue recovering in the next couple of years.

Renewable diesel and SAF A growing share of diesel and jet-fuel production will come from renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

RENEWABLE DIESEL AND SAF

A growing share of diesel and jet-fuel production will come from renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Bitting expects renewable diesel to make up 5% of the total diesel fuel consumed in the US, up from the current 2%.

Ecovysts provides materials to make dewaxing catalysts, which Bitting said are critical in producing renewable fuels. A large part of Chem32’s business is pre-activating sulphide catalysts for renewable fuels production.

“Those are emerging and fast-growing technologies that have a lot of runway when you’re talking about renewable fuels,” Bitting said. “We have a nice exposure in this sector.” So far, a lot of the growth in renewable diesel production has been the result of California’s Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS).

The standard calls for a gradual reduction of the carbon intensity of gasoline, diesel and their substitutes used in the state. Other states are implementing their own versions of California’s LCFS. More demand could come from federal laws. The Inflation Reduction Act will extend the $1/gal tax credit for renewable diesel to 2024 from 2022.

It also increases the value of the fuel credit for SAF. The base credit would be $1.25/gal, and it could reach a maximum of $1.75/gal if the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the aircraft are reduced by more than 50%.

The EIA’s short term energy outlook expects production of renewable diesel to grow, albeit from a low level.

POLYETHYLENE OUTLOOK

Ecovyst’s catalysts are directly consumed with PE production, so the company expects to benefit from robust demand and expanding global capacity of the resin over the next several years.

Among the new PE plants being built, Ecovyst is achieving higher adoption rates for its catalysts, Bitting said. For these projects, the PE producers want to produce resins with specific properties that target a particular application. Ecovyst can design catalysts that can help the plant produce PE with those properties.

“We develop the catalyst with them, and it’s a customised product for them,” he said. “We work hand in hand with them over time.”

For underlying PE demand, he expects that it should continue because the world’s population and economy will expand.

For pipes, companies are replacing steel with PE because it is more resistant to heating and cracking, Bitting said. If electric vehicles (EV) gain more market share, their growth should increase demand for PE and other plastics because they consume more resins on average than automobiles powered by internal combustion engines.

EVs require more wiring and electrical cabling, so that would increase demand for wire coatings made of PE.

Mid-decade, Ecovyst could start to benefit from catalyst sales to chemical recycling plants. These plants break down waste plastics into pyrolysis oil, which can then be used as feedstock to make plastic.

“We see that as a mid-decade opportunity,” Bitting said. It is potentially a large one for Ecovyst because of growing social pressure to address plastic waste.

“With our technologies, particularly our zeolite base, we can really bring a lot of value to that area,” he said.

COPPER OUTLOOK

In mining, sulphuric acid is used to leach copper oxide minerals. One of the main factors supporting more copper production is expected growth in the production of EVs. According to Ecovyst, EVs require four to five times more copper than automobiles powered by internal combustion engines.

Already, sales of EVs grew by 50% in 2020 and doubled to 7m units in 2021, according to the consultancy McKinsey.

Another trend supporting copper production is the need to upgrade the nation’s electric grid.

The US Department of Energy estimates that 70% of the nation’s transmission lines and power transformers are more than 25 years old. Last year’s infrastructure act set aside $65bn for power and grid.

The US power grid also will need investment to accommodate new wind turbines and solar panels. Bitting expects green energy will drive future demand for copper, be it from EVs, charging stations, wind turbines or solar panels. The sector could get another boost from the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes several provisions to encourage EVs and renewable energy.

LITHIUM OUTLOOK

Sulphuric acid is not used in lithium-brine extraction, but it is used to leach the mineral out of spodumene ores.

Demand for lithium could reach 3m-4m tonnes by 2030, up from 500,000 tonnes in 2020, according to McKinsey. It based its forecast on lithium carbonate equivalents.

For lithium and renewable products in general, keeping up with demand growth will be a challenge for Ecovyst and other companies that play a role in producing those materials.

“Our challenge is keeping up with the fast pace of demand for those end products. A lot of those things do not happen without sulphuric acid,” Bitting said.

For all of its businesses, Ecovyst will continue making safe and reliable plant operations a top priority. The company’s refining customers have been running their units at high rates to meet recovering demand in the US and the rest of the world.

“That rolls through to the reliability that we provide to our customers,” he said.

“Our challenge is keeping up with the fast pace of demand for those end products. A lot of those things do not happen without sulphuric acid”.

Kurt Bitting
CEO, Ecovyst

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Zeolyst International Honored with Quality Award

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Zeolyst International Honored with Quality Award

  • May 18, 2022

Zeolyst International (a subsidiary of Ecovyst, Inc.) was recently recognized and honored with a Quality Award by a leading Asian Emission Control Catalyst Company. Zeolyst International was selected for the award due to consistent high-quality service and products where factors such as packaging, customer service, on-time delivery and quality control were evaluated across their supply base. Zeolyst International is exceptionally proud to receive this award for the second consecutive year.

Congratulations to the entire team. Ecovyst Leadership team is very proud of the immense contributions in achieving this reward.

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    INSIGHT: Renewable Fuels, Chem Recycling Gives Ecovyst Another Growth Path

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    INSIGHT: Renewable Fuels, Chem Recycling Gives Ecovyst Another Growth Path

    • April 7, 2022

    HOUSTON (ICIS)–Ecovyst, which has long made catalysts for hydrocrackers in oil refineries and polyethylene (PE) plants in chemical complexes, has found a new market in renewable fuels and chemical recycling.

    • Growth in renewable diesel and other fuels opens prospect of double-digit sales growth insector
    • Ecovyst could commercialise chemical-recycling catalysts in the second half of the decade
    • Ecovyst will continue innovating refining and polyolefin catalysts

    SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

    Sustainability is one ofthe biggest opportunities for Ecovyst and for the catalyst industry as a whole, said TomSchneberger, president of the company’s Catalyst Technologies segment. He made his comments in aninterview with ICIS.

    The company commercialised a renewable-fuels product line in 2019, said Ecovyst CEO Belgacem Chariag during an earnings conference call. By 2021, Ecovyst’s renewable fuels sales had tripled year on year.

    Companies and refiners are adding new renewable diesel capacity through conversions and newplants. The result has increased US production of the fuel, as shown in the following chart. Figures are in thousands of bbl/day.

     

     

     

     

     


    Source: Energy Information Administration (EIA)

    Ecovyst expects sales of its renewable-fuels products will grow by a compounded annual growth rate in the mid 20% range through at least the mid-decade, Chariag said.

    Chemically recycling plastics could become another source of growth for the company’s catalysts. Ecovystis aligned with two of the companies that are in the lead in developing pyrolysis-based chemical recycling, Chariag said.

    By 2024-2025, Ecovyst could have a full commercial line a catalysts for chemical recycling, he said. “It will be a pretty important business for us.”

    Another potential market is renewable jet fuel, also known as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

    It can be made by a similar process as renewable diesel, but the market is still nascent in its development as the economy improves, Schneberger said. Regulations for SAF are still evolving, and the economics are currently less favourable when compared with traditional jet fuel.

    Still, if the airline industry wants to transition its fleet to a less carbon-intensive fuel, it will need a sustainable drop-in substitute for traditional jet fuel.
    So far, airlines have started making maiden voyages with aircraft using SAF, Schnebergersaid.

    SPEED OF TRANSITION

    The US is the furthest along in developing renewable diesel because of incentives and regulations, Schneberger said.

    A big driver has been California’s low carbon fuels standard (LCFS). The standard calls for a gradual reduction of the carbon intensity of gasoline, diesel and their substitutes. By 2030, the carbon intensity of these fuel pools should decline by 20% from 2010.

    Oregon also has implemented an LCFS, and several other states are in the process of considering a similar standard.

    Outside of the US, Canada has implemented its Clean Fuel Standard, which calls for the gradual reduction ofthe carbon intensity of fuels.

    Schneberger said Europe is closely behind in renewable diesel. There is some adoption evenin Asia.

    Ecovyst is focusing on western economies because the regulations and subsidies are already in place. The US already has renewable diesel plants, and companies are building more.

    For now, renewable diesel producers should not have any problems finding vegetable oils, animal fats and waste greases for their plants, Schneberger said. Renewable diesel producers have learned a lot from the food-versus-fuel debates that the ethanol industry struggled with during the last decade.

    That is why the industry is placing so much focus on waste greases. It is also why catalysts and process technology are so important. They can allow plants to use a wider variety of feed stocks while improving the quality of the fuel and the yields of the plants.

    Renewable diesel production is not expected tobe limited by feedstock constraints until at least 2024-2026, Schneberger said. Moreover, the industry is working on innovations to prevent those constraints from occurring.

    “Folks are working to innovate so those limitations don’t materialise,” he said.

    One variable that is hard to measure is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war underscores the importance of having diverse sources of energy. That could increase interestin renewable diesel and other alternative sources of energy.

    On the other hand, the war has disrupted supplies of sunflower oil, the third most traded vegetable oil after palm and soybean oil. The disruption tightened overall supplies of vegetable oils.

    Given all of the variables of the war, it is too early to determine how it could affect renewable diesel.

    For Ecovyst, the war has not threatened the raw materials it needs to make its catalysts for hydrocrackers, renewable diesel and pyrolysis, Schneberger said.

    WORLD STILL NEEDS PETROLEUM

    The Russian invasion illustrates that the world still needs fossil fuels. Once markets began factoring in the war’s supply disruptions, prices for crude and oil products spiked.

    The energy transition has several years to playout, so the world will continue to need fossil fuels.

    With that in mind, Ecovyst is continuing to improve its traditional products that serve fossil fuels, such those used in hydrocracking catalysts and emission control, he said.

    Similarly, it sells catalysts to make polyolefins and it is developing catalysts to chemically recycle them.

    Ecovyst can serve both ends of the markets while the energy transition unfolds.

    “We feel very secure as a company that we can support the industry transition,” Schneberger said.

    Additional reporting by Helen Yan and LucasHall

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    Ecovyst Advanced Materials & Catalysts Energy Surcharges

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    Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies Energy Surcharges

    • March 25, 2022

    Currently, significant global events are resulting in an unprecedented pace of inflationary pressures on our raw materials, packaging, utilities and freight.

    Due to these pressures, Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies, which is comprised of the Ecovyst Silica Catalyst business and Zeolyst International, will be introducing an energy surcharge policy across the entire product portfolio to reflect the current cost dynamics in the global energy market. The surcharges will become effective April 1, 2022 and will remain valid until further notice.

    Our number one priority is smooth business continuity for our customers. We continue to leverage our global network to secure manufacturing and services efficiency. However, the increasing magnitude of recent energy related inflation can no longer be fully absorbed and require us to implement surcharges. We want to assure our customers that the surcharge policy will be closely monitored and is structured to adjust in either direction based on the incurred, elevated costs during this period of volatility.

    Ecovyst Silica Catalysts and Zeolyst International will communicate the relevant surcharges, which are in addition to previously announced price increases, directly with each of our customers. Customers with questions should reach out to their local sales representative who is available to answer any questions you may have about this policy.

    We remain focused on the continued supply of high quality products.

    TOM SCHNEBERGER
    President – Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies

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    Ecovyst exhibiting at the Petrochemical & Refining Congress: Europe 2022

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    Ecovyst exhibiting at the Petrochemical & Refining Congress: Europe 2022

    • February 25, 2022

    Join us May 30 – June 1, 2022 in Helsinki for the Petrochemical & Refining Congress: Europe 2022. The Congress is dedicated to ongoing technology trends and energy transition challenges that downstream industry deals with. Among topics raised are energy transition, sustainability, renewable fuels production, intelligent operations in refining and petrochemical operations, plastic recycling, usage of clean hydrogen and many others.. Please stop by our booth to meet with our representatives to learn more about how Ecovyst catalysts can help solve your most challenging petrochemical issues.

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    Ecovyst attending the 2022 World Petrochemical Conference

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    Ecovyst attending the 2022 World Petrochemical Conference

    • February 25, 2022

    Join us March 22 -25, 2022 in Houston for the 2022 World Petrochemical Conference. This year’s conference will offer an unparalleled lineup of leading industry executives featuring major chemical companies and leading organizations discussing the critical issues that impact the chemical market, numerous networking opportunities and a variety of industry leading petrochemical training courses Please reach out and connect with our representatives to learn more about how Ecovyst catalysts can help solve your most challenging petrochemical issues.

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    Refocusing Around Sustainability

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    Refocusing Around Sustainability

    • January 31, 2022


    In a recent interview with IHS Markit’s Chemical Week, Belgacem Chariag, Ecovyst’s CEO and Chairman, spoke on the company’s journey toward becoming a targeted pure play focused on catalysts and services better aligned with growth and sustainability trends.

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