Applied Catalysts

Applied Catalysts is a family-owned, ISO 9001 certified catalyst manufacturing and technology company operating an R&D center and laboratory in Laurens, South Carolina, with over 25 years of experience in contract and custom catalyst production. The company’s catalyst portfolio includes Activated Carbon Monolith Catalysts (ACMC) for continuous hydrogenation and catalytic processes from development through commercialization, Granular Activated Carbon Catalysts (GACC) providing high-surface-area inert supports, Metal Oxide Catalysts (MOC) engineered for both reductive and oxidative environments with tunable surface properties and high attrition resistance, and fixed bed and guardbed catalyst configurations. For VOC and CO emission abatement, Applied Catalysts supplies CATOX catalytic oxidizer systems, regenerative catalytic oxidation catalysts, and ceramic honeycomb heat exchange media enabling RTO-to-RCO conversions that reduce operating temperatures below 800°F. The company also engineers process systems including batch and continuous reactor systems for specialty chemical production, modular process units for just-in-time manufacturing, and separation systems for complex chemical mixture processing. Development services span heterogeneous catalyst design, catalyst activity testing under reductive or inert conditions at lab and show-tube scale, custom catalyst formulation, and a Catalyst Finder tool for matching reactants to optimal catalyst systems. Industries served include biorenewables, CO₂ capture, fine chemicals, oleochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, and specialty chemicals.