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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Sasol Technology and Avantium announce strategic research collaboration
April 17, 2007 – Sasolburg, South-Africa and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sasol Technology and Avantium Technologies have announced a strategic research collaboration in the area of Fischer-Tropsch chemistry to convert coal and natural gas to liquid fuels. Under the collaboration scientists of Sasol and Avantium Technologies will work together to develop new catalyst technologies to optimize Sasol’s production of liquid fuels from coal or natural gas.
Avantium specializes in experimental methodologies that enable scientists to conduct parallel experiments on a very small scale and at a very high speed. This increases productivity and allows scientists to explore and compare a myriad of experimental conditions.
Statistical techniques are applied to direct the experimental program into the most promising areas and to extract knowledge from the data that can be used to optimize industrial processes.
“We are confident that the combined efforts of both teams in these research programs will add value and lead to innovative new catalyst technologies for Sasol. Our skills set significantly reduces the time-to-market of new products and processes and also improves the economics and success rates of research,” commented Tom van Aken, Chief Executive Officer of Avantium Technologies.
Dr. Chris Reinecke, Managing Director of Sasol Technology Research and Development says: “This collaboration with Avantium is aligned with Sasol’s strategic intent to be a world leader in Fischer-Tropsch chemistry”.
About Sasol
Sasol is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial chemical interests. In South Africa we support these operations by mining coal and converting it into synthetic fuels and chemicals through our world renowned, proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology.
About Avantium
Avantium Technologies is a privately held, research and technology company located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Avantium operates in the chemical, energy and pharmaceutical industry by providing cutting edge, high-throughput experimentation technologies to accelerate Research & Development. Avantium’s proprietary technology platforms are applied to develop novel and better catalysts and drug forms.
For further information about this press release please contact:
Sasol
Johann van Rheede
Sasol Media Manager
Tel: +27 11(0) 82 329 01986 / + 27 11 441 3295
Fax: +27 11 441 3236
Email: [email protected] http://www.sasol.com
Avantium Technologies
Tom van Aken
CEO
Tel: +31-20-586-8010
Fax: +31-20-586-8085
Email: [email protected]
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