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ContentsAccelerating Your Chemistry 02

Together We Bring Catalyst Ideas to Life 04Evonik Industries at a Glance 05

Markets & Brands 06Global Presence 07

Business Models 08

The MONCAT TM Brand 10

Introduction to Oils, Fats & Oleochemicals 12

Edible Oil Hydrogenation 14

Non-edible Oil Hydrogenation 16

Base Metal Recovery & Recycling 18

Custom Catalysts 20

Packaging & Services 22

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Evonik is a member of • the European Catalyst Manufacturers Association (ECMA),• the Catalyst Manufacturers Association of Japan (CMAJ),• the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA),• the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT), • the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and• the Catalysts Society of Japan (CSJ)

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Catalysts: the no. 1 value generator in the chemical industry. More than 80 percent of all chemical products are manufactured by means of catalytic processes. Expertise in harnessing the power of catalysts is second nature to us – we can help you significantly reduce energy and resource consump-tion, or develop new products. As an international, leading provider of catalytic technologies, we serve the markets:

• Life Sciences & Fine Chemicals• Industrial & Petrochemicals• Polyolefins

Together We Bring Catalyst Ideas to Life

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Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. Profitable growth and a sustained increase in the value of the company form the heart of Evonik’s corporate strategy. Its activities focus on the key megatrends health, nutrition, resource efficiency and globalization. Evonik benefits specifically from its innovative prowess and integrated technology platforms. Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In fiscal year 2015 more than 33,000 employees generated sales of around € 13.5 billion. As part of the Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH the Business Line Catalysts lives up to the principles of this segment. Our products enable and continuously improve the efficiency of key chemical processes.

Evonik Industries at a Glance …

Today, Evonik has eight major catalyst brands for homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic processes under one roof. This unique variety of catalysts gives us the flexibility to find the most cost-efficient solution for your needs.

With its homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for batch, semi-batch and continuous processes, Evonik serves the following markets:

Markets & Brands Global Presence

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Our mission “Together we bring catalyst ideas to life, creating value by our passion and focus.“

Our vision “To be globally recognized as the preferred partner for major catalyst users, and to develop and attract talented people for our international team.“

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Life Sciences & Fine Chemicals Industrial & Petrochemicals PolyolefinsNoblyst® Noblyst® Catylen®MC Aerolyst®catMETium® Octolyst®KALCAT ™ KALCAT ™MONCAT ™ MONCAT ™

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We have built our business models around your needs in relation to catalyst solutions. There are two business models; the product and the project business.

Business ModelsProduct Business

Products from our portfolio

Evonik proprietary productsand production know-how

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Project Business

Catalysts that are customized in close cooperation with the customer

True partnership for optimized catalyst solutions

In both business models, we leverage our core competencies.We are creative in finding new solutions and are open to ideas thatare not obvious. We specialize in scaling up and producing sophisticated catalysts on a commercial scale.

Our core competencies:• Designing robust, high performance catalysts • Producing in commercial quantities• Delivering on our promises• Professional project management

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MONCAT™ products are silica supported nickel catalysts manufactured by a particular Fluidized Bed Reactor (FBR) technology and subsequent embedding in a solid fat by a droplet technology. They are free of water, easy to handle and feature excellent conversion rates combined with high yields towards the targeted products. Sold as hydrogenation catalysts for oils and fats (OFCs) in every major vegetable oil producing and/or processing country in the world, they are used successfully in the manufacture of soaps, oleo chemicals, vanaspati ghee, margarine, stearic acid, hydrogenated castor oil, and others. Special grades of MONCAT™ catalysts are available for different hydrogenation reactions of edible and non-edible oils alike.

The MONCAT TM Brand MONCAT TM

Product Ni content Reaction

MONCAT TM 1991 > 21% Full hydrogenation of fatty acids

MONCAT TM 2021 > 21% Full hydrogenation of tri-glycerides

MONCAT TM 2991 > 21% Hydrogenation of monomer acids

MONCAT TM 3921 > 17% Partial hydrogenation of tri-glycerides

MONCAT TM 1051 > 17% Sulfur doped for high trans fats in special applications

Our catalysts are the results out of profound technical know-how in combination with comprehensive understanding of market and customer needs, based on close communication and cooperation. Excellent, timely service, offered to customers and users, compliments the MONCAT™ portfolio.

All of our standard products are proprietary to Evonik, are produced on commercial scale and can hence be readily supplied. However, it is important to know that Evonik’s proprietary product and technology portfolio is broader and can also be accessed via a project business model to address your special needs and improve your production process.

MONCAT™, in other words, is more than a symbol of excellent performance – it also stands for continuous development in close collabora-tion with our customers.

We send samples in plastic bottles (up to 500 g) and 1 kg aluminum containers. Larger samples can be obtained on request.

MONCAT™ Samples

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Humans’ use of oils and fats has become firmly established over the last few millennia, taking a variety of forms using advanced technologies. Today we use oils, fats, and oil derivatives in our everyday lives in a wide variety of ways — either directly as food or healthcare products, or indirectly in industrial applications by producing products that meet countless consumer needs. The primary sources of vegetable oils are fruits, nuts, and seeds, which are used for producing sunflower oil, palm oil, coconut oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, peanut oil, and castor oil. Other oils include those extracted from the germ of corn or rice. Specific geographic, climatic, and environmental conditions are responsible for concentrating oil production in specific regions on earth. Large quantities of palm oil are obtained from equatorial nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Castor oil, on the other hand, comes from dry regions in India, China, and Africa while soybean oil is produced primarily in South America. Oils and fats are also obtained from animal sources — a major portion of this comes from meat, fish, and dairy products.

Based on the suitability of oil for human consumption; oil is classified as edible and non-edible.

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Edible Oil HydrogenationEdible oils hydrogenation is a special type of multiple CC double bond. Edible oils are mainly vegetable oils which have been subjected to several processes to remove undesirable constituents. In order to make them suitable for human consumption, most edible oils are subjected to refining processes, such as neutralization, bleaching and deodorization.  Fatty acid chains in oils (chemically triglycerides) which have double bonds are susceptible to attack by atmospheric oxygen, resulting in rancid odor, which is not acceptable to consumers. Hence, to restrict deterioration of oil, it is necessary to minimize the number of double bonds. Hydrogenation is a critical

step in this process whereby the oils are converted to saturated compounds with the desired properties.  Furthermore hydrogenation of various oils like palm oil, soya bean oil, canola oil, mustard oil etc. changes the melting point of the triglycerides to the optimal level in food applications. In today’s world, hydrogenation of oils and fats, requiring special catalyts, is carried out using supported nickel as the most appropriate catalyst to decrease the unsaturation which offers the advantage of “higher performance/price ratio”, such as MONCATTM 2021 is doing reliably.

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Hydrogenated edible oil applications:• Shortening for pastry-making industry (puff pastry – cake shortening, pastries)• Ingredients in confectionery i.e. compatible with cocoa butter, chocolate coating• Hardstock for Ghee (Vanaspati) production• Constituent of spreadable butter• Partial or brush hydrogenation to use as salad oil or low trans fats (hydrogenated oil blended with liquid oil)

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Applications for hydrogenated non-edible oils:• Hydroxystearic acid widely used in manufacturing of lubricants, cosmetics etc. • Stearic acid utilized in the manufacture of rubber tires and other molded rubber products.• Stearic acid along with hydrogenated castor derivative provided for the manufacture of textile softeners for textile sizing.• Stearic acid used in the form of metal stearates for metal surface treatment/finishing and to coat the metals used in fireworks to prevent oxidation.

Non-edible Oil HydrogenationHydrogenation of C-18 unsaturated fatty acids (with isomers such as oleic, linoleic or linolenic) results in manufacture of stearic acid which has large & numerous industrial applications. Hydroxystearic acid (HSA) is obtained from castor oil hydrogenation and is found in a variety of industrial processes in today’s world.

Stearic acid manufacturers use selective nickel catalysts for complete hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids. Stearic acid with a negligible degree of unsaturation (I.V. < 0.5), offers stability to the products which are being used in high temperature applications.

Fatty alcohol is made from stearic acid and is widely used in the production of detergents, soaps, shampoos, shaving creams etc.

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Base Metal Recovery & Recycling (spent nickel catalysts have value)In alignment with our commitment towards the environment Evonik has a dedicated facility for recovering base metals from spent catalyst. Evonik is accredited and certified for the total recycling of hazardous waste by utilizing a certified process.

We process spent nickel catalysts used in the processing of, for example oils and fats, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, polyols, agrochemicals and petrochemicals.

This process has the following benefits:

• Evonik purchases your nickel containing spent catalysts• Specializes in the management of inorganic wastes containing hazardous materials• Resource efficient; the metals recovered will not need to be mined• No extra cost to dispose of the spent nickel catalysts

With this recycling service, Evonik has a decisive advantage, providing customers with the catalytic technologies required to make your production as efficient as possible. We assume the disposal worries of spent nickel catalysts which are typically classified as hazardous waste.

Receipt of spent nickelWeighing & sampling of spent consignment

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Project Categories

Joint Development

Catalyst and process needs to be developed; close interaction between you and Evonik

Catalyst needs to be developed for existing commercial application

Catalyst lab recipe exists, but has not yet been produced commercially

Catalyst and manufacturing process is well defined

Custom Design Custom Manufacturing Toll Manufacturing

Characteristics of a project

• A confidentiality agreement protects each party’s intellectual property rights and allows a free flow of information• A collaboration agreement defines the scope and goals of the project and the commercial conditions• By definition, all projects run on an exclusive basis

How you benefit from custom catalyst projects:

• Allows you to concentrate on your core business • Provides you with a skilled partner for developing and scaling up of catalysts• Access to sophisticated catalyst manufacturing equipment• Offers greater flexibility in the use of catalyst types and quantities• De-bottleneck your own catalyst production

Over the last two decades the demand for custom specific catalysts has increased dramatically. When the need for a custom catalyst arises, we leverage our core competencies in the context of a project. We are creative in finding new solutions and are open to ideas that are not obvious at first glance. Evonik specializes in scaling up and producing sophisticated catalysts on a commercial scale. A robust and stable production process is crucial to all catalysts, and we know how to design and operate this. The best catalyst in the laboratory is of no use if it cannot be produced in commercial quantities. Reliable, delivering on our promises, our profes-sional project management with cross-functional teams makes the project flow smoothly. We are never complacent about our achievements and continually strive for constant self- renewal in our business processes for your benefit.

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Packaging & Services

Packaging

Material Safety Data Sheets Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) can be obtained from your local sales representative or from:

Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbHPostcode 713/303 Product Safety Department Rodenbacher Chaussee 4 63457 Hanau-Wolfgang Germany fax +49 6181 59-4205 sds-im@evonik.com

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Environment, Safety, Health and Quality

As a subscriber to the Responsible Care® program, Evonik is committed not only to delivering quality products and services but also to maintaining high health, environmental, safety and security standards in the operation of its plants and distribution of its products. Our sites have ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification, and all our

US sites are certified in accordance with the RC 14001 standard. Certain products are also Halal and Kosher certified. We take pride in promoting the principles and practices of Responsible Care® by sharing experiences and offering assistance to others who produce, handle transport or dispose of our products.

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Additional Services For access to more of our publications please contact your local sales manager or visit our website at www.evonik.com/catalysts

Other Brochures

Exports: 175 kg in steel drums or 650 kg/750 kg in Super Sacks. Domestic: 25 kg in bags or 50 kg in extreme climate resistant fiber drums.

Custom packaging available upon request

Standard packaging size

We would be happy to discuss your individual packaging needs.

Disclaimer This information and any recommendations, technical or otherwise, are presented in good faith and believed to be correct as of the date prepared. Recipients of this infor-mation and recommendations must make their own determination as to its suitability for their purposes. In no event shall Evonik assume liability for damages or losses of any kind or nature that result from the use of or reliance upon this information and recom-mendations. EVONIK EXPRESSLY DIS-CLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, NON-IN-FRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (EVEN IF EVONIK IS AWARE OF SUCH PURPOSE) WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION AND RECOMMEN-DATIONS PROVIDED. Reference to any trade names used by other companies is neither a recommendation nor an endorse-ment of the corresponding product, and does not imply that similar products could not be used. Evonik reserves the right to make any changes to the information and/or recommendations at any time, without prior or subsequent notice. Accelerating Your Chemistry®, Aerolyst®, Catylen®, Noblyst®, catMETium® and Octolyst® are registered trademarks of Evonik Industries or its subsidiaries.

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Europe Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH Business Line Catalysts Rodenbacher Chaussee 4 63457 Hanau-Wolfgang Germany Phone +49 6181 59-13399 fax +49 6181 59-2699

North America Evonik Corporation Business Line Catalysts 299 Jefferson Road Parsippany, NJ-07054 USAPhone +1 800 422-8773 fax +1 973 929-8504

South America Evonik Brazil Ltda. Business Line Catalysts Alameda Campinas, 579 9th floor 01404-000 São Paulo-SP Brazil Phone +55 11 3146-4063 fax +55 11 3146-4086

Japan Evonik Japan Co., Ltd. Business Line Catalysts Shinjuku Monolith 12th Floor, 2-3-1, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku 163-0938 Tokyo Japan Phone +81 3 5323-7363 fax +81 3 5323-8789

China Evonik Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Business Line Catalysts 55 Chungdong Road, Xinzhuang Industry Park 201108 Shanghai ChinaPhone +86 21 6119-1461 fax +86 21 6119-1142

India Evonik Catalysts India Pvt Ltd. F - 1/2, MIDC Phase 1 Dombivli (East) – 421213 District Thane IndiaPhone +91 25 124 71716 fax +91 25 124 70269

Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH Business Line Catalystscatalysts@ evonik.com www. evonik.com/catalysts www. evonik.com