Market success and industry recognition for breakthrough PET catalyst technologyMarket success and industry recognition for breakthrough PET catalyst technology

Studies on antimony trioxide, the heavy metal catalyst often used in the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), have long demonstrated the relative safety of the catalyst. Its migration into food and beverages packaged in PET occurs--when it does occur--at very low levels. Unfortunately, though, it is a suspected carcinogen. So when UK-based Catalytic Technologies Ltd. (CTL; Stockton-on-Tees) launched its cutting-edge titanium catalyst technology specifically developed for the industrial production of PET polyester, major industry players around the world stood in line to test it out.