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Eurecat
Activities and markets
The original business of Eurecat is to treat spent catalysts and regenerate them by freeing them of the substances that inhibit their effectiveness. Founded in 1978, the company grew after Akzo Nobel and Isis took equity positions at the end of 1982. Now a joint subsidiary of the American chemical company Albemarle and IFP Investissements, Eurecat is a refining industry service company, a world leader in catalyst regeneration and recycling services.
Eurecat has since developed other services: the pre-conditioning of catalysts (including presulfurization) and the recycling of spent catalysts. Eurecat operates in Europe (it is the European leader in its lines of business), with French and Italian subsidiaries, and in the United States and Saudi Arabia. Its Petroval subsidiary, acquired in 1998, proposes catalyst loading devices and technical assistance services on industrial sites throughout the world.
Highlights of 2007
During the course of 2007, the company’s business continued to thrive, driven by the emergence of new specifications relating to the sulfur content of gasoline and diesel, and the resulting increase in the frequency of industrial unit shutdowns.
2007 also saw confirmation of the progress made in the United States and Venezuela in the field of catalyst sulfurization, along with the renewal of several framework contracts with major oil companies. It was against this background that it decided to increase the regeneration capacities of the La Voulte plants in France and the Jubail plant in Saudi Arabia.
Contacts
EURECAT France
www.eurecat.fr
Tel.: +33 (0)4 75 62 04 02
EURECAT US INC
Tel.: +1 281 474 2600
Al-BILAD CATALYST Co - Ltd
Tel.: +966 (0) 3 358 90 80
PETROVAL
Tel.: +33 (0)2 35 31 50 74