Developments in olefin polymerization catalysis continue to provide a
route to new or improved polyolefins (POs) as well as a vehicle toward
enhanced process operations with superior economics. Success in
these developments requires an appropriate integration of catalyst
elections with reactor type and process parameters.

The Catalyst Group Resources (TCGR), in its newest multi-client
study entitled "Integrated Catalyst & Process Technologies for
Value-Added Polyolefins," will define the technologies, in commercial
practice and in development, where catalyst and process technologies
are yielding value-added PO resins. The study will address the
characteristics of the technologies, the potential products which have
been (or can be) achieved and the issues which were successfully
overcome in order for the technology to proceed. The study will
examine the developments in catalysts for PO production, including
metallocenes, metallocene analogues, late transition metal single-site
organometallics and modified/improved Ziegler-Natta systems. It will
also assess the progress in modifying or improving reactor technologies,
such as the solution, slurry, bulk, gas-phase and autoclave processes
(and combinations) for value-added POs.

Examples of the types of catalyst and process technology combinations
to be reviewed in the study are presented below:

Catalyst(s)	Process(es)	Product(s)	Developer
Metallocene	Slurry/Bulk	SPP	Atofina
Metallocene (METOCENE)	SPHERIPOL	PP (i-, co-)	Basell
Adv. Z-N	Multi-Zone Circulating Reactor (MZCR)	PP (i-, co-)
Metallocene (BORECENE)	BORSTAR	LLD, MD, PP (i-, co-)	Borealis
Metallocene	INNOVENE	LLD, HD	BP Chemicals
Metallocene (MPACT)	Slurry Loop	LLD, MD	ChevronPhillips
Metallocene (INSITE)	Solution	LLD, VLD, ULD	Dow
Metallocene (EXXPOL)	Autoclave, Slurry, Gas-Phase	LLD, VLD, ULD, PP (i-, co-)	ExxonMobil
Metallocene SSC	Gas phase, Bulk	LLD, PP (i-, co-)	JPC
SSC (FI/IF)	Gas phase	LLD, HD	Mitsui
SSC	Advanced SCLAIR	LLD, VLDPE	Nova
Mixed metal (Adv. Cat. Eng.)	UNIPOL	Bi-modal HDPE	Univation