This report analyzes the worldwide market for Nanocatalysts in US$ Millions. Nanocatalysts find their application in a variety of industry segments. The report broadly classifies and analyzes the global nanocatalysts market by the following end-use segments: Refinery, Petrochemical, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical industry, Food processing, Environmental Applications, and Others. Annual forecasts are provided for each region for the period of 2006 through 2015. A five-year historic analysis is also provided. The report profiles 47 companies including many key and niche players worldwide such as Argonide Corporation, BASF SE, BASF Catalyst LLC, Bayer Ag, Catalytic Solution, Inc., Evonik Degussa GmbH, Genencor International, Inc., Headwaters Nanokinetix, Inc., Hyperion Catalysis International, Johnson Matthey Plc., Mach I, Inc., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, NanoScale Corporation, NexTech Materials Ltd., Oxonica, PQ Corporation, Sachtleben Chemie Gmbh., Umicore, and Zeolyst International. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NANOCATALYSTS									
A GLOBAL STRATEGIC BUSINESS REPORT		MCP-1480


                                         CONTENTS


  I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

      Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations                       I-1
      Disclaimers                                                       I-2
      Data Interpretation & Reporting Level                             I-2
       Quantitative Techniques & Analytics                              I-3
      Product Definitions and Scope of Study                            I-3


 II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  1. Global Market Overview                                             II-1
      Worldwide Market for Nanocatalysts                                II-1
      Review of Select End-Use Applications                             II-1

  2. Market Trends                                                      II-2
      Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes to Grow Significantly          II-2
      Industrial Demand for Gold Seen Rising                            II-2
      Global Zeolite Consumption on the Rise                            II-2
      Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Witness an Increased
       Adoption of Nanocatalysts                                        II-3
      Global Nanotechnology Market to Register Over US$20 billion
       Revenue by 2011                                                  II-3
      Increased Preference of Nanocatalysts Over Conventional Catalysts II-3
      Processed Foods Drive the Growth of Food Enzymes Market in China  II-3

  3. Product Overview                                                   II-5
      What is a Catalyst?                                               II-5
      Types of Catalysts                                                II-5
       Chemical Industry Catalysts                                      II-5
       Polymerization Catalysts                                         II-5
       Petroleum Refining Catalysts                                     II-6
       Environmental Catalysts                                          II-6
      The Need for Catalysts                                            II-6
      Catalysts Soon to be Replaced by Nanotechnology Upgrades          II-6
      Nanotechnology                                                    II-6
      Nanotechnology Segments                                           II-7
       Nanomaterials and Their Impact on Health                         II-7
      Nanoparticles                                                     II-8
       Classification of Nanoparticles                                  II-8
       Production of Nanoparticles                                      II-8
       Measuring Nanoparticles                                          II-8
        Measurement of Mass                                             II-8
        Measurement of Surface Area                                     II-9
      Nanotechnology Applications                                       II-10
      Versatility of Nanotechnology                                     II-11
      Convergence of Nanotechnology with Catalysts                      II-11
      Nanocatalysts                                                     II-12
       Introduction and Definition                                      II-12
       Performance of Nanocatalysts Thrives on Nanotechnology           II-12
       Properties of Nanocatalysts                                      II-13
        Diverse Physical Properties                                     II-13
        Innovative Application Techniques                               II-13
        Increased Area of Action                                        II-13
       Nanocatalysts - Brief History                                    II-13
       Nanocatalysts - The Next Gen Catalysts                           II-14
        Control Over Nanoparticle Size                                  II-14
        Control Over Nanoparticle Composition                           II-15
        Control Over Nanoparticle Structure                             II-15
        Nanoparticle Anchoring                                          II-15
        NxCat™ - A New Nanocatalyst Technology                          II-16
       Types of Nanocatalysts                                           II-16
        Zeolites                                                        II-16
         Sources of Zeolite                                             II-17
         Uses of Zeolites                                               II-18
          Domestic & Commercial                                         II-18
          Heating & Refrigeration                                       II-18
          Agriculture                                                   II-19
          Detergents                                                    II-19
          Gemstones                                                     II-19
          Medical                                                       II-19
          Construction                                                  II-19
       Transition Metal Nanocatalysts                                   II-20
        Introduction                                                    II-20
        Applications and Benefits                                       II-20
       Industrial Enzymes                                               II-21
       Transition Metal Oxides                                          II-22
       Metallocene Catalyst                                             II-22
       Carbon Nanotubes                                                 II-23
        Types of Carbon Nanotubes                                       II-24
         Single-Walled Nanotubes                                        II-24
         Multi-Walled Nanotubes                                         II-25
         Fullerite                                                      II-25
         Torus                                                          II-25
        Properties of CNTs                                              II-25
         Strength                                                       II-25
         Kinetic Property                                               II-25
         Electrical and Thermal Properties                              II-26
        Structural Defects                                              II-26
        Production Methods of CNTs                                      II-26
         Arc Discharge                                                  II-26
         Laser Ablation                                                 II-26
         Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)                                II-26
        Benefits of CNTs                                                II-27
        Probable Future Applications of CNTs                            II-27

  4. An Overview of End-Use Applications                                II-28
      Major End-Use Industries                                          II-28
      Market Scenario for End-Use Applications                          II-28
      Industry Applications - In Detail                                 II-28
       Nanocatalyst Applications in Refining and Petrochemical Industry II-28
        An Overview on Refining and Petrochemical Industry              II-28
        Trends in Refining Catalysis                                    II-29
        Commercial Nanocatalyst Applications                            II-29
         Cracking Catalysts                                             II-29
         Hydro-Desulfurization (HDS)                                    II-29
         Premium Gas at no Additional Cost                              II-30
         Other Types of Refining Applications for Commercial Purposes   II-30
        Launch Phase Nanocatalyst Applications                          II-30
         Heavy Oil Upgrading                                            II-30
         Coal Liquefaction                                              II-30
       Nanocatalyst Applications in Chemical Industry                   II-30
        An Overview of Chemical Industry                                II-30
        Established Commercial Nanocatalyst Applications                II-31
         Detergents                                                     II-31
         Ethanol Production                                             II-31
         Agricultural Chemicals                                         II-31
        Developmental Applications                                      II-31
         Production of Hydrogen Peroxide with Higher Selectivity to
          the Desired Product                                           II-31
       Nanocatalyst Applications in Pharmaceutical Industry             II-31
        Reduction in Wastage and Side-Products - An Established
         Commercial Application                                         II-31
       Food Processing Industry                                         II-32
        Food Processing - An Established Commercial Application         II-32
       Environmental Applications                                       II-32
        Nanocatalysts in Catalytic Converters                           II-32
        Launch Phase Applications                                       II-32
         Air Purification Systems                                       II-32
        Developmental Applications                                      II-33
         Vehicle Emissions Application                                  II-33
         Advanced Lean-Burn Emission Control Systems                    II-33
         Cleaning up Paper Mill Waste Stream                            II-33
       Nanocatalyst Applications in Energy Sector                       II-33
        Established Commercial Applications in Energy Production        II-33
         Additives for Fuel & Explosives                                II-33
        Launch Phase Applications in Energy Production                  II-33
         Diesel Based Fuel Additives                                    II-33
        Developmental Applications in Energy Production                 II-34
         Fuel Cells                                                     II-34
         Nanostructured Catalysts for Efficient Pem Fuel Cells          II-34
         Reformer Catalysts                                             II-34
       Nanocatalyst Applications in Polymer Production                  II-35
        Metallocene Polymers - An Established Commercial
         Applications Polymer Production                                II-35

  5. Technological Developments                                         II-36
      US Department of Energy Develops New Nanoscale Catalyst
       Engineering Concept                                              II-36
      Nissan’s New Exhaust System Technology Reduces Consumption of
       Precious Metals                                                  II-36
      Nanostellar Uses Gold as Oxidation Catalyst                       II-36
      QuantumSphere Announces Enhanced Fuel Cell Performance with
       Nanocatalyst                                                     II-36
      Bioapplicable, Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Materials for
       Catalytic Applications                                           II-37
      BASF Develops Innovative Process for Producing Chiral
       Intermediates                                                    II-37
      Motorola and Arizona University Develop Advanced Sensing
       Applications of SWNTs                                            II-38
      Idaho Space Materials Develops New Manufacturing Process for
       Pure CNTs                                                        II-38
      Headwaters Introduces New Nanocatalyst Technology                 II-38

  6. Product Innovations/Introductions                                  II-39
      Nippon Develops New Catalyst                                      II-39
      Albemarle Introduces Latest Ketjenfine® 770 Hydro-
       Desulphurization Catalyst                                        II-39
      Hitachi Maxell Develops Innovative High-Performance Gold-
       Platinum Catalyst                                                II-39
      Danisco’s Genencor Introduces First Commercial Biomass Enzyme     II-40
      Genencor Introduces New Maxaliq Enzyme                            II-40
      Genencor Introduces New MannaStar™ Enzyme for Detergents          II-40
      Rio Polimeros Develops LLDPE Metallocene Resins with Univation
       Technology                                                       II-40
      BASF Develops Two New Chiral Amines                               II-41
      Korea Electronics Technology Institute Develops First Nano
       Image Sensor Chip                                                II-41
      Nanophase Adds Eleven New Nanoparticle Products to Alfa
       Aesar’s Distribution List                                        II-41

  7. Recent Industry Activity                                           II-42
      PQ Corporation Merges with INEOS Silicas                          II-42
      ZEOX to Acquire Zeolite Processing Plant                          II-42
      VT International Completes Acquisition of Nanotailor              II-42
      Lockheed Martin Takes Over Nantero’s Government Business Arm      II-42
      Catalytic Solutions to Setup Joint Venture with Tanaka
       Kikinzoku Kogyo KK                                               II-43
      DSM Enters into Co-Development Agreement with LibraGen            II-43
      Unidym Extends Joint Development Pact with Samsung                II-44
      CNProbes Enters into Manufacturing Agreement with a Major MEMS
       Foundry                                                          II-44
      Unidym Extends Alliance with Battelle                             II-44
      Toyota Tsusho and Bayer MaterialScience Enter Distribution
       Agreement                                                        II-45
      Clariant Masterbatches and Bayer MaterialScience Enter
       Partnership Agreement                                            II-45
      Nanocomp Technologies Bags U.S. Army Contract                     II-46
      Arrowhead Announces Formation of a New Subsidiary “Agonn”         II-46
      Energenics Appoints Nanotrade as Distributor for Enercat in
       Eastern Europe                                                   II-46
      Catalytic Solutions Streamlines its Catalyst Business             II-46
      Novozymes to Construct New Production Unit in Nebraska            II-47
      Zeolyst Adds New Plants to Existing Manufacturing Capacity        II-47
      Umicore to Construct Automotive Catalyst Manufacturing Unit in
       India                                                            II-48
      Genencor Inaugurates Blending Plant in India                      II-48
      CSI’s Czech Republic Plant Construction Begins                    II-48
      BASF Expands Polypropylene Production Facility in Spain           II-49
      Süd-Chemie Becomes First Catalyst Production Company in Qatar     II-49
      Hanwha Chemical Begins Mass Carbon Nanotube Production            II-49
      Carbon Nanotechnologies and Unidym Merge to Create New CNT
       Product Company                                                  II-49
      GS Carbon Acquires Carbon Aerogel Technologies of Aerogel
       Composite                                                        II-50
      Johnson Matthey Acquires Argillon                                 II-50
      J.P. Morgan and CCMP Announce Acquisition of Niagara’s PQ
       Corporation by Carlyle                                           II-51
      Umicore Concludes Takeover of Delphi’s Automotive Catalyst
       Operations                                                       II-51
      AIXTRON AG Acquires Nanoinstruments Ltd.                          II-51
      Novozymes Takes over Biocon’s Enzyme Activities                   II-52
      Hypercat ACP and Nanostellar® Joint Venture to Develop
       Advanced Catalysts Material                                      II-52
      Altair and Sherwin-Williams Form AlSher Titania JV for Pigment
       Production                                                       II-52
      Nanocyl Partners with Velox for Distribution of Carbon
       Nanotube Products                                                II-53
      Antaria Enters into Strategic Partnership with Energenics         II-53
      Royal Dutch Shell and Codexis Collaborate for Conversion of
       Biomass to Fuel                                                  II-53
      Almac Announces Alliance with BioCatalytics                       II-54
      Bayer Enters into Distribution Pact with Brenntag
       Schweizerhall for Carbon Nanotubes                               II-54
      Konarka and Toppan Sign Agreement for Commercialization of
       Power Plastic®                                                   II-54
      DIREVO-Danisco A/S Team Delivers Significantly Enhanced
       Phytase Enzyme                                                   II-55
      VeruTEK and QSI Enter into Partnership for Ecosystem
       Rectification                                                    II-55
      Surrey NanoSystems Obtains a Key Order from ITA                   II-56
      Albemarle Inaugurates Regional Sales Office in Dubai              II-56
      BASF Announces Expansion Plans for Automobile Catalyst Plants     II-56
      PQ Corporation Expands Production Capacity of Silica-Chrome
       Catalysts                                                        II-57
      John Matthey to Establish Two Emission Control Catalyst Units
       to Manage Heavy Demand                                           II-57
      Süd-Chemie Expands Zeolite Production                             II-58
      ON Semiconductor Collaborates with Nantero for New
       Semiconductor Process                                            II-58
      Raymor Receives Supply Order for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes   II-58
      CVD Equipment Receives Order for Carbon Nanotube System CNT
       Technologies                                                     II-58
      Petrol Ofisi Signs an Agreement with Oxonica for Nanocatalyst
       Supply                                                           II-59
      Raymor Installs New Production Facility for Single-walled
       Carbon Nanotubes                                                 II-59

  8. Focus on Select Players                                            II-60
      Argonide Corporation (US)                                         II-60
      BASF SE (Germany)                                                 II-60
       BASF Catalyst LLC (US)                                           II-60
      Bayer Ag (Germany)                                                II-61
      Catalytic Solution, Inc (US)                                      II-61
      Evonik Degussa GmbH (Germany)                                     II-61
      Genencor International, Inc (US)                                  II-62
      Headwaters Nanokinetix, Inc (US)                                  II-62
      Hyperion Catalysis International (US)                             II-62
      Johnson Matthey Plc (UK)                                          II-62
      Mach I, Inc (US)                                                  II-63
      Nanophase Technologies Corporation (US)                           II-63
      NanoScale Corporation (US)                                        II-63
      NexTech Materials Ltd. (US)                                       II-64
      Oxonica (UK)                                                      II-64
      PQ Corporation (US)                                               II-64
      Sachtleben Chemie Gmbh. (Germany)                                 II-65
      Süd-Chemie AG (Germany)                                           II-65
      Umicore (Belgium)                                                 II-65
      Zeolyst International (US)                                        II-65

  9. Global Market Perspective                                          II-67
      Table 1: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for
      Nanocatalysts by End-Use Application - Refinery,
      Petrochemical, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Food
      Processing, Environmental Applications, and Other Markets
      Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for
      Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)      II-67

      Table 2: World Historic Review for Nanocatalysts by End- Use
      Application - Refinery, Petrochemical, Pharmaceuticals,
      Chemical Industry, Food Processing, Environmental
      Applications, and Other Markets Independently Analyzed with
      Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2005
      (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)                              II-68

      Table 3: World 10-Year Perspective for Nanocatalysts by
      End-Use Application - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for
      Refinery, Petrochemical, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry,
      Food Processing, Environmental Applications, and Other Markets
      for Years 2006, 2009, and 2015 (includes corresponding
      Graph/Chart)                                                      II-69


 III. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE