Industries and Applications

Catalytic Solutions, Inc. is a vertically integrated global manufacturer and distributor of emissions control systems and products, focused in the heavy duty diesel (HDD) and light duty vehicle (LDV) markets.

Our business is organized into two divisions:

• HDD Systems division. The HDD Systems division is a leading environmental business specializing in the design and manufacture of verified exhaust emissions control solutions. Globally, the HDD Systems division offers a full range of products for the original equipment manufacturer, occupational health driven and verified retrofit markets through Catalytic Solutions’ Engine Control Systems (ECS) subsidiary.  These ECS-branded products are used to reduce exhaust emissions created by on-road, off-road and stationary diesel and alternative fuel engines including propane and natural gas.

• Catalyst division. The Catalyst division houses our proprietary MPC^® technology.  This technology enables Catalytic Solutions to produce catalyst formulations for gasoline, diesel and natural gas induced emissions that offer superior performance, proven durability and cost effectiveness for multiple markets and a wide range of applications. Using our proprietary MPC^® technology, the Catalyst division has produced a family of unique high-performance catalysts — with base metals or low- and zero-platinum group metal content — to provide increased catalytic performance and value for technology-driven automotive industry customers.

We are focused on delivering emission control systems and solutions that deliver high value to customers while benefiting the global environment through air quality improvement, sustainability and energy efficiency.  We sell our catalysts and heavy duty diesel systems directly worldwide, although our Asian joint venture partnership is responsible for manufacturing, sales and marketing of our catalysts in the Asian market including China, Japan and South Korea, among other countries.

We sell our heavy duty diesel system products to customers throughout the world using North American and European dealers and distributors. The dealers and distributors receive a commission from us, which varies depending on the product sold. Customers purchase these heavy duty diesel system products to reduce emissions for either retrofit or original equipment manufacturer applications. Retrofit applications generally involve funded projects that use “approved systems” that are one-off in nature. Typical retrofit end-user customers include school districts, municipalities and other fleet operators. Original equipment manufacturer customers include manufacturers of heavy duty diesel equipment such as mining equipment, vehicles, generator sets and construction equipment.

The catalyst industry is mainly comprised of a few suppliers serving large, sophisticated customers such as automobile manufacturers. Purchase cycles for catalysts tend to be long, resulting in generally predictable and stable revenue streams. Catalysts are technology intensive products that have a profound effect on the performance of the large, expensive systems in which they are embedded. Extensive interaction is required between catalyst manufacturers and their customers in the course of developing an effective, reliable catalyst for a particular application. For this reason, it would appear that even the largest customers prefer to work with only two or three preferred catalyst suppliers on a specific application. The collaboration required for catalyst development and the technical hurdles involved in making effective and reliable catalysts create barriers to entry and provide an opportunity for catalyst manufacturers to earn attractive margins. We are an approved supplier of catalysts for major automotive manufacturers. In addition, the Catalyst division targets large heavy duty diesel engine manufacturers as potential buyers of its catalyst products. Our HDD Systems division is also a customer of our catalyst products.