The World's Leading Supplier of Fluid Cracking Catalysts and Additives: Grace Davison has made many important contributions in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) since we manufactured the world's first synthetic FCC catalyst in 1942. This includes the introduction of the first spray dried, microspheroidal catalyst in 1948, the pioneering of the first commercial zeolite-based FCC catalyst in 1964, and the introduction of ZSM-5 based additives in 1986.

1982	Start of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Production (Alumina-Sol Binder technology) in Worms, Germany.
1986	Coke-Selective Deep Bottoms Cracking Matrix developed.
1989	Second production plant for FCC catalysts started up.
1989	USY Zeolite with Enhanced Gasoline Selectivity (G-modification) invented.
1994	Pseudocrystalline Matrix Technologies for Deep Bottoms Cracking in High Metals Environments (SAM-100 and SAM-200) introduced.
1995	Gasoline Sulphur Reduction Additive (GSR-x) launched.
1996	High Activity, High Stability Coke Selective Zeolite (CSSN), Short Contact Time FCC Catalysts (SCT) and Selective Active Matrix (SAM) systems invented.FUTURA and KRISTAL catalyst families introduced.
1997	BRILLIANT catalyst family launched
1998	Z-21 Zero RE Zeolite (NEXUS) commercialised. CSX Zeolite invented.
1999	SAM-700 Matrix for Gasoline Olefins Alleviation (GOAL) developed.
2000	Resid Cracking Catalyst Technology based on Tuneable Matrix Aluminas (TMAs) (ResidMax) introduced.
2001	Novel Matrix Technologies (NMT) launched.
2003	EnhanceR Technology Platform: Start-up of the EnhanceR manufacturing plant.
2003	NEKTOR and NOMUS catalyst families for residue processing introduced.
2004	NADIUS catalyst family, based on EnhanceR Technology, launched for low metals, hydrotreated feeds applications.
2005	ProtAgon Propylene Maximisation catalyst family for FCC units running in the petrochemical mode successfully commercialised.
2005	NOMUS-DMAX catalyst family for FCC units running in LCO/Diesel maximisation mode introduced.