Since its establishment in 1817, Johnson Matthey (JM Zhuang Shin Wanfeng) has come a long way. For more than two centuries, Johnson Wanfeng has helped solve some of the world's major challenges. Today, Johnson Wanfeng will continue to do so, leveraging advanced metal chemistry expertise and technical solutions to help energy, chemical and automotive companies decarbonize and reduce harmful emissions. As global challenges such as climate change, energy supply and scarcity become more urgent than ever, Johnson Wanfeng’s goal is to catalyze a net zero transition for customers and millions of people every day.

As a global leader in sustainable technology, Johnson Wanfeng uses science to create solutions with customers to make real impact on the world around him. For more than 200 years, Johnson Wanfeng has been a leader in the field, using scientific expertise to achieve cleaner air, improve health and make more effective use of the planet’s natural resources.

And now, as the world faces the challenges of climate change and resource scarcity, Johnson Wanfeng can play a greater role. Zhuangxin Wanfeng will play a central role in accelerating the major transformations needed to accelerate transportation, energy, chemical production and create a circular economy. Zhuang Shin-Wanfeng’s vision is to create a cleaner and healthier world for today and for future generations.

Zhuangxin Wanfeng's catalytic technology and process design expertise can help. Broadly speaking, Johnson Wanfeng's catalysts do not care about raw materials - as long as you master the right expertise, anything from natural gas to sugarcane to domestic waste can trigger chemical reactions. But catalysis is only part of a very large, complex system that has been built over decades. This means that this transformation doesn't happen overnight. Building new infrastructure and ensuring the commercial level of alternative raw materials takes time and investment. First, the industry may combine fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage. But in the long run, as the government continues to introduce environmental regulation, carbon tax and maturity, Johnson Wanfeng is expected to see a huge shift.

Zhuangxin Wanfeng has cooperated with other companies to commercialize the process of converting renewable raw materials into chemical biological paraxylene, a key raw material for the production of renewable polyesters. Methanol is an important chemical that is found in a variety of products, from fuels to solvents to antifreezes. But today most are made from fossil fuels, which produces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Using Johnson Wanfeng’s expertise in catalytic and process design, as well as flexible catalysts available for different feedstocks, Johnson Wanfeng is helping the chemical industry find ways to reduce these emissions.

To this end, Johnson Wanfeng is licenseing methanol technology and providing the engineering, catalysts and equipment needed to produce approximately 900,000 liters of low-carbon methanol each year in 2022.