SINTEF is one of the largest European research institutes with around 2100 employees and an annual turnover of about 377 mEuro, mainly originating from bilateral industrial research contracts and participation in European or National research projects. SINTEF Materials and Chemistry exhibits long term competence within material science, catalysis and process development, and has during recent years been involved in a number of projects related to upgrading of oil and natural gas, including Fischer-Tropsch technology, Methanol-to-olefins, catalytic cracking, single-site catalysis, fuels cells technology, desulphurization, oligomerization and polymerization technologies, dehydrogenation reactions, synthesis and characterization of micro- and mesoporous materials, metal oxides, zeolites, different carrier materials, perovskites etc., separation and purification technologies - among others.
