Intercat

What Intercat does

Intercat is a US-based, privately held specialty chemical company founded in 1986 and headquartered in Savannah, with a stated focus on the manufacture of anti-pollution industrial catalysts. Firmographic data lists a headcount of 1-10 employees and a website at jmcatalysts.com, whose content aligns with Johnson Matthey's broader PGM chemicals and catalysts portfolio, indicating that Intercat operates within or alongside that platform rather than as a fully standalone generic catalyst maker. Its technical positioning centers on Platinum Group Metal (PGM) chemistry — synthesis and formulation of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and gold compounds — supported by advanced metrology, characterization laboratories, and custom-formulation capabilities that tailor catalysts and precursors to specific customer process requirements.

The company's commercial scope spans a horizontal set of industrial use cases rather than a single vertical: aerospace (electroplating salts as protective coatings for turbine blades), automotive (PGM salts for autocatalyst washcoats and plating salts), electrochemical processes (custom mixed metal oxides for electrowinning, electrorefining, chloro-alkali, and cathodic protection), PEM electrolysis (electrocatalysts for hydrogen production), petrochemical (catalysts and precursors for hydroformylation, carbonylation, coupling, hydrogenation, and oxidation), pharmaceutical and fine chemicals (heterogeneous, homogeneous, and biocatalysts), silicones (hydrosilylation catalysts), and sensors (fine PGM powders for gas-diffusion electrodes). This breadth implies a strategy of monetizing the same underlying PGM chemistry across multiple downstream cycles and qualification regimes.

The revenue model is B2B, quote-based, with pricing not publicly disclosed; the brief indicates direct sales to industrial customers with no digital or third-party distribution channels identified. The data set contains no named customer logos, no certifications, no patents or trademarks, no disclosed partnerships, no management team detail, no funding history, and no M&A activity. The technology profile describes long-standing customer relationships, risk-sharing with customers, and skill sets built over many years in synthesis, formulation, and characterization, but the absence of revenue, headcount beyond the 1-10 band, and any commercial transaction data limits visibility into actual scale.

Name

Intercat

Legal name

Johnson Matthey

Website

https://jmcatalysts.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Intercat is a Savannah-based specialty chemical company founded in 1986 that manufactures anti-pollution industrial catalysts using platinum group metals, serving aerospace, automotive, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, electrochemical, and hydrogen end-markets via quote-based B2B contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Savannah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Intercat is a global chemical company that manufactures anti-pollution industrial catalysts and precious metal (PGM) chemicals. Its core business revolves around producing catalyst formulations, custom mixed metal oxides, and PGM chemical compounds (Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ir, Au) for industrial customers in sectors including aerospace, automotive, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, electrochemical, and sensors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PGM Chemicals and Catalysts: Precious metal chemicals including platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and gold for various industrial applications
• Fuel Cells
• Mobile Emissions Control
• Biorenewables
• Syngas Technologies
• Edible Oil Catalysts
• Pharma and Agrochem Catalysts
• Biocatalysis

Products and services

• Anti-Pollution Industrial Catalysts
• PGM Chemical Compounds
• Custom Mixed Metal Oxides

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Heraeus: German precious-metals and specialty chemicals group producing PGM compounds, catalysts, and electrochemical materials. Highly comparable in product scope and serves overlapping applications in hydrogen, sensors, and chemical processing.
• Johnson Matthey: Global leader in PGM chemicals and catalysts. Directly comparable product portfolio (Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ir, Au compounds) and overlapping end-markets including aerospace, automotive, pharma, and hydrogen. Intercat's website domain (jmcatalysts.com) and product descriptions mirror this peer closely.
• Clariant: Swiss specialty chemicals company with significant catalyst and PGM-related product lines serving petrochemical, hydrogen, and pharma end-markets. Directly comparable in industrial catalyst formulation.
• W. R. Grace: US-based specialty chemicals and catalysts company with strong refining, petrochemical, and polyolefin catalyst lines. Comparable industrial-catalyst customer base and B2B contract model.
• Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo: Japanese precious-metals specialist producing PGM catalysts, salts, and electrode materials for industrial, automotive, and electronics applications. Closely aligned with Intercat's PGM salts and electrode offerings.
• Umicore: Belgian materials technology group with a dedicated catalysis and precious-metals chemistry business. Comparable offerings in automotive, fuel cell, and industrial catalysts using PGMs.
• Topsoe: Danish catalysis specialist with strong focus on hydroprocessing, hydrogen, and electrolysis catalysts. Overlaps with Intercat in petrochemical catalysts and PEM/hydrogen applications.

Broad incumbents

• Evonik Industries: German specialty chemicals group producing catalysts and additives for petrochemical, pharma, and hydrogen applications. Overlaps with Intercat on the petrochemical and specialty-catalyst side.
• BASF: Global chemical incumbent with a large catalysts portfolio spanning automotive, petrochemical, and industrial applications. Broader and more diversified than Intercat but competes in adjacent catalyst categories.

Emerging players

• Sabin Metal Corp: North American precious-metals refining and catalyst recycling specialist. Compares on the PGM-recovery and secondary-catalyst side of Intercat's value chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@JohnsonMattheyPlc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/intercat
• Instagraminstagram.com/johnson_matthey

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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