What RT Process does

RT Process (legal name: Rapid Tech Process, LLC) is a privately held, single-site chemical manufacturing company headquartered at 311 Davids Drive, Wilmington, Ohio, providing toll manufacturing and contract manufacturing services focused on heterogeneous catalysts and powder solids processing at pilot and semi-works scale. The company's operations are built on five foundational unit operations: impregnation and blending; drying via rotary, static oven (up to 500°F), and vacuum systems; high-temperature calcining via electric calciners reaching up to 900°C with three-zone temperature control; milling for size reduction; and screening for particle-size separation. Customer-facing service lines include catalyst manufacture, catalyst rejuvenation, catalyst repackaging, full-process tolling, and equipment trials. Operations are conducted under ISO 9001:2015 certified procedures.

The company serves enterprise chemical industry customers requiring scale-up, rejuvenation, repackaging, or trial processing outside their own plant footprint. Reference customers disclosed on the corporate website include Solvay SA and an unnamed leading catalyst company. Sales motion is direct enterprise engagement: project assessment followed by rapid trial work and scale-up support, marketed primarily through the corporate website, inquiry forms, and industry events such as the North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM26) and the Chemicals America Trade Show targeting agrochemical and specialty chemicals.

Revenue is generated through contract/toll processing fees tied to material volumes, process complexity, and service type, with all pricing quote-based and not publicly disclosed. As of August 15, 2021, RT Process announced it would merge into the Powder Processing and Technology Group (PPT Group) of companies, combining impregnation, drying, and calcining capabilities across pilot through full commercial scale and linking RT Process to PPT Group's 40-year track record serving global materials technology companies. Leadership is small and disclosed: Ali Kerr as General Manager, Lynn Tetreault as Operations Manager, Robert Conrad as Corporate Trainer, and Alora Pratt as Chemist.

Name

RT Process

Legal name

Rapid Tech Process, LLC

Website

https://rapidtechprocess.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RT Process is a Wilmington, Ohio-based, privately held chemical contract manufacturer providing pilot and semi-works scale toll services for heterogeneous catalysts, including manufacture, rejuvenation, repackaging, drying, calcining, milling, and screening for enterprise chemical industry customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chemical Contract Manufacturing Services

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325)

akta.pro primary industry

Process Development & Tech Transfer Services (CDMO) (HLAGABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Formulation R&D, Scale-Up & Tech Transfer Services (AFABAIAJ)

Keywords

• Toll manufacturing
• Catalyst manufacturing
• Chemical processing
• Contract manufacturing
• Heterogeneous catalysts

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: Tolling and contract manufacturing services for pilot and semi-works scale production of solid catalysts and chemical processing. Services include catalyst manufacture, rejuvenation, repackaging, and equipment trials. Revenue generated through processing fees based on material volumes, process complexity, and service type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

RT Process is a chemical manufacturing services company that validates recipes and produces heterogeneous catalysts at pilot and semi-works scale. It provides contract manufacturing, catalyst rejuvenation, catalyst repackaging, tolling, and equipment trials, supported by unit operations in impregnation & blending, drying, high-temperature calcining, milling, and screening for chemical industry customers.

Product overview

RT Process is a privately held chemical manufacturing company offering a portfolio of toll manufacturing and processing services focused on solid catalysts. The core offerings include Catalyst Manufacture (pilot and semi-works scale production), Catalyst Rejuvenation (restoration of spent catalysts), Catalyst Repackaging (custom packaging and additive services), Tolling (full-process manufacturing), and Equipment Trials (specialized equipment rental and testing). These services are supported by five foundational unit operations: Impregnation & Blending, Drying (rotary and static oven up to 500°F), High Temperature Calcining (up to 900°C), Milling (size reduction), and Screening (particle size separation). The company follows ISO 9001:2015 procedures for all process development and manufacturing operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Catalyst Manufacture

Quantifiable outcome

• Quick turnaround on initial trial work for rapid technology development
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Powder Processing and Technology Group (PPT Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 August 2021RT Process announced it will become part of the Powder Processing and Technology Group of companies. The merger brings together similar capabilities of impregnation, drying, and calcining at both companies at a range of industrial scales from pilot to full commercial scale. The PPT Group has assisted top materials technology companies around the world for over 40 years.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Albemarle: Albemarle is a specialty chemicals company with catalyst and custom chemistry capabilities serving petrochemicals and refining end markets. Comparable as a customer or competitor in the toll manufacturing and process development space, useful as a benchmark for integrated specialty chemical operations.
• Heraeus: Heraeus operates a specialty chemicals and precious metals catalyst business with significant toll manufacturing capabilities. Comparable as a toll manufacturer with heterogeneous catalyst expertise, and is representative of the capital-rich incumbents RT Process competes against in pilot and semi-works work.
• Clariant: Clariant's Catalysts business unit provides specialty catalysts and tolling services for chemicals and petrochemicals. As a broad incumbent with global reach, Clariant is a credible reference point for how RT Process's tolling capabilities could be packaged and scaled via PPT Group.
• Johnson Matthey: Johnson Matthey is a global catalyst and specialty chemicals company with deep expertise in heterogeneous catalyst manufacturing and tolling services. While far larger and broader than RT Process, it competes for the same enterprise catalyst development and scale-up programs and illustrates the type of end-state capability RT Process is positioned to serve.
• Haldor Topsoe: Haldor Topsoe is a leading catalyst manufacturer serving chemicals, refining, and petrochemicals with deep heterogeneous catalyst expertise. Comparable to RT Process at the catalyst chemistry level, and represents the type of customer or partner that the merged PPT Group/RT Process entity could serve at scale.
• W. R. Grace: W. R. Grace's specialty catalysts business (including the Davison division) is a major supplier of refining and petrochemical catalysts. Comparable to RT Process in product focus and customer base, and represents the upper-bound competitor for catalyst development and supply in the same end markets.
• Honeywell UOP: Honeywell UOP is a leading licensor and catalyst manufacturer for refining and petrochemical processes. It is a broad incumbent that customers engage for catalyst development, and represents the type of large-scale competitor that validates the market for RT Process's specialized tolling services.
• Umicore: Umicore's catalysts business covers automotive catalysts, fuel cell catalysts, and chemical catalysts, with associated tolling and process development capabilities. Comparable as a customer or competitor for heterogeneous catalyst work, and illustrates the broader catalyst market RT Process's technology could serve.
• BASF: BASF is one of the world's largest chemical companies with a substantial catalyst portfolio serving refining, petrochemicals, and specialty applications. It is a broad incumbent that customers engage for catalyst development and tolling, providing a practical ceiling on RT Process's accessible market and a reference pricing benchmark.

Direct peers

• Powder Processing and Technology Group (PPT Group): PPT Group is RT Process's parent company and the most direct peer — it shares overlapping capabilities in impregnation, drying, and calcining at industrial scales from pilot through commercial. Comparing RT Process against PPT Group is the most direct way to assess unit-level performance and the integration economics of the 2021 merger.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rt-process

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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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