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Phenolics and Styrenics

Badger Technologies

Badger Licensing LLC offers leading technologies to the petrochemical industry, including ethylbenzene (with ExxonMobil catalysts), styrene (via ethylbenzene dehydrogenation in partnership with Total), cumene (with ExxonMobil catalysts) and Bisphenol-A.

Ethylbenzene

For more than 30 years, Badger and its legacy companies have offered technology and engineering design for production of ethylbenzene from polymer or chemical-grade ethylene. The latest generation, EBMAX^SM - an ExxonMobil process technology - provides advantages that include low operating cost, low capital cost, high product purity, extended catalyst cycles and operating reliability. More than 16 million metric tons of ethylbenzene capacity has been licensed since EBMAX was introduced in 1995.

Styrene Monomer

Styrene, one of the most important monomers produced by the petrochemical industry, is the basic building block for the manufacturing of a broad range of plastics. For more than 40 years, Badger and its legacy companies have marketed styrene technology developed through an alliance of Total Petrochemicals and Shaw. The technology has been selected for use in more than 50 styrene units, many with capacities in excess of 500,000 metric tons per year. Badger-designed styrene plants have an industrywide reputation for high operational reliability, superior performance and ease of expansion.

The same alliance has developed an innovative technology called Multi-Effect Distillation (MED), which reduces energy consumption for styrene monomer production by approximately 10 percent. MED, now patented and commercialized, was selected as a finalist in the 2009 Platt's Global Energy Awards competition.

Cumene

Badger cumene technology has gained worldwide acceptance as the standard for production of cumene from benzene and propylene. Offering increased plant capacity, high product purity, low capital cost, feedstock flexibility and operating reliability, plants using Badger cumene technology are producing nearly 7 million metric tons per year. With 18 plants in operation around the world, Badger has accumulated vast operating experience.

Bisphenol A

Badger bisphenol A (BPA) technology has been licensed for use in six plants with combined capacity of 750,000 metric tons per year. The product produced using Badger technology is highly respected for its outstanding purity and color - important for high-end polycarbonate applications. The typical purity percentage produced is 99.95 percent, which is particularly high for a product purified by crystallization.