A Company for Process Safety in Cooling and Water Circuits Is Formed  

The traditional Merseburg company was founded in 1995 by Dr. Jürgen R. Koppe with the participation of Krupp VDM, initially as MOL Forschungsgesellschaft and renamed MOL Katalysatortechnik GmbH in 1998.

At the beginning, the company worked on the development of platinum-free all-metal catalysts for exhaust emission treatment. The advantage was obvious and, with the qualities it was striving for, already pointed to the direction it would later take: Without environmentally harmful chemicals, with complete reprocessing. In 1996, it was even awarded the Innovation Prize of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. 

From the Automotive Catalytic Converter to MOL®CLEAN technology

The discovery that the effectiveness of hydrogen peroxide with regard to biofilms in aqueous systems could be increased quite considerably by the MOL®ox full metal catalysts led to the development of a completely new product family. Special wire mesh catalysts based on nickel-iron-chromium alloys formed the cornerstone for a completely new type of water treatment. Thus, in 1998, a new technology was created under the name MOL®CLEAN, which has endured to this day. 

Continued Development to MOL®LIK

The next development step followed in 2007. The basis for this are wafer-thin, 20 micrometre thick foils made of a nickel-iron-chromium alloy. After suitable treatment of the metal foils, it was found that with these specially treated metal catalysts, a wide variety of water systems remain clean and clear. At the same time, the use of biocides is largely avoided.  

Since visible light is occasionally beneficial in MOL®LIK, this revolutionary and sustainable process has been named MOL®LIK technology (Light Induced Catalysis).

Long-term Proven, Award-Winning and Patented

Thanks to its active research and development activities, MOL Katalysatortechnik GmbH has numerous patents and certifications in addition to its long-term industrial references, which document both the effectiveness and the uniqueness of its technologies and products. Renowned customers from industry and municipal supply have already placed their trust in this work for a long time. 

This has led to a whole series of prizes and awards in recent years. In 2014, for example, MOL Katalysatortechnik GmbH received the Environmental Alliance Award of the State of Saxony-Anhalt for its sustainable technology. In 2015, this was followed by third place in the Hugo Junkers Prize for Research and Innovation, and another year later, MOL Katalysatortechnik GmbH was the national winner in the environmental category of the "Germany – Land of Ideas" initiative. In 2017, the company was awarded a prize for the ZIM funding programme ("Central Innovation Programme for SMEs") in Berlin. 

In October 2021, the MOL principle achieved great international recognition and made it to the final round of the "World Sustainability Awards" (London, UK), where it was ranked among the world's top five companies for sustainable technologies.