Johnson Matthey Plc operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in three divisions: Environmental Technologies, Precious Metal Products, and Fine Chemicals. The Environmental Technologies division supplies catalysts and related technologies for applications, such as pollution control, cleaner fuel, efficient use of hydrocarbons, and the hydrogen economy. It offers catalytic systems for vehicle and stationary exhaust emission control; supplies catalysts, licensing technologies, and other services to the petrochemical, syngas, oil refining, and gas processing industries; and produces catalysed components for use in fuel cells for generating low carbon power. The Precious Metal Products division engages in refining, recycling, marketing, and distributing precious metals; fabricating products using precious metals and related materials, as well as platinum group metal (PGM) and base metal catalysts, as well as PGM chemicals; and refining gold and silver. The Fine Chemicals division supplies active pharmaceutical ingredients, fine chemicals, and other specialty chemical products and services to a range of pharmaceutical and chemical industry customers, and industrial and academic research organizations. The company also offers catalysts, plant designs, and licenses for the manufacture of formaldehyde, a chemical intermediate for the manufacture of various chemical products, such as 1,4-butanediol (BDO), which are used in synthetic polymers for paints, plastics, artificial fibres, and other applications. Johnson Matthey Plc was founded in 1817 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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