Axens is a refining, petrochemical and natural gas market focused company offering market leading products including process, catalysts, adsorbents and equipment backed by nearly 50 years of R&D and industrial success. Axens is a world leader in several areas, such as: petroleum hydrotreating & hydroconversion, FCC gasoline desulfurization, catalytic reforming, BXT (benzene, toluene, xylenes) production and purification, selective hydrogenation and Claus & Tail Gas Treatment. Axens is a subsidiary of Institut Français du Petrol (IFP), a world leader in petroleum related research and development.

Axens is organized along three business units comprising: ProcessLicensing (technologylicensing, engineering design and start-up and associated service as well as product packages for newly licensed units); Procatalyse Catalysts & Adsorbents (manufacturing and commercialization of catalysts and adsorbents); and Performance Programs (advancedprocess control, plant optimizations, operator training programs and simulators, and performance benchmarking).

Axens has a strong position in the petroleum refining covering almost every area from naphtha hydrotreatment through vacuum residue conversion and offers innovative solutions for clean fuels production (Naptha & Middle Distillates, Conversion of Residues & Heavy Fractions, FCC Complex, Lube Oil, White Oils, Paraffins). In the petrochemicals sector, Axens has long held a leading position in purification of petrochemical intermediates and specialty olefins and is now becoming one of the leading technology providers for the production and purification of aromatic intermediates (BTX). In the gas processing, Axens is the front-running performance catalyst supplier in sulfur removal by the Claus process. The company is also entering the natural gas liquefaction area and positioning itself in GTL technology, based on Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis.