History
Catator AB was founded in 1990 by a group of doctoral students at the University of Lund and became quickly a high-tech company in the field of catalysis and customized catalytic process design. Our customers come from a wide variety fields: environmental chemistry, petroleum processing, process chemistry, pharmaceutical industries and energy producing companies. We work closely with each customer to achieve peak performance and system integration.
Staff & Competence
Catator’s staff consists of highly qualified personnel, most with doctoral degree. The people who lead our research hold doctorates in chemical engineering. Our lab team-members are well educated in chemistry, technology and mechanical engineering. All of us strive to combine technological competence with responsiveness to customer-needs and commitment to our mission.
The executive positions are held by:
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Tihamer Hargitai, Ph.D. Chem. Eng. tihamer.hargitai(at)catator.se
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Fredrik A Silversand, Ph.D. Chem. Eng. fredrik.silversand(at)catator.se
Our Facilities
Catator is a high-technology company with a location and facilities that are well matched to our business. Located in the entrepreneurial, high-tech environment of the Ideon Science Park in southernmost Sweden, our company headquarters feature fully equipped research and testing labs, offices and conference facilities.
Business strategy
Catator act as a contract reserach & development company, where peak performance and system integration are essential. We work closely with customers, in various field of applications, to achieve optimal technical systems based on our catalyst solutions.

