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Honeywell Completes Johnson Matthey Catalyst Technologies Acquisition
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20 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Honeywell completes £1.325bn acquisition of Johnson Matthey's Catalyst Technologies business, combining catalyst expertise with process automation and digital platforms to serve refining, petrochemical and renewable fuels customers.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you supply catalysts, process control systems or digital monitoring to refineries and petrochemical plants, Honeywell just became both your customer and your competitor. You now have one year to either sell to them before their integrated offering matures, or build something their combined stack cannot do.
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Manufacturing Tech · Industrial Automation · m-and-a · catalyst-tech · energy-transition · process-automation · supply-chain-consolidation