Start with industrial evidence
Identify technologies with operating references. Assess transferable rights, technical fit and the economics of local production.
Abu Dhabi · Serving the GCC
Proven catalyst technology.
Built for the Gulf.
MatterForge is building a catalyst technology and manufacturing business for the GCC. Our model starts with acquiring or licensing technologies proven in industry, localizing production, and improving performance with AI.
Technology rightsLicensing and know-how transfer
Regional manufacturingProduction partners before a dedicated plant
Continuous improvementComputation guided by industrial evidence
01 / Our model
Bring the technology.
Build the capability.
Catalyst supply is only part of the challenge. Local manufacturing also needs the right to use a technology, the knowledge to reproduce it, and the ability to qualify it for a specific plant.
Make the know-how reproducible
Bring together formulations, manufacturing instructions, test data and expert support. Reproduce samples against agreed specifications.
Qualify before scaling
Develop a production route with manufacturing partners and qualify the catalyst with the operator. Use those results to guide capacity decisions.
Build on what works
Use AI, computational chemistry and experimental feedback to adapt catalyst grades to customer feedstocks and operating conditions.
Our intended revenue model combines technical services, technology licensing, catalyst supply and royalties. Each project starts with an agreed scope, responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
02 / Initial technology focus
A focused path into
industrial applications.
We are evaluating technology families where industrial references, transferable know-how and a viable manufacturing route can support a first localization project.
Sulphur recovery &
mercaptan removal
Catalysts and treatment technologies for gas processing and refinery streams.
Non-chlorinated isomerization
& reforming
Selected technologies for upgrading refinery feedstocks.
Molecular sieves, zeolites
& catalyst supports
Adsorbents for separation and purification, alongside materials used in catalyst manufacturing.
These are areas under evaluation. Technology selection and any supply offer will depend on rights, validation, manufacturing feasibility and customer requirements.
03 / Work with MatterForge
One model.
Three ways to build it.
We are seeking industrial operators, technology owners and manufacturing partners to shape the first acquisition and localization opportunities.
For industrial operators
Define a local catalyst opportunity
Bring a process requirement, supply challenge or catalyst performance target. Together, scope a technology assessment and qualification route.
Starting pointA focused brief covering the application, available data, target specifications and decision criteria.
Discuss an applicationFor technology owners
Bring your technology to the GCC
Explore a licensing or technology-transfer arrangement for an industrially proven catalyst, with a route to regional manufacturing and customers.
Starting pointA non-confidential technology overview, operating references and an outline of available rights.
Discuss a technologyFor production & strategic partners
Build the manufacturing route
Help assess contract production, process transfer, quality control and scale-up. Explore the infrastructure and capital needed for local supply.
Starting pointA discussion of production capabilities, capacity, investment criteria and a potential joint work plan.
Discuss a partnership04 / AI & computational chemistry
Improve the technology
on an industrial foundation.
Our technical approach pairs computational screening with experimental evidence. The purpose is to make better catalyst decisions as transferred technologies are adapted and developed.
AI to focus the next experiment
Machine learning and classical computational chemistry can help prioritize candidates, investigate mechanisms and guide adaptation to customer conditions. Validation remains central to each decision.
Quantum as a longer-term option
Quantum methods may become relevant to selected chemistry problems over the longer term. Their use will depend on demonstrated accuracy, useful scale and competitive cost.
Performance targets, methods and validation requirements are defined for each application.
05 / Development path
Build in stages.
Let evidence guide scale.
There is initial market interest. The current priority is to turn that interest and the technology search into a focused, viable first project.
Current focus
Select the first opportunity
Assess technology rights, industrial evidence, customer fit and economics. Develop the acquisition or licensing case and identify a production route.
Next milestone
Transfer, reproduce and qualify
Subject to agreements, transfer the technology package, reproduce samples and complete the validation required by the operator and manufacturing partner.
Scale with demand
Local production and continued improvement
Establish partner manufacturing around qualified demand. Consider dedicated capacity when product performance, commitments and project economics support it.
06 / People
Built around
industrial execution.
Stepan Kharkov
Founder & CEO
Industrial sourcing, engineering, manufacturing and international project execution. Leading MatterForge’s strategy and regional partnerships.
Help build the next stage.
We welcome collaborators in finance, technology transfer and legal structuring, industrial catalysis, production and GCC partnerships.
Bring your expertise to a defined project: assessing a technology, shaping an investment case, planning validation or developing the route to manufacture.
Explore a role in the projectStart a conversation
A technology to transfer.
A process to improve.
A capability to build.
Tell us what you are working on. We will explore the fit and define a useful next step together.