{"id":1007,"date":"2024-10-30T00:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalaix.pwdev.de\/?page_id=1007"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:27:20","slug":"vision-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalaix.com\/en\/vision-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision &amp; Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1007\" class=\"elementor elementor-1007\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d2d1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42d2d1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fad1a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9fad1a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/catalaix.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/catalaix-vision.mp4&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e613087 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e613087\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2673c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b2673c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vision &amp; Mission <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a31f8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a31f8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technologies for sustainable use of resources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b06abc2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b06abc2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4358cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4358cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:150,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;],&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db4559 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9db4559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vision &amp; Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ff47c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ff47c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shaping the Future by Transforming the Chemical Industry into a  <span> Multidimensional Circular Economy<\/span>\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42217d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"42217d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6894162 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6894162\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d6e029 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d6e029\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cfe97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44cfe97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The WSS Research Centre <strong><span style=\"color: #04549c;\">catal<\/span><span style=\"color: #f8a726;\">aix<\/span><\/strong> is spearheading the development of new recycling technologies that will drive the transition to a multidimensional circular economy. Through catalysis, we enable the sustainable processing of complex waste streams and the integration of renewable energy into production processes.<br \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"><span style=\"color: #04549c;\">catal<\/span><span style=\"color: #f8a726;\">aix<\/span><\/span> will be dedicated to transforming the chemical industry into a circular economy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a33f0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a33f0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Plastic Production and Industry with its Economic and \tEnvironmental Impacts, and the Vision of <span>catal<\/span><span>aix<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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production and use, we will develop technologies to create interlinked material cycles and enable a multidimensional circular economy.<\/p><p>This approach will transform today\u2019s waste into valuable raw materials of future value creation scenarios.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1744263 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1744263\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f9774 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8f9774\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfee0a0 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #8ebae5;\">catal<\/span><span style=\"color: #f8a726;\">aix<\/span><\/strong> will develop tailor-made processes to circularly close existing material flows with different temporal and quantitative availability (blue) and to additionally interlink them with each other via the Open-Loop principle (orange). Furthermore, new, sustainably designed material cycles will be successively integrated (green).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Catalysis enables the indispensable energy- and resource-efficiency of chemical conversions and is, therefore, a key technology of this transformation.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f9be17 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f9be17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0224df1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0224df1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vision \/\/ Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef5c4ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef5c4ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span>catal<\/span><span>aix<\/span> Vision of a <span>Multidimensional Circular Economy<\/span> will open up and link Cycles by integrating renewable Carbon Sources and renewable Energy in accordance with the <span> Open-Loop Principle<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5556b37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5556b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #04549c;\">catal<\/span><span style=\"color: #f8a726;\">aix<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0technologies will allow the recovery of high-quality functional chemical building blocks from a wide variety of plastics. These can be flexibly integrated into selected value paths using renewable carbon sources and renewable energy.<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An interdisciplinary team of researchers from RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum J\u00fclich is working to pave the way for a sustainable chemical industry of the future.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vision &amp; Mission Technologies for sustainable use of resources Vision &amp; Mission Shaping the Future by Transforming the Chemical Industry into a Multidimensional Circular Economy The WSS Research Centre catalaix is spearheading the development of new recycling technologies that will drive the transition to a multidimensional circular economy. 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