Johnson Matthey
| Johnson Matthey plc
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| legal form | Public Limited Company |
| ISIN | GB00BZ4BQC70 |
| founding | 1817 |
| Seat |
London , UK
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| management | Robert MacLeod |
| Number of employees | 12,148 |
| sales | 10.06 billion £ (11.2 billion euros ) |
| Branch | Conglomerate |
| Website | matthey.com |
| As of March 31, 2015 | |
The Johnson Matthey plc , based in London , listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 100 , is a global company that catalysts manufactures, precious metals refined and recycled, processed and in the specialty chemicals operates.
The company is headquartered near Trafalgar Square in central London. Johnson and Matthey's origins date back to 1817 when Percival Norton Johnson started a business in the gold trade. In 1851 George Matthey joined the company and the name was changed to Johnson & Matthey.
Sales by division in £ million
The company had three business areas:
Environmental technologies:
- Catalysts for Light Commercial Vehicles (2011/12 sales £ 969 million)
- Catalytic converters for diesel engines in heavy trucks and buses (2011/12 sales £ 438 million)
- Catalysts for the petrochemical and chemical industries , particularly nitrogen production , oil refineries and gas liquefaction , methanol production , and additives and superabsorbents production , (2011/12 sales of £ 256 million)
- Fuel Cell Catalysts (2011/12 sales £ 9.2m)
Precious metal products:
- Refining, recycling and processing precious metals such as platinum , palladium , ruthenium , iridium , rhodium , gold and silver (2011/12 sales £ 9,841 million)
Fine chemistry:
- Paints and pigments for the glass and ceramic industry
- Pharmaceutical materials
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert MacLeod - Chief Executive ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2015 ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Annual Report 2012, p. 28
- ↑ Annual Report 2012, p. 30
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2012, p. 31
- ↑ Annual Report 2012, p. 34
