Thomas Petti

W.R. Grace & Co. engages in the production and sale of chemicals and materials. It operates through the Grace Catalysts Technologies and Grace Materials Technologies segments. The Grace Catalysts Technologies segment includes catalysts and related products and technologies used in refining, petrochemical and other chemical manufacturing applications. The Grace Materials Technologies segment consists of specialty materials, including silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials, used in coatings, consumer, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications. The firm specializes in chemical processing, coatings and inks, food and beverage, general industrial, nutraceutical, personal care, pharma, and plastics industries. The company was founded by William Russell Grace in 1854 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART) was formed in 2001 as a joint venture of Chevron and W.R. Grace & Co.'s Davison Catalysts business, which aimed to develop, market, and sell hydroprocessing catalysts including fixed-bed, onstream catalyst replacement (OCR), and ebullating bed products, design for processing feedstocks to customers in the petroleum refining industry. The company also offers a line of distillate catalysts used in the processing of ultra-low sulfur content gasoline and diesel fuel. These products are design to help refiners meet their obligations to reduce sulfur content in their products.