Johnson Matthey Inc.

Johnson Matthey Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of specialty materials and catalytic technologies, operates as a prime contractor (87% of recent awards) on federal contracts and grants focused on platinum group metals recovery, advanced catalysts, and specialized fabrication, competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. The company's federal footprint spans the Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Navy, Department of Air Force, and NASA, with activity concentrated in materials science and chemical engineering domains.

Johnson Matthey's recent prime work includes a $250,000 Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials purchase order (April 2026, completion October 2027) for recovery of platinum group metals from industrial waste effluents, performed at the contractor's Paulsboro, New Jersey facility, and a $20,371 NASA Shared Services Center purchase order (October 2024, completed March 2025) for fabrication of platinum and rhodium wire at Cleveland, Ohio. The company also holds a Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency cooperative agreement (May 2022 through July 2026) for catalytic oxidation of ventilation air methane, focused on developing cost-effective catalysts to achieve above 99.5% methane conversion efficiency at temperatures below 600 degrees Celsius — a research and development capability grounded in the company's core competency in advanced materials chemistry.

Customer concentration is diffuse across federal agencies. The Defense Logistics Agency accounts for the largest single dollar value ($250,000) among the combined potential value of $296,000 across all prime and sub awards, but the top five customer agencies by award count cover only 53% of recent awards. The company has worked with Air Force Materiel Command (3 awards), Navy (2 awards), NASA, Department of Energy National Energy Technology Lab, and DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency. Two Navy task orders derive from indefinite delivery contracts N0429A84C0171 and N0429A85C0287. Activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2007, one in 2012, one in 2022, three in 2024, and one in 2026 — with a single award ($250,000) reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months. As a subcontractor, Johnson Matthey supplies materials and engineering inputs: CO2-based methanol synthesis subsystem documentation to Susteon Inc. under a federal grant (August 2024), and materials support to Fluor Marine Propulsion LLC on Naval Nuclear Laboratory management and operation (June 2024). The company's capability portfolio centers on catalytic oxidation technology, platinum group metals recycling and fabrication, and advanced materials for clean energy and resource efficiency applications across energy, defense, and aerospace customer bases.