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Johnson Matthey Plc provides specialty chemicals in North America, Europe, China, rest of Asia, and internationally. It operates through Clean Air, Efficient Natural Resources, Health, and New Markets segments. The Clean Air segment provides catalysts for gasoline and diesel light duty vehicles; and catalyst systems for diesel powered trucks, buses, and stationary equipment. This segment serves car companies, heavy duty truck and engine manufacturers, Chinese producers, and others. The Efficient Natural Resources segment manufactures specialty catalysts and additives, as well as licenses process technology and delivers services to the oil and gas industry; refines, recycles, markets, and distributes platinum group metals (pgms); fabricates products using precious metals and related materials; provides pgm chemicals, and precious metal pastes and enamels. This segment serves chemical, oil, and gas companies; engineering contractors; industrial pgm users; end of life auto catalyst collectors; and automotive industry suppliers. The Health segment develops and manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients for various treatments; provides complex solutions for generic and innovator companies; and operates in the outsourced small molecule API market. The New Markets segment offers battery materials, battery systems, and fuel cell technologies; and provides science and technology to develop the products for devices used in medical procedures, as well as offers catalysts to pharmaceutical and agricultural chemicals markets. This segment serves automotive and heavy duty vehicle companies; lithium ion cell manufacturers; fuel cell manufacturers; cordless tool and transport manufacturers; medical device companies; and pharmaceutical, fine chemical, and agrochemical companies. The company was formerly known as Johnson & Cock and changed its name to Johnson Matthey Plc in 1851. Johnson Matthey Plc was founded in 1817 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.