December 8, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) announced that Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy research laboratory, has purchased two new Symyx workflows to supplement its high-throughput and combinatorial catalyst technology capabilities.

These systems will be used for PNNL’s research in biomass conversion and alternative energy — specifically, for the high-throughput synthesis and primary screening of heterogeneous catalysts.

The new Symyx systems will be fully integrated into existing Symyx workflows at The Institute of Interfacial Catalysis and will be housed in the Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory . BSEL is a multipurpose research and development facility that advances the science, engineering, and processes for bio-based product manufacture. BSEL is located on the Washington State University Tri-Cities Campus in Richland, WA, one mile south of the main PNNL campus.

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