Infrastructure
Laboratory, plant and instrumentation
Our own research laboratory and manufacturing plant, with the analytical instrumentation to carry a programme from route design through to scale-up.
Laboratory
Where the chemistry happens
Synthetic and analytical laboratories supporting route scouting, characterisation and process development.
Plant
Manufacturing capacity
Reactor capacity across glass-lined and stainless steel vessels, with the utilities to support continuous operation.
Plant equipment
| Equipment | Units |
|---|---|
| GLRs | 37 |
| SSR | 52 |
| Centrifuge | 22 |
| Hydrogenators | 7 |
| High vacuum distillations | 9 |
| Driers (Tray / Vacuum / FBD / ANFD) | 37 |
| Others… | - |
Plant utilities
| Equipment & units | Specification |
|---|---|
| Boiler (3) | 4.0 Tons/Hr (2) & 2.0 Tons/Hr |
| Brine Compressor (6) | Varying capacities, up to −20 °C |
| Uninterrupted HT Power Line | For both units |
| Diesel Generator (5) | 320 KVA, 500 KVA, 750 KVA & 1010 KVA |
| Multiple effective evaporation System (2) | 40 KLD at each plant |
| RO Water system (2) | 5 KL/Hr. |
| Others… | - |
Plant analytical instruments
| Instrument | Make | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HPLC | Shimadzu (2), Thermo (2), Waters (1), Youngling (1), Agilent (2) | 8 |
| GC | Shimadzu (2), Thermo (1), Youngling (1), Agilent (1) | 5 |
| Other essential instruments… | - | - |
Facility & instrumentation
Our facilities
15 analytical instruments in-house, covering structure elucidation, purity, thermal behaviour and solid-state characterisation.
- 500 MHz NMR
- LC-MS/MS (Q-TOF) 6540
- ICP-MS (Heavy Metal Analysis)
- Gas Chromatography
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
- Powder - XRD
- Stability Chamber
- 1260 Quaternary HPLC System
- Analytical & Preparatory HPLC
- FTIR Spectrophotometer
- Acquity UPLC H/Class Bio
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Parallel Synthesizer 12 Reaction Station
- Benchpro 4100 Instrument Card Processing Station
- Automatic Digital Polarimeter
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Visit or discuss our capacity
If you would like more detail on reactor capacity, analytical availability or scheduling, get in touch.