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A company wanted to demonstrate a complex purification process for a product produced by fermentation. A key step in the process was a liquid-liquid extraction also involving an equilibrium reaction. A continuous pilot plant unit was designed and constructed, including a custom-built extraction column. The unit was started up and… Read More

At AVN, we’ve always believed in the power of science and innovation to transform how we manufacture, build and create. Today, we’re proud to share another milestone in that journey: AVN is now an official member of BioMADE, the Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem, and the first corporation headquartered in… Read More

Achieving Profitable Growth at Mid-Sized Chemical Companies   The business and market realities for mid-sized chemical companies are simple to state, but difficult to deliver.  Technical and business leaders at these organizations face pressure to deliver profitable growth in hypercompetitive, low-growth, global environments.   In those cases where market and competitive opportunities… Read More

A customer needed to have a difficult separation demonstrated at pilot scale. AVN designed the distillation system and constructed it on a skid. The system was operated under a range of conditions with authentic feed to develop operating information and performance data. After finishing the initial studies, the skid-mounted unit… Read More

A company wanted to test the performance of a number of custom-designed specialty surfactants. AVN prepared samples of these products by reaction of selected starter molecules with ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. Reaction parameters were varied in statistically designed experiments. The block copolymers produced were provided for application testing to… Read More